A rapid spread of the stony coral tissue loss disease outbreak in the Mexican Caribbean [PDF]
PeerJ, 2019 Caribbean reef corals have experienced unprecedented declines from climate change, anthropogenic stressors and infectious diseases in recent decades. Since 2014, a highly lethal, new disease, called stony coral tissue loss disease, has impacted many reef-
Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip +4 more
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An updated checklist of Scyphozoa (Cnidaria, Medusozoa) from the Mexican Caribbean: integrating literature, citizen science and field collections [PDF]
Biodiversity Data JournalThis study presents an updated checklist of Scyphozoa from the Mexican Caribbean, incorporating records from published literature, citizen-science initiatives and collected specimens.This study documents evidence for the presence of 17 scyphozoan taxa ...
Edgar Gamero-Mora +3 more
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Transcriptomic differences between bleached and unbleached hydrozoan Millepora complanata following the 2015-2016 ENSO in the Mexican Caribbean [PDF]
PeerJ, 2023 The 2015-2016 El Niño-southern oscillation or “ENSO” caused many M. complanata colonies that live in the Mexican Caribbean to experience extensive bleaching.
Víctor H. Hernández Elizárraga +5 more
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Redescription of Hargeria rapax (Harger, 1879) and description of H. chetumalensis a new species from the Mexican Caribbean (Crustacea, Peracarida, Tanaidacea, Leptocheliidae) based upon morphological and molecular evidence [PDF]
PeerJ, 2019 Until now, Hargeria was considered a monospecific leptocheliid genus, with the species Hargeria rapax considered a taxon with a wide distribution, from the Northwestern Atlantic to the Mexican Caribbean.
Jani Jarquín-González +1 more
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Taxonomic History and State of Knowledge of the Marine Species in Nostocales (Cyanoprokaryote) From the Mexican Atlantic [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionCyanoprokaryotes are organisms that perform oxygenic photosynthesis. One of the most diverse orders is Nostocales, whose species are characterized by the presence of heterocytes.
Ernesto Cabrera‐Becerril +4 more
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A new species of Monstrilla (Copepoda, Monstrilloida) from the western Caribbean with comments on M. wandelii Stephensen, 1913 and M. conjunctiva Giesbrecht, 1893 [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2022 The taxonomic study of monstrilloid copepods is hampered by incomplete early descriptions, uncertain synonymies, and the difficulty of reliably matching males and females of species.
Eduardo Suárez-Morales
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Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2023 The Mexican Caribbean Sea is the longest section of the Mesoamerican Caribbean Sea, with 16 protected marine areas. During 2015 and 2016, 2 sampling campaigns in the Puerto Morelos Coral Reef National Park and the Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve, Quintana ...
Ignacio Winfield +2 more
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Endangered Species Research, 2021 The Atlantic goliath grouper Epinephelus itajara is highly vulnerable to overfishing, yet little is known of its population status in Campeche Bank (southern Gulf of Mexico) and the Mexican Caribbean. By reviewing landings records, historical literature,
A Bravo-Calderon +4 more
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Sensitivity Analysis of OTEC-CC-MX-1 kWe Plant Prototype
Energies, 2021 The Mexican Caribbean Sea has potential zones for Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) implementation. Universidad del Caribe and Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnologia, with the support of the Mexican Centre of Innovation in Ocean Energy, designed
Jessica Guadalupe Tobal-Cupul +4 more
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Chondrochelia Guţu, 2016 (Crustacea, Peracarida, Tanaidacea, Leptocheliidae) from North America: new species, redescription and distribution using morphological and molecular data [PDF]
PeerJ, 2022 Until now, four species of the genus Chondrochelia Guţu, 2016 have been recorded from America. Using morphological and molecular data, we were able to recognize and describe two new species, Chondrochelia caribensis sp. nov.
Jani Jarquín-González +1 more
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