A5003363390- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Marine and fisheries research
- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
- Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
- Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
- Heavy metals in environment
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Mercury impact and mitigation studies
- Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
- Marine Sponges and Natural Products
- Coastal and Marine Management
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Marine animal studies overview
- Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
- Crustacean biology and ecology
- Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
- Marine and coastal ecosystems
- Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques
- Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology
- Coastal and Marine Dynamics
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- Environmental Chemistry and Analysis
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2016-2024
MIT Sea Grant
2016-2024
Universidad del Valle
2022
Fundación Ramón Domínguez
2019
Palau International Coral Reef Center
2019
University of Trinidad and Tobago
2018
Simón Bolívar University
2007-2017
Universidad Simón Bolívar
2004-2015
Australian Institute of Marine Science
2002-2004
Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas
1991
Background The rising temperature of the world's oceans has become a major threat to coral reefs globally as severity and frequency mass bleaching mortality events increase. In 2005, high ocean temperatures in tropical Atlantic Caribbean resulted most severe event ever recorded basin. Methodology/Principal Findings Satellite-based tools provided warnings for reef managers scientists, guiding both timing location researchers' field observations anomalously warm conditions developed spread...
Abstract Understanding patterns of connectivity among populations marine organisms is essential for the development realistic, spatially explicit models population dynamics. Two approaches, empirical genetic and oceanographic dispersal modelling, have been used to estimate levels evolutionary but rarely their potentially complementary insights combined. Here, a realistic Lagrangian model larval theoretical are integrated with most extensive study gene flow in Caribbean organism. The 871...
Abstract The functional role of the bacterial organisms in reef ecosystem and their contribution to coral well‐being remain largely unclear. first step addressing this gap knowledge relies on in‐depth characterization microbial community its changes diversity across species, space time. In study, we focused exploration assemblages associated with an ecologically important C aribbean scleractinian coral, P orites astreoides , using I llumina high‐throughput sequencing V 5 fragment 16 S r RNA...
Ocean acidification (OA) is increasing predictably in the global ocean as rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide lead to higher oceanic concentrations inorganic carbon. The Gulf Maine (GOM) a seasonally varying region confluence for many processes that further affect carbonate system including freshwater influences and high productivity, particularly near coast where local impart strong influence. Two main regions within GOM currently experience conditions are suboptimal organisms—the...
Descriptions of microbial diversity in healthy and diseased corals are necessary first steps before further investigating the mechanisms that lead to coral pathology. This is study characterizes associates from yellow band disease (YBD) lesions using two complementary screening techniques bacterial 16S rRNA genes [amplified ribosomal DNA restriction analysis (ARDRA) clone libraries denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE)]. Both these showed similar trends, namely a significant...
Solving complex sustainability problems requires novel, creative approaches. One such approach is knowledge co-production, where individuals with diverse expertise collaborate to generate in support of transformative solutions. Although the concept not new, there growing interest using co-production science, yet relatively few resources offer a practical guide, rooted theory, help researchers and practitioners understand when how co-produce context science. This paper synthesizes existing...
DAO Diseases of Aquatic Organisms Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout JournalEditorsSpecials 69:75-78 (2006) - doi:10.3354/dao069075 Contribution Special 'Current Advances in Coral Reef Disease Research' Folliculinid ciliates: a new threat Caribbean corals? Aldo Cróquer1,*, Carolina Bastidas1, Diana Lipscomb2 1Departamento de Biología Organismos, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Caracas 1080-A, Venezuela...
Caribbean Coastal Marine Productivity (CARICOMP) was a basin-wide cooperative, international network of marine laboratories established in 1985. Recognizing major trends change coastal ecosystems and the importance linkages among them, our goal to monitor synoptically with standardized methods physical environment document measures structure functioning coral reefs, seagrasses mangroves. Between 1985 1993, CARICOMP Steering Committee data management center wrote manual. joined program by...
<span>Durante las últimas décadas anomalías térmicas han sido más frecuentes y severas en el Caribe, quedando pocos arrecifes exentos de eventos masivos blanqueamiento (EMB). En Parque Nacional Los Roques, Venezuela, un archipiélago poco afectado previamente por EMB, la temperatura del agua a 5m profundidad alcanzó 30,85°C septiembre 2010, fue &gt;29,0°C entre mediados agosto primera semana noviembre cuatro arrecifes. El 72% 563 colonias escleractinios estaban blanqueadas o pálidas...
Coastal ecosystems and the livelihoods they support are threatened by stressors acting at global local scales. Here we used data produced Caribbean Marine Productivity program (CARICOMP), longest, largest monitoring in wider Caribbean, to evidence local-scale (decreases water quality) global-scale (increases temperature) across basin. Trend analyses showed that visibility decreased 42% of stations, indicating chronic widespread. On other hand, only 18% stations increases temperature would be...
Objetivos: Determinar la frecuencia y variabilidad de doce rasgos morfológicos dentales coronales (Winging, incisivos centrales laterales en pala, doble cúspide Carabelli, patrón cuspídeo, número cúspides, cresta distal del trigónido, pliegue acodado, protostílido, 6 7), dientes temporales (ui1/ui2/um2/lm2) permanentes (UI1/UI2/ UM1/LM1), para comprender influencia étnica distancia biológica tres grupos indígenas Amazonas Colombiano. Material métodos: Se realizó un estudio descriptivo...
Abstract Increasing extreme weather events require a corresponding increase in coastal protection. We show that architected materials, which have macroscopic properties differ from those of their constituent components, can wave energy dissipation by more than an order magnitude over both natural and existing artificial reefs, while providing biocompatible environment. present search optimized design through proper hydrodynamic modeling experimental testing, validated performance,...
MEPS Marine Ecology Progress Series Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout JournalEditorsTheme Sections 267:133-143 (2004) - doi:10.3354/meps267133 Sublethal effects of mercury and its distribution in coral Porites astreoides C. Bastidas*, E. M. García Departamento Biología de Organismos, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Caracas 1080-A, Venezuela *Email: cbastidas@usb.ve ABSTRACT: To study sublethal doses on corals,...
Abstract We present a multifidelity framework to analyze and hindcast predictions of sea surface temperature (SST) in the Massachusetts Cape Cod Bays, which is critical area for its ecological significance, sustaining fisheries blue economy region. Currently, there lack accurate continuous SST prediction this region due high cost collecting samples (e.g., buoys, maintenance, severe weather). In work, we use data from satellite images situ measurements collected by Water Resources Authority...