Investigación ambiental: Recent submissions
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Results of a coral reef survey of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, with comparisons to past studies and other Caribbean reefs
(2003)This field survey was conducted by members of the National Center for Caribbean Coral Reef Research (NCORE), a center within the Rosenstiel School for Marine and Atmospheric Science at the University of Miami, FL, USA. ... -
Status of the acroporid coral species in the Dominican Republic
(2003)Most coral reefs of the Dominican Republic are fringing reefs. There are also two barrier reefs, numerous patch reefs, and four large offshore banks. In the eastern and northwestern coasts, broad coastal shallow platforms ... -
Proceedings of the Caribbean Acropora Workshop : Potential Application of the U.S. Endangered Species Act as a Conservation Strategy
(2003)The Caribbean Acropora Workshop was conceived to obtain recent information on the status of Acropora populations throughout the wider Caribbean and determine appropriate strategies to conserve these critical resources. ... -
A century of warming on Caribbean reefs
(2022)Caribbean coral reefs have been warming for over a century, with regional warming starting in 1915 and accelerating since the 1980s. Using three ocean temperature databases, researchers found an average warming rate of ... -
Thresholds in Caribbean coral reefs : implications for ecosystem-based fishery management
(2014)This article describes how ecosystem-based fishery management can preserve coral reefs by preventing transitions to degraded states. Analyzing 2,001 Caribbean reefs, researchers identified nonlinear thresholds in total ...
