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Cambio climático en la República Dominicana: recursos costeros y comunidades
(2015)
El libro ofrece un análisis de la capacidad adaptativa de las personas que trabajan en diversos sectores de tres comunidades costeras de la República Dominicana, además de los factores de gobernanza que impulsan la ...
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 ...
Caribbean Marine Atlas
(2020)
The Caribbean Marine Atlas (CMA) is an online digital platform that stores and provides access to geospatial information (and related documents) on the "Marine Environment and Human Societies in the Wider Caribbean Region". ...
Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) : Dominican Republic
(2022)
[English] Hosted by the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), this database provides open access to biodiversity data about all types of life on Earth. The GBIF-Dominican Republic provides open access to occurrence ...
All-inclusive coral reef restoration : how the tourism sector can boost restoration efforts in the Caribbean
(2022)
Following a strong decline in the health of Caribbean coral reefs in the 1970s, disease outbreaks, overfishing, and warming events have continued to push these reefs towards a point of no return. As such, researchers and ...
Reefs at Risk in the Caribbean
(2004)
"Reefs at Risk in the Caribbean" is an integral part of the work of the World Resources Institute, the International Coral Reef Action Network (ICRAN), and the UNEP Caribbean Environment Programme (CEP) in the Wider ...
Factores globales y locales que inciden sobre la degradación de los arrecifes coralinos : una revisión para la República Dominicana
(2022)
Este trabajo tiene por objetivo identificar los factores globales y locales que han impactado la salud de los arrecifes dominicanos en las últimas décadas, así como puntualizar las acciones que se han llevado a cabo en el ...
Capital costero : República Dominicana : estudios de caso sobre el valor económico de los ecosistemas costeros en la República Dominicana
(2010)
[Español] Los ecosistemas costeros proporcionan muchos y valiosos servicios a la población y a la economía de la República Dominicana. Los arrecifes y los manglares ayudan a construir playas y disminuir la erosión, ofrecen ...
There is a lion on the reef : the political ecology of the lionfish
(2013)
The lionfish is a beautiful and enigmatic creature that has become a conservation priority for organizations that are committed to protecting coral reef ecosystems in the Caribbean. The management of the lionfish is the ...
Coral disease hotspots in the Caribbean
(2017)
Recent outbreaks of coral diseases in the Caribbean have been linked to increasingly stressful sea-surface temperatures (SSTs). Yet, ocean warming is spatially heterogeneous and therefore has the potential to lead to ...