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Lagrangian dynamical geography of the Gulf of Mexico

, 2017
We construct a Markov-chain representation of the surface-ocean Lagrangian dynamics in a region occupied by the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) and adjacent portions of the Caribbean Sea and North Atlantic using satellite-tracked drifter trajectory data, the ...
Beron-Vera, F. J., Froyland, G., Miron, P., Olascoaga, M. J., Perez-Brunius, P., Sheinbaum, J.   +5 more
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Cuban Land Use and Conservation, from Rainforests to Coral Reefs [PDF]

, 2018
Cuba is an ecological rarity in Latin America and the Caribbean. Its complex political and economic history shows limited disturbances, extinctions, pollution, and resource depletion by legal or de facto measures.
Ahamed, Sonya, Fernandez, Margarita, Fiske, Greg, Galford, Gillian L, Gonzalez-Diaz, Patricia, Kaufman, Les, Monasterolo, Irene, Roman, Joe   +7 more
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Extent, characteristics and policy applications of Key Biodiversity Areas

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A global standard for the identification of Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) was published 10 years ago to provide a unified set of criteria for identifying ‘sites of significance for the global persistence of biodiversity’. We review the initiative's origins, the KBA identification process, characteristics of the current network, threats, policy
Stuart H. M. Butchart, Olivia Crowe, Tom Scott, Andrew J. Plumptre, Megan Eldred, Ellen McKee, Zoltan Waliczky, Ibrahim Al Hasani, Adrián B. Azpiroz, Daniele Baisero, Fred Barasa, Alison E. Beresford, Bezeng S. Bezeng, Charlotte Boyd, Thomas M. Brooks, Graeme Buchanan, Gill Bunting, Sofia Capellan, Neil Cox, Tim R. B. Davenport, Tammy E. Davies, Gina Della Togna, Wendy Elliott, Matt Foster, Jo Gilbert, Jonathan M. Handley, Diego Juffe‐Bignoli, Victoria R. Jones, Naomi Kingston, Jeannot Kivono, John Lamoreux, Penny F. Langhammer, James Lewis, Bruce Liggitt, Daniel Marnewick, Paul Matiku, Erin McCreless, Rachel A. Neugarten, Catherine Numa, Mark O'Brien, Madhu Rao, Ciara Raudsepp‐Hearne, Justina C. Ray, Samridhi Rijal, Jon Paul Rodríguez, Jurgis Sapijanskas, Wes Sechrest, Martin Sneary, Andrew Snyder, Konstantina Spiliopoulou, Thomas Starnes, Cecilia Tobar, Gautam Surya, Marcelo F. Tognelli, Andrew W. Tordoff, Maria G. Toscano, Yongyut Trisurat, Amy Upgren   +57 more
wiley   +1 more source

Echinoderm diversity in the Caribbean Sea [PDF]

Marine Biodiversity, 2010
The Caribbean is considered a unique biogeographic province, being one of the top five hotspots in the world for marine and terrestrial biodiversity. The echinoderm research on the Caribbean began in the middle of the nineteenth century, and during the first half of the twentieth century most of the species were described.
openaire   +1 more source

Two Species of Hornellia (Subgenus Metaceradocus) from the Florida Keys and Belize (Amphipoda, Melphidippoidea) [PDF]

, 1986
Hornellia (Metaceradocus) atlanticus, a new species from Belize, related to M. occidentalis, an eastern Pacific species, is reported from the Caribbean Sea and a morphologically remote new species, M.
Barnard, J. L., Thomas, James Darwin
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Caribbean Corals in Crisis: Record Thermal Stress, Bleaching, and Mortality in 2005 [PDF]

, 2015
BACKGROUND The rising temperature of the world's oceans has become a major threat to coral reefs globally as the severity and frequency of mass coral bleaching and mortality events increase.
Alvarez-Filip, Lorenzo, Baca, Bart, Bartels, Erich, Bastidas, Carolina, Bouchon, Claude, Brandt, Marilyn, Bruckner, Andrew W., Bunkley-Williams, Lucy, Cameron, Andrew, Causey, Billy D., Chiappone, Mark, Christensen, Tyler R. L., Crabbe, M. James C, Day, Owen, de la Guardia, Elena, DiResta, Daniel, Díaz-Pulido, Guillermo, Eakin, C. Mark, Gil-Agudelo, Diego L., Gilliam, David S., Ginsburg, Robert N., Gore, Shannon, Guzmán, Héctor M., Hendee, James C., Hernández-Delgado, Edwin A., Heron, Scott F., Husain, Ellen, Jeffrey, Christopher F. G., Jones, Ross J., Jordán-Dahlgren, Eric, Kaufman, Les S., Kline, David I., Kramer, Philip A., Lang, Judith C., Lirman, Diego, Liu, Gang, Mallela, Jennie, Manfrino, Carrie, Marks, Ken, Maréchal, Jean-Philippe, Mihaly, Jennifer, Miller, W. Jeff, Morgan, Jessica A., Mueller, Erich M., Muller, Erinn M., Orozco Toro, Carlos A., Oxenford, Hazel A., Ponce-Taylor, Daniel, Quinn, Norman, Ramírez, Alberto Rodríguez, Ritchie, Kim B., Roberson, Kimberly Woody, Rodríguez, Sebastián, Romano, Sandra, Samhouri, Jameal F., Schmahl, George P., Shank, Burton V., Skirving, William J., Smith, Tyler B., Steiner, Sascha C. C., Sánchez, Juan A., Villamizar, Estrella, Walsh, Sheila M., Walter, Cory, Weil, Ernesto, Williams, Ernest H., Yusuf, Yusri   +66 more
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Toward an SDG‐Based Typology for US Nonprofits

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represent an emerging institutional logic that nonprofits must navigate alongside existing sector‐specific frameworks. Drawing on institutional logics and organizational hybridity theories, we examine how nonprofits incorporate SDGs into their missions and what this reveals about managing institutional ...
Dominik S. Meier, Elizabeth Searing
wiley   +1 more source

A new species of Tisbintra (Harpacticoida, Tisbidae), and range extension for Geehydrosoma brevipodum (Harpacticoida, Cletodidae) from northern Colombia

Caldasia, 2017
Water samples taken from the Rodadero Bay, Caribbean Colombian coast, yielded an undescribed species of harpacticoid copepod of the family Tisbidae, Tisbintra monroyi sp. nov. and a new record of Geehydrosoma brevipodum.
Samuel Gómez, Juan M. Fuentes-Reinés
doaj   +1 more source

Speleothem Paleoclimatology for the Caribbean, Central America, and North America [PDF]

, 2019
Speleothem oxygen isotope records from the Caribbean, Central, and North America reveal climatic controls that include orbital variation, deglacial forcing related to ocean circulation and ice sheet retreat, and the influence of local and remote sea ...
Arienzo, Monica M., Lachniet, Matthew, Oster, Jessica L., Sekhon, Natasha, Warken, Sophie F.   +4 more
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Understanding the MSME Environmental Transition: Nonlinear and Moderation Effects of Digitalization and Institutional Context

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The necessary environmental transition involves a substantial challenge for micro, small, and medium‐sized enterprises (MSMEs). Moreover, in the Ibero‐American context, it is even more challenging. Our study aims to shed light on the scarce and inconclusive evidence in this regard, analyzing the influence of digitalization, given its inclusion
José Antonio Clemente‐Almendros, Marcelo Vallejo García, María Blanco‐Hernández   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source