This study describes temporal variations of early larval stages of the long-spined sea urchin, Diadema antillarum in neritic waters of La Parguera, Puerto Rico. Early larval stages were sampled by oblique plankton tows ...

The Mona Passage (MP) is characterized by its complex bathymetry and strong ocean currents forced by tides, winds and baroclinic flows. To understand the impacts of these currents on surface dispersion processes within and ...

Passive acoustic monitoring has been used to study groupers that produce courtship associated sounds (CAS) when they aggregate to spawn. This technique has revealed patterns of sound production during red hind (Epinephelus ...

When accompanied with well-informed management actions, active restoration strategies such as coral gardening and deployment of artificial reef structures can help mitigate negative effects of human impact on fish assemblages ...

Identifying genetic population connectivity and discrete population boundaries are important objectives for management of declining Caribbean reef-building corals and coral reefs. A double digest restriction associated DNA ...

Ocean color remote sensing technology has been widely used in coastal water quality research. Of particular importance is the influence of river discharge on turbidity and chlorophyll concentration in coastal areas, which ...

The bearded fireworm Hermodice carunculata is an important predator invertebrate in tropical and subtropical Atlantic, including the Mediterranean. There is limited data on the genetic population structure of H. carunculata ...

Holocene Cañada Honda (CH) fossil reef, located in southwestern Dominican Republic, provides a unique opportunity to examine a well-preserved fossil coral reef that thrived in a high-sedimentation environment between ...

The early life history of grunts was studied using mark-recapture techniques. Juvenile fish (Haemulon flavolineatum) were tagged with coded wires and the effects of tagging were investigated in controlled tank experiments. ...

This study was subdivided into the chapters listed below, which treated a number of biological aspects of the coastal mycology of Puerto Rico (PR): (1) A review chapter on mangroves and mangrove-associated plants was ...