Environmental status of the Gulf of California: a pollution review

F Páez-Osuna, S Álvarez-Borrego… - Earth-Science …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The Gulf of California (GC) is an unique large ecosystem characterized by its rich
biodiversity, high biological productivity and endemism of marine life. However, as many …

Environmental status of the Gulf of California: A review of responses to climate change and climate variability

F Páez-Osuna, JA Sanchez-Cabeza… - Earth-Science …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The Gulf of California (GC) is a unique large marine ecosystem characterized by its
rich biodiversity, high biological productivity and endemism of marine life, which are the …

Impacts of hypoxia on the structure and processes in pelagic communities (zooplankton, macro-invertebrates and fish)

W Ekau, H Auel, HO Pörtner, D Gilbert - Biogeosciences, 2010 - bg.copernicus.org
Dissolved oxygen (DO) concentration in the water column is an environmental parameter
that is crucial for the successful development of many pelagic organisms. Hypoxia tolerance …

The role of diversification in dynamic small-scale fisheries: Lessons from Baja California Sur, Mexico

EM Finkbeiner - Global Environmental Change, 2015 - Elsevier
Globally, small-scale fisheries are critical for livelihoods and food security yet face
increasing uncertainty and variability from processes such as overfishing, globalization, and …

Social indicators of vulnerability for fishing communities in the Northern Gulf of California, Mexico: implications for climate change

HN Morzaria-Luna, P Turk-Boyer, M Moreno-Baez - Marine policy, 2014 - Elsevier
Marine fisheries support the livelihoods of millions of people worldwide. These fisheries and
the communities that depend on them are highly vulnerable to climate change and other …

Estimating blue whale skin isotopic incorporation rates and baleen growth rates: Implications for assessing diet and movement patterns in mysticetes

G Busquets-Vass, SD Newsome, J Calambokidis… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Stable isotope analysis in mysticete skin and baleen plates has been repeatedly used to
assess diet and movement patterns. Accurate interpretation of isotope data depends on …

Re-defining co-management to facilitate small-scale fisheries reform: An illustration from northwest Mexico

EM Finkbeiner, X Basurto - Marine Policy, 2015 - Elsevier
Small-scale fisheries face a suite of multi-level challenges, making the reliance on
centralized governance approaches and self-governance alone unlikely to lead to long …

Impacts of climate variability on Latin American small-scale fisheries

O Defeo, M Castrejón, L Ortega, AM Kuhn… - Ecology and …, 2013 - JSTOR
Small-scale fisheries (SSFs) are social-ecological systems that play a critical role in terms of
food security and poverty alleviation in Latin America. These fisheries are increasingly …

Species-and sex-specific differences in foraging behaviour and foraging zones in blue-footed and brown boobies in the Gulf of California

H Weimerskirch, SA Shaffer, Y Tremblay… - Marine Ecology …, 2009 - int-res.com
When 2 closely related species co-occur, each exhibiting sex-specific differences in size,
resource partitioning is expected. We studied sex-specific foraging behaviour of 2 sympatric …

Assessing the geological and climatic forcing of biodiversity and evolution surrounding the Gulf of California

GA Dolby, SEK Bennett, A Lira-Noriega, BT Wilder… - Journal of the …, 2015 - JSTOR
For almost a century the Baja California peninsula (Pen of California (Gulf), and broader
Sonoran Desert region (fig drawn geologists and biologists alike to study its unique …