Information about the distribution and abundance of the habitat-forming sessile organisms in
marine ecosystems is of great importance for conservation and natural resource managers …

The development of a unique index to represent the real diversity of a community is still a
challenge. The difficulties to find a single, reliable, diversity metric is mostly due to the fact …

Macrophytes constitute an important component of coral reef communities. This chapter will
review the knowledge of macroalgae and marine angiosperms associated with Cuban coral …

This study describes a step-by-step process used to design an effective benthic video survey
component of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands long-term monitoring …

Coral reefs are complex and biodiverse ecosystems that are undergoing significant change.
Understanding reef composition and biodiversity at multiple spatial scales is necessary to …

En la última década varias predicciones han sido planteadas, acerca de la magnitud y
dirección de los cambios temporales en la estructura coralina, pero pocos estudios las han …

Reefs in tropical atoll systems have historically been described on a geomorphic basis, and
segregated into loosely defined fore-reef, back-reef, and lagoonal reef zones. However …

ABSTRACT he scleractinian genus Meandrina is unique to the western Atlantic. Species
diversity has varied from 12 to two currently recognized taxa, the Caribbean Meandrina …

A brown tide bloom of Aureoumbra lagunensis developed in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba during
a period of drought in 2013 that followed heavy winds and rainfall from Hurricane Sandy in …

Table 8. Rank of stressor severity to Acropora palmata and A. cervicornis on a regional scale
without (w/out) and with (w/) prohibition/protection of existing regulatory mechanisms (regs) …