Investigación ambiental: Recent submissions

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    • Mangroves enhance reef fish abundance at the Caribbean regional scale 

      Serafy, Joseph E.; Shideler, Geoffrey S.; Araújo, Rafael J.; Nagelkerken, Ivan (2015)
      Several studies conducted at the scale of islands, or small sections of continental coastlines, have suggested that mangrove habitats serve to enhance fish abundances on coral reefs, mainly by providing nursery grounds for ...

    • How mangrove forests adjust to rising sea level 

      Krauss, Ken W.; McKee, Karen L.; Lovelock, Catherine E.; Cahoon, Donald R.; Saintilan, Neil; Reef, Ruth; Chen, Luzhen (2014)
      Mangroves are among the most well described and widely studied wetland communities in the world. The greatest threats to mangrove persistence are deforestation and other anthropogenic disturbances that can compromise habitat ...

    • Hurricane impacts on a mangrove forest in the Dominican Republic : damage patterns and early recovery 

      Sherman, Ruth E.; Fahey, Timothy J.; Martínez, Pedro (2006)
      On 22 September 1998, Hurricane Georges passed over the Dominican Republic causing extensive damage to a 4700 ha mangrove forest that has been the site of a detailed study of vegetation and ecosystem dynamics since 1994. ...

    • Mangroves enhance the biomass of coral reef fish communities in the Caribbean 

      Mumby, Peter J.; Edwards, Alasdair J.; Arias-González, J. Ernesto; Lindeman, Kenyon C.; Blackwell, Paul G.; Gall, Angela; Gorczynska, Malgosia I.; Harborne, Alastair R.; Pescod, Claire L.; Renken, Henk; Wabnitz, Colette C. C.; Llewellyn, Ghislane (2004)
      Mangrove forests are one of the world's most threatened tropical ecosystems with global loss exceeding 35%. Juvenile coral reef fish often inhabit mangroves, but the importance of these nurseries to reef fish population ...

    • Tropical montane vegetation dynamics near the upper cloud belt strongly associated with a shifting ITCZ and fire 

      Crausbay, Shelley D.; Martin, Patrick H.; Kelly, Eugene F. (2022)
      Tropical montane forests house unusual and diverse biota and are considered highly vulnerable to climate change, particularly near the trade wind inversion (TWI) – the upper end of the cloud belt that defines tropical ...