Growth and survival of Pocillopora damicornis (Scleractinia: Pocilloporidae) coral fragments and their potential for coral reef restoration in the Tropical Eastern Pacific

LD Lizcano-Sandoval, E Londoño-Cruz… - Marine biology …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Transplantation of coral fragments is a common procedure for the restoration of degraded
coral reefs. In the Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP), the branching coral Pocillopora damicornis …

Mesozooplankton and oceanographic conditions in the North zone of Coiba National Park (Panamá, Central America)

EB Olivera, L Molina, I Till, M Camarena… - Regional Studies in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Zooplankton plays a central role in marine trophic webs, where community indexes
(diversity, abundance, and biomass) are affected by regional and local oceanographic …

Physiological responses of Pocillopora corals to upwelling events in the Eastern Tropical Pacific

AL Castrillón-Cifuentes, FA Zapata… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Upwelling events can change the sea water conditions within few hours during several
months on a seasonal regimen. These events are predicted to intensify due to climate …

[HTML][HTML] A comparison of visual and collection-based methods for assessing community structure of coral reef fishes in the Tropical Eastern Pacific

A Alzate, FA Zapata, A Giraldo - Revista de Biología Tropical, 2014 - scielo.sa.cr
Gorgona Island, the major insular area in the Colombian Pacific Ocean, is characterized by
a remarkably high biological and ecosystem diversity for this area of the world. Coral reefs …

[HTML][HTML] Fitoplancton y zooplancton en el área marina protegida de Isla Gorgona, Colombia, y su relación con variables oceanográficas en estaciones lluviosa y seca

A Giraldo, B Valencia, JD Acevedo… - Revista de Biología …, 2014 - scielo.sa.cr
Se estableció la variación en la abundancia y biomasa del fitoplancton y zooplancton en el
ambiente pelágico de isla Gorgona durante octubre 2010 (época lluviosa) y marzo 2011 …

[HTML][HTML] The hydroclimatology of Gorgona Island: seasonal and ENSO-related Patternsa

JF Blanco - Actualidades Biológicas, 2009 - scielo.org.co
Most small watersheds in the Tropical Eastern Pacific remain ungauged, and discharge
analyses using gauge and simulated data have been published only for a few large rivers. I …

Thermal refuges and refugia for stony corals in the eastern tropical Pacific

TB Smith, JL Maté, J Gyory - Coral reefs of the Eastern Tropical Pacific …, 2017 - Springer
Refugia could provide the essential conditions for coral and coral reef persistence in the
marginal eastern tropical Pacific Ocean (ETP) by allowing corals to avoid extinction after …

[HTML][HTML] Mid-term coral-algal dynamics and conservation status of a Gorgona Island (Tropical Eastern Pacific) coral reef

FA Zapata, A Rodríguez-Ramírez… - Revista de Biología …, 2010 - scielo.sa.cr
Colombian coral reefs, as other reefs worldwide, have deteriorated significantly during the
last few decades due to both natural and anthropogenic disturbances. The National …

[HTML][HTML] Daily and monthly ichthyoplankton assemblages of La Azufrada coral reef, Gorgona Island, Eastern Tropical Pacific

GA Ramírez-Martínez, A Giraldo… - Regional Studies in …, 2022 - Elsevier
The description of the daily and seasonal variation of the species composition and
abundance on the early stages of fishes in coral reefs can lead to a better understanding of …

Spatiotemporal variability of oxygen concentration in coral reefs of Gorgona Island (Eastern Tropical Pacific) and its effect on the coral Pocillopora capitata

AL Castrillón-Cifuentes, FA Zapata, A Giraldo, C Wild - PeerJ, 2023 - peerj.com
Dissolved oxygen concentration (DO) is one of the main factors limiting benthic species
distribution. Due to ocean warming and eutrophication, the ocean is deoxygenating. In the …