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Impacto de las aguas superficiales en el aumento del nivel de las aguas del Lago Enriquillo
(2018)
[Español] A partir del 2014 el lago Enriquillo, localizado en el suroeste de la República Dominicana, empezó a evidenciar un continuo crecimiento en el nivel de sus aguas llegando, de 265 km2 hasta alrededor de 375 km2. ...
Índices de sitio (IS) para la selección y fomento de especies forestales en República Dominicana
(2021)
El bosque dominicano ha sido degradado principalmente por actividades antrópicas. En su recuperación, se han plantado, con éxitos y fracasos, diferentes especies sin considerar factores determinantes claves como calidad ...
At a conservation crossroad : the Bahoruco-Jaragua-Enriquillo biosphere reserve in the Dominican Republic
(2021)
This paper assesses the Dominican Republic’s willingness to pay (WTP) for a conservation, restoration, and sustainable development program for the Bahoruco-Jaragua-Enriquillo Biosphere Reserve (RBJBE). Created in 2002, the ...
Caribbean Sea soundscapes : monitoring humpback whales, biological sounds, geological events, and anthropogenic impacts of vessel noise
(2019)
Assessing marine soundscapes provides an understanding of the biological, geological and anthropogenic composition of a habitat, including species diversity, community composition, and human impacts. For this study, nine ...
Similarities and differences between two deadly Caribbean coral diseases : white plague and stony coral tissue loss disease
(2021)
For several decades, white plagues (WPDs: WPD-I, II and III) and more recently, stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) have significantly impacted Caribbean corals. These diseases are often difficult to separate in the ...
Effects of herbivory by the urchin Diadema antillarum on early restoration success of the coral Acropora cervicornis in the central Caribbean
(2020)
Herbivory is a key process well-known to maintain a coral-dominated state, and in the Caribbean Sea, the long-spine urchin Diadema antillarum is thought to aid coral success by removing algae from seafloor substrate that ...
Development of predictive models for water budget simulations of closed-basin lakes : case studies of Lakes Azuei and Enriquillo on the Island of Hispaniola
(2021)
The historical water level fluctuations of the two neighboring Caribbean lakes of Azuei (LA) and Enriquillo (LE) on Hispaniola have shown random periods of synchronous and asynchronous behaviors, with both lakes exhibiting ...
Accuracy assessment of ASTER, SRTM, ALOS, and TDX DEMs for Hispaniola and implications for mapping vulnerability to coastal flooding
(2019)
Digital elevation models (DEMs) derived from remote sensing data provide a valuable and consistent data source for mapping coastal flooding at local and global scales. Mapping of flood risk requires quantification of the ...
Recolección de elementos para la caracterización de la vulnerabilidad territorial en la cuenca medio-alta del Río Nagua, República Dominicana
(2016)
[Español] El presente artículo contiene los resultados de una investigación orientada a sentar las bases para la elaboración de modelos ambientales de cuencas hidrográficas, con enfoque en la identificación de factores ...
Water and energy balance model GOES-PRWEB : development and validation
(2021)
In 2009, the University of Alabama-Huntsville configured their GOES satellited-based solar radiation product to include Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands (USVI), Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, and Cuba. These data ...