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VULNERABILITY OF THE MEXICAN CARIBBEAN BEACHES

Coastal Engineering Proceedings
The Mexican Caribbean is a high-risk coastal area. It faces numerous natural and anthropogenic hazards due to its unique ecosystem worldwide and significant economic pressure in the region. The area, which have a high population density in cities like Cancún, Playa del Carmen and Tulum, have been affected by accelerated changes altering its natural ...
Laura Ribas de Almeida, Izchel Gómez, Itxaso Odériz, Mónica Pedraza, Ismael Mariño-Tapia, Rodolfo Silva   +5 more
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A review of the historic and present ecological role of aquatic and shoreline wood, from forest to deep sea

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The ecology of forests, their losses, and terrestrial wood decomposition dynamics have been intensively studied and reviewed. In the aquatic realm, reviews have concentrated on large wood (LW) in rivers and the transition from freshwater to marine environments in the Pacific Northwest of North America. However, a comprehensive global synthesis
Jon Dickson, Ellen Wohl, Laura L. Govers, Oscar Franken, Tjeerd J. Bouma, Han Olff, Britas Klemens Eriksson, Maryann S. Watson, Luísa M.S. Borges, Tjisse van der Heide   +9 more
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Condicionantes del turismo sustentable en el caribe mexicano

Études Caribéennes, 2009
The competition on the international tourism market has negative effects on the behavior of American’ tourist flows on the Caribbean coast of Mexico. The mass flows has highlighted the limitations of traditional model based on the offer "sun and beach ...
Jorge F. Borja Cervantes, Rosalía Gómez Uzeta   +1 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
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Monitoring an alien invasion: DNA barcoding and the identification of lionfish and their prey on coral reefs of the Mexican Caribbean.

PLoS ONE, 2012
BackgroundIn the Mexican Caribbean, the exotic lionfish Pterois volitans has become a species of great concern because of their predatory habits and rapid expansion onto the Mesoamerican coral reef, the second largest continuous reef system in the world.
Martha Valdez-Moreno, Carolina Quintal-Lizama, Ricardo Gómez-Lozano, María Del Carmen García-Rivas   +3 more
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Catch Shares in Action: Mexican Vigía Chico Cooperative Spiny Lobster Territorial Use Rights for Fishing Program [PDF]

, 2013
The Mexican Pescadores de Vigía Chico Cooperative is a group-allocated, area-based catch share that manages the Punta Allen spiny lobster fishery. The catch share, or Territorial Use Rights for Fishing (TURF) program, includes a number of special design ...
Erica Cunningham
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Barriers and Enablers of Circular Economy in Electrical and Electronic Equipment: A Systematic Literature Review

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rapid technological change, shorter lifecycles and rising demand for electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) are increasing waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) and emphasise the need for a circular economy. This paper identifies barriers and enablers of the circular transition in EEE and outlines interventions.
Aya Abdelmeguid, Lucia Corsini
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Being-in-the-World-Hispanically: A World on the "Border" of Many Worlds [PDF]

, 2009
This translation of Enrique Dussel's “‘Ser-Hispano’: Un Mundo en el ‘Border’ de Muchos Mundos” offers an interpretation of hispanos (Latin Americans and U.S.
Dussel, Enrique, Stehn, Alexander
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Sustainability and Earnings Quality: The Moderating Role of Institutional Factors

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The objective of this paper is to examine the impact of firms' sustainability performance on earnings quality, with a particular focus on the moderating role of institutional factors in Latin American countries for the period 2012–2023. A panel data set with 390 companies was structured with information sourced from the London Stock Exchange ...
Juan F. Garrido Navia, Jesus Ancizar Gomez Daza, Julian Benavides, David Urbano   +3 more
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Criptofauna en rocas de Punta Nizuc, Caribe mexicano y su utilidad como biomonitor potencial

Revista de Biología Tropical, 1999
Para completar el diagnóstico de la calidad ambiental en el Parque Marino Nacional Isla Mujeres-Cancún-Nizuc Caribe mexicano, se estudió la posible utilidad de la criptofauna de rocas como monitora de impacto.
Concepción Campos-Vázquez, Luis F Carrera-Parra, Norma Emilia González, Sergio I Salazar-Vallejo   +3 more
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