[HTML][HTML] Assessing marine ecosystem condition: A review to support indicator choice and framework development

KP Smit, ATF Bernard, AT Lombard, KJ Sink - Ecological Indicators, 2021 - Elsevier
This review provides a broad conceptual overview of different approaches to measuring
marine ecosystem condition and guidance for framework development (particularly relevant …

A spatial method to calculate small-scale fisheries effort in data poor scenarios

AF Johnson, M Moreno-Báez, A Giron-Nava… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
To gauge the collateral impacts of fishing we must know where fishing boats operate and
how much they fish. Although small-scale fisheries land approximately the same amount of …

Responses of the coral reef cryptobiome to environmental gradients in the Red Sea

R Villalobos, E Aylagas, JI Ellis, JK Pearman, H Anlauf… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
An essential component of the coral reef animal diversity is the species hidden in crevices
within the reef matrix, referred to as the cryptobiome. These organisms play an important …

[HTML][HTML] The mesophotic zone of the marine protected area Espíritu Santo, Gulf of California, can function as a refuge for the ichthyofauna

P Silva-Montoya, G Ramírez-Ortiz… - Deep Sea Research …, 2024 - Elsevier
Research on mesophotic reefs has increased thanks to technological advances such as
remotely operated vehicles (ROV). The aim of this study was to evaluate differences in …

Warming and marine heatwaves tropicalize rocky reefs communities in the Gulf of California

F Favoretto, C Sánchez, O Aburto-Oropeza - Progress in Oceanography, 2022 - Elsevier
Globally, marine communities are experiencing gradual warming and extreme heatwaves
causing species to shift in geographic range. As a result, the biological assemblages outside …

Community structure and biomass of larval euphausiids and postlarval mysids in relation to anomalous warming events during a weekly time series (2014–2017) at …

PD Ventura-Domínguez, J Gómez-Gutiérrez… - Progress in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Euphausiids and mysids are important components of pelagic ecosystems due to their high
abundance and tendency to form dense aggregations, swarms, and schools, which …

Hydroacoustics as a tool to examine the effects of Marine Protected Areas and habitat type on marine fish communities

JP Egerton, AF Johnson, J Turner, L LeVay… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Hydroacoustic technologies are widely used in fisheries research but few studies have used
them to examine the effects of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). We evaluate the efficacy of …

Fish diversity divergence between tropical eastern pacific and tropical western Atlantic coral reefs

M Olán-González, H Reyes-Bonilla… - … Biology of Fishes, 2020 - Springer
A comparison of fish diversity was carried out among 45 sites within four localities in the
Mexican Tropical Western Atlantic (TWA) and Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) regions …

[HTML][HTML] Functional-biogeography of the reef fishes of the islands of the Gulf of California: integrating functional divergence into marine conservation

D Olivier, N Loiseau, D Petatán-Ramírez… - Global Ecology and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The Gulf of California (GC) is a semi-closed sea in the Tropical Eastern Pacific and
is recognised as a highly diverse marine ecosystem. Despite this status, this region is still …

DNA sequencing of fish eggs and larvae reveals high species diversity and seasonal changes in spawning activity in the southeastern Gulf of California

ALM Ahern, J Gómez-Gutiérrez… - Marine Ecology …, 2018 - int-res.com
Ichthyoplankton studies can provide valuable information on the species richness and
spawning activity of fishes, complementing estimations done using trawls and diver surveys …