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Estatus de los nuevos ensamblajes bénticos y dinámica de lo juveniles de coral que crecen sobre colonias de Orbicella faveolata que murieron después de la anomalía térmica de 2005
(2020-05-23)
La combinación de enfermedades y el blanqueamiento intensivo durante la anomalía térmica en el año 2005 causaron la pérdida del 53% de la cobertura viva de coral en la Reserva Natural La Parguera (RNLP). Al desaparecer el ...
Fungi associated with demosponges from Puerto Rico
(2020-11-24)
Fungi are distributed worldwide and perform a variety of services in the environment. They are regarded as decomposers, involved in carbon cycling and immobilization in the ecosystem. Many are important symbionts of plants, ...
Reproductive biology of two ecomorphs of the Caribbean coral Montastraea cavernosa in La Parguera, Puerto Rico
(2020-12-09)
The reproductive success of corals is an important element for the maintenance of populations, community and ecosystem function. The common Caribbean reef-building scleractinian Montastraea cavernosa has two distinct, ...
Fish assemblages across artificial and natural reefs in Puerto Rico: Implications for management
(2020-12-11)
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 ...
Patterns of spatial and temporal variation of fish assemblages associated with coral reefs of Puerto Rico: The story of 20 years of continuous monitoring
(2020-05-18)
Various global syntheses have widely documented the decline of local and global fish species
richness and biomass in tropical marine ecosystems due to detrimental fishing practices, pollution,
coastal development, ...
Coral reef community structure in La Parguera Natural Reserve ten years after the 2005-06 mass mortalities
(2020-05-26)
La Parguera Natural Reserve has one of the best-developed coral reef ecosystems in Puerto Rico, sustaining an important socio-ecological system. In 2005, an unprecedented high thermal anomaly produced intensive and extensive ...
Carbonate chemistry dynamics in The Bioluminescent Bay: A tropical mangrove lagoon in La Parguera, Puerto Rico
(2020-12-09)
Mangrove ecosystems were identified by recent research as capable of buffering coastal ocean acidification (OA) and acting as refugia for scleractinian corals, suggesting that sulfate reduction and carbonate sediment ...
Experimental evaluation of direct and indirect effects of Diadema antillarum on benthic community assemblages and coral recruitment in La Parguera, Puerto Rico
(2020-05-27)
Once described as a noxious species, the long-spined sea urchin Diadema antillarum is now considered an ecologically important species for coral reef health and many efforts have been focused towards their recovery after ...
Using DNA barcoding to describe the diversity of sharks in Puerto Rico
(2020-11-04)
Worldwide shark populations have been drastically decreasing due to illegal fishing. In healthy marine ecosystems, sharks are considered apex predators and their removal (e.g., overfishing) has caused a negative impact on ...