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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 ...
Investigating the sources of fresh water affecting the hydrological balance of lakes Enriquillo and Azuei (Hispaniola) : data analysis
(2014)
The Enriquillo and Azuei are saltwater lakes located in a closed water basin in the southwestern region of the island of la Hispaniola, these have been experiencing dramatic changes in total lake-surface area coverage ...
Status and trends of Caribbean coral reefs : 1970-2012
(2014)
This work is the most comprehensive analysis and compilation of information on coral reef in the Caribbean over the past 40 years. Although the report clearly shows that there has been an ongoing decline in coral cover and ...
Evaluación de los recursos forestales mundiales 2015 : Informe nacional República Dominicana
(2014)
La FAO analiza periódicamente los bosques del planeta, sus formas de gestión y de aprovechamiento a través de la Evaluación de los Recursos Forestales (FRA). Este informe nacional de República Dominicana se preparó como ...
Environmental analysis and classification of coastal sandy systems of the Dominican Republic
(2018)
The Dominican Republic is the most visited insular tourist destination in the Caribbean, being its beaches its main attractiveness. This tourism generates 37% of the total revenues of the country, concentrated in coastal ...
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 ...
Clima futuro en la República Dominicana
(2018)
El Programa de Información Climática en colaboración entre el City College of Nueva York (CCNY) y el Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo (INTEC) con el objetivo de proporcionar información a las comunidades y las ...
Métodos para entender el cambio climático
(2010)
Este breve trabajo trata sobre los métodos para entender el cambio climático, centrándose en el uso de modelos climáticos globales, una representación de los procesos físicos, químicos y biológicos que afectan el sistema ...
Columbus’ environmental impact in the New World : land use change in the Yaque River valley, Dominican Republic
(2018)
Columbus’ arrival in the New World in AD 1492 on the northern coast of Hispaniola was followed by a suite of changes in land-use. We reconstruct environmental change from a 225-cm-long sediment core from site Los Indios ...