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Diseñando un plan de acción para el control y gestión de las invasiones del pez león (Pterois volitans) en la República Dominicana : un proceso participativo
(2013)
Se presenta una estructura general de un plan de acción para el control y manejo de las invasiones del pez león, Pterois volitans en la Republica Dominicana. El plan ha sido concebido con la participación de interesados ...
Caracterización del comercio de fauna acuática exótica en República Dominicana durante el período 2006-2010
(2010)
[Español] Se presentan los resultados de una revisión de los registros de exportación e importación de especies de peces exóticos hacia y desde Republica Dominicana y de los mecanismos regulatorios que caracterizan ese ...
Geographic distribution of Apicomplexa infecting Strombus gigas
(2007)
The queen conch Strombus gigas is a marine resource of ecological and economical importance in the Caribbean region that suffers a reduction of its populations in most Caribbean countries. An intense and generalized sporozoan ...
Responses of Caribbean mangroves to quaternary climatic, eustatic, and anthropogenic drivers of ecological change : a review
(2022)
Mangroves are among the world’s most threatened ecosystems. Understanding how these ecosystems responded to past natural and anthropogenic drivers of ecological change is essential not only for understanding how extant ...
Flow of economic benefits from coral reefs in a multi-use Caribbean marine protected area using network theory
(2021)
Adaptation to changes in the delivery of ecosystem services while maintaining resilience of natural systems is one of the main challenges faced by multi-use marine protected areas (MPAs). To overcome this, it is crucial ...
Investing in nature-based solutions : cost profiles of collective-action watershed investment programs
(2023)
Highlights: • We surveyed costs of municipal-scale collective-action watershed investment programs. • Administrative and transaction costs on average account for over one-third of total costs. • Average annual costs varied ...
Genetic patterns in Neotropical Magnolias (Magnoliaceae) using de novo developed microsatellite markers
(2019)
Conserving tree populations safeguards forests since they represent key elements of the ecosystem. The genetic characteristics underlying the evolutionary success of the tree growth form: high genetic diversity, extensive ...
Evolutionary rate shifts in coding and regulatory regions underpin repeated adaptation to sulfidic streams in poeciliid fishes
(2024)
Adaptation to extreme environments often involves the evolution of dramatic physiological changes. To better understand how organisms evolve these complex phenotypic changes, the repeatability and predictability of evolution, ...
Assessment of soil heavy metal pollution and the ecological risk in an agricultural area from Sánchez Ramírez province, Dominican Republic
(2024)
Heavy metal pollution in agricultural soils is one of the main problems in agricultural production worldwide, which threatens human health and the environment. To evaluate the pollution levels of heavy metals and the ...