Browsing by Author "Hernández-Delgado, Edwin A."
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Combined impacts of sea surface warming, local runoff pulses, and meso-scale Caribbean gyres on coral reef rehabilitation success: Lessons learned to cope with climate change
Hernández-Delgado, Edwin A.; Hernández-Pacheco, Raisa; Ruíz-Morales, Tagrid (External Scientific Advisory Committe (ESAC), 2009-11)Low-tech coral aquaculture methods have been successfully used in Culebra Island, PR, since year 2003 to propagate threatened staghorn coral (Acropora cervicornis). Harvested corals are being used through the Culebra Island ... -
Coral reef ecosystem collapse in Puerto Rico: Combined impacts of long-term local anthropogenic factors and climate change
Hernández-Delgado, Edwin A.; Hernández-Pacheco, Raisa; Sabat, Alberto M. (External Scientific Advisory Committe (ASEC), 2009-11)Coral reefs are under increasing threats that have undermined their resistance ability to disturbance, their ecological functions and their ecosystem resilience. A combination of long-term impacts by natural factors (i.e., ... -
Crime scene investigation of recreational marine fisheries: The impact of shore-based recreational fishing of Queen Conch (Strombus gigas) in Culebra Island, PR
Robles, Emily; Muñoz, Mirnel; Vélez, Arlianne; Olivo, Iván; Hernández-Delgado, Edwin A. (External Scientific Advisory Committe (ESAC), 2009-11)Queen conch (Strombus gigas) is one of the most significant edible benthic invertebrate species through the Caribbean, but its populations have largely declined through time. Its recreational fishery impact still remains ... -
Rapid assessment of Mona Island’s coral reefs following the 2005-2006 post-bleaching mass mortality event: Evidence of climate change impacts
Hernández-Delgado, Edwin A.; Claudio-Hernández, Héctor J. (External Scientific Advisory Committe (ESAC), 2009-11)Mona Island, located nearly halfway between La Hispaniola and PR, is considered a unique and pristine natural wonder in the Caribbean. Its coral reef ecosystems are paramount for maintaining the meta-population connectivity ... -
Star coral (Montastraea annularisspp. complex) population collapse: An unequivocal sign of climate change impacts in Caribbean coral reefs Raisa
Hernández-Pacheco, Raisa; Ocasio-Torres, María E.; Ruíz-Morales, Tagrid; Oms-Hernández, Julio; Hernández-Delgado, Edwin A. (External Scientific Advisory Committe (ESAC), 2009-11)A catastrophic warming event occurred during 2005 throughout the northeastern Caribbean Sea that caused a mass coral bleaching event in Puerto Rico the was followed by an unprecedented mass mortality of the Montastraea ...