Investigación ambiental
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Biochemical and elemental composition of pelagic sargassum biomass harvested across the Caribbean
(2022)Massive and recurrent strandings of pelagic Sargassum biomass have become the new norm in the Caribbean and the Western Africa since 2011, and there is no sign of this abating. These Sargassum events have negative ... -
Object-based mapping of coral reef habitats using planet dove satellites
(2019)High spatial resolution benthic habitat information is essential for coral reef protection and coastal environmental management. Satellite-based shallow benthic composition mapping offers a more efficient approach than ... -
Importance of the spatial distribution of rare earth elements in the bottom sediments of reservoirs as a potential proxy for tracing sediments sources. A case study in the Dominican Republic
(2021)The geochemical composition of rare earth elements (REE) in the bottom sediments of two Dominican reservoirs and in soils from their catchments was studied to identify possible sources of the deposited materials. Knowledge ... -
Dominican larimar mining — current state and future prospects
(2022)This paper presents basic mineralogical and petrological data of the rocks hosting larimar deposit from the Sierra de Bahoruco, in the SW part of the Dominican Republic. -
The earliest Corotocini (Insecta: Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from Dominican amber, with remarks on post-imaginal growth influence on termitophile taxonomy
(2022)The tribe Corotocini is one of the most diverse and morphologically specialized groups of rove beetles associated with termites. All species of Corotocini present some degree of membranous enlargement of the abdomen, called ...
