Investigación ambiental: Recent submissions
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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 ... -
Regional spatio-temporal trends in Caribbean coral reef benthic communities
(2010)Caribbean coral cover has declined sharply, with the biggest drop in 1980–1981 during the Acropora white band disease outbreak. Since 1982, coral cover has remained relatively stable. Macroalgal cover peaked in 1986 after ...
