A5073876847- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Marine and fisheries research
- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Coastal and Marine Management
- Coastal and Marine Dynamics
- Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
- Ichthyology and Marine Biology
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Marine animal studies overview
- Ecosystem dynamics and resilience
- Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
Instituto Politécnico Nacional
2021-2024
Healthy Start
2022-2024
Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute
2024
Stanford University
2023
University of Washington
2023
Arkema (France)
2023
Smithsonian Institution
2022-2023
Instituto de Estudios Avanzados
2022
Smithsonian Marine Station
2022
Universidad Marista de Mérida
2022
Increasing heat stress due to global climate change is causing coral reef decline, and the Caribbean has been one of most vulnerable regions. Here, we assessed three decades (1985-2017) exposure in wider at ecoregional local scales using remote sensing. We found a high spatial temporal variability stress, emphasizing an observed increase over time ecoregions, especially from 2003 identified as point stress. A spatiotemporal analysis classified into eight heat-stress regions offering new...
<title>Abstract</title> Ocean warming is increasing the incidence, scale, and severity of global-scale coral bleaching mortality, culminating in third global event that occurred during record marine heatwaves 2014-2017. While local effects these events have been widely reported, implications remain unknown. Analysis 15,066 reef surveys 2014-2017 revealed 80% surveyed reefs experienced significant 35% mortality. The extent mortality was assessed by extrapolating results from using...
Abstract Climate change is a multidimensional phenomenon. As such, no single metric can capture all trajectories of and associated impacts. While numerous metrics exist to measure climate change, they tend focus on central tendencies neglect the multidimensionality extreme weather events (EWEs). EWEs differ in their frequency, duration, intensity, be described for temperature, precipitation, wind speed, while considering different thresholds defining “extremeness.” We review existing EWE...
Abstract. Warm-water coral reefs are facing unprecedented human-driven threats to their continued existence as biodiverse functional ecosystems upon which hundreds of millions people rely. These impacts may drive past critical thresholds, beyond the system reorganises, often abruptly and potentially irreversibly; this is what Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 2022) define a tipping point. Determining point thresholds for reef requires robust assessment multiple stressors...
Nature-based solutions (NbSs) have long recognized the value of coastal and marine ecosystem management associated services as useful tools for climate change mitigation (e.g., blue carbon) adaptation protection against flooding storm surges). However, NbSs remain poorly acknowledged mostly absent from planning disaster risk reduction policies in Caribbean, well ex-post reconstruction funds. With increasing frequency intensity hurricanes region, are now more needed than ever. Taking Mexico a...
Abstract. Warm-water coral reefs are facing unprecedented Anthropogenic driven threats to their continued existence as biodiverse, functional ecosystems upon which hundreds of millions people rely. Determining the tipping point thresholds reef requires robust assessment multiple stressors and interactive effects. We draw a literature search recent Global Tipping Points Revision initiative consider warm-water ecosystem threshold sensitivity. Considering observed projected stressor impacts we...
Coral restoration has been recognized as an increasingly important tool for coral conservation in recent years. In the Caribbean, endangered staghorn coral, Acropora cervicornis studied over two decades with most studies focusing on evaluating simple metrics of success such colony growth and survivorship both nurseries outplanted sites. However, reef to aid recovery ecological function sites, there is a need measure functional ecology impact outplanting. Here, we present identify positive...
This manuscript provides new insights on an unusual morphological plasticity growth form Acropora spp. in the Caribbean. abnormal knob-shaped is thought to be a progression from damselfish "chimneys" that are commonly seen coral-algal farms. However, diameters of observed knobs tend much larger palmata, where they range 1.37 5.44 cm diameter, and slightly smaller A. prolifera, 1.1 2.72 diameter. These knob-like chimney growths can affect entire colonies. The mostly covered with live tissue,...
Abstract Coral bleaching, a consequence of stressed symbiotic relationships between corals and algae, has escalated due to intensified heat stress events driven by climate change. Despite global efforts, current early warning systems lack local precision. Our study, spanning 2015–2017 in the Mesoamerican Reef, revealed prevalent intermediate peaking 2017. By scrutinizing 23 exposure sensitivity metrics, we accurately predicted 75% bleaching severity variation. Notably, distinct thermal...
Abstract Deforestation impacts the benefits coral reefs provide to coastal communities in multiple ways. Yet, connections between terrestrial and marine ecosystems are generally assessed at a single scale from an ecological perspective alone. This limits understanding of societal outcomes distributional effects watershed interventions. We employ linked land-sea ecosystem service models Mesoamerican Reef region explore how management (restoration, protection, sustainable agriculture) regional...
Abstract Losing coral diversity is one of the most important consequences reefs' ongoing degradation. Alternate: As planet enters its sixth global extinction event, loss biodiversity due to reef degradation becomes paramount importance. However, species and relationship multiple local stressors remains largely untested on different temporal or spatial scales. This study evaluates change in habitat characteristics, using ecological data from 73 sites Mesoamerican Reef (MAR) a variety...