Nuestro objetivo es desarrollar diversas publicaciones científicas que destaquen nuestro compromiso con la conservación de nuestros recursos marinos.
La mayoría de las publicaciones están disponibles gratuitamente en nuestro sitio web.
2021
Vardi, Tali; Hoot, Whitney C.; Levy, Jessica; Shaver, Elizabeth; Winters, R. Scott; Banaszak, Anastazia T.; Baums, Iliana B.; Chamberland, Valérie F.; Cook, Nathan; Gulko, David; Hein, Margaux Y.; Kaufman, Les; Loewe, Michelle; Lundgren, Petra; Lustic, Caitlin; MacGowan, Petra; Matz, Mikhail V.; McGonigle, Miles; McLeod, Ian; Moore, Jennifer; Moore, Tom; Pivard, Sandrine; Pollock, F. Joseph; Rinkevich, Baruch; Suggett, David J.; Suleimán-Ramos, Samuel E.; Viehman, T. Shay; Villalobos, Tatiana; Weis, Virginia M.; Wolke, Chelsea; Montoya-Maya, Phanor H.
Six priorities to advance the science and practice of coral reef restoration worldwide Journal Article
In: Restoration Ecology, vol. 29, iss. 8, no. e13498, pp. 1-7, 2021, ISSN: 1061-2971.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: coral interventions, coral reefs, coral restoration, Corals, reefs, restoration
@article{Vardi2021,
title = {Six priorities to advance the science and practice of coral reef restoration worldwide},
author = {Vardi, Tali and Hoot, Whitney C. and Levy, Jessica and Shaver, Elizabeth and Winters, R. Scott and Banaszak, Anastazia T. and Baums, Iliana B. and Chamberland, Valérie F. and Cook, Nathan and Gulko, David and Hein, Margaux Y. and Kaufman, Les and Loewe, Michelle and Lundgren, Petra and Lustic, Caitlin and MacGowan, Petra and Matz, Mikhail V. and McGonigle, Miles and McLeod, Ian and Moore, Jennifer and Moore, Tom and Pivard, Sandrine and Pollock, F. Joseph and Rinkevich, Baruch and Suggett, David J. and Suleimán-Ramos, Samuel E. and Viehman, T. Shay and Villalobos, Tatiana and Weis, Virginia M. and Wolke, Chelsea and Montoya-Maya, Phanor H.},
url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/rec.13498
https://sampr.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Restoration-Ecology-2021-Vardi-Six-priorities-to-advance-the-science-and-practice-of-coral-reef-restoration-worldwide.pdf},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.13498},
issn = {1061-2971},
year = {2021},
date = {2021-11-29},
urldate = {2021-11-29},
journal = {Restoration Ecology},
volume = {29},
number = {e13498},
issue = {8},
pages = {1-7},
abstract = {Coral reef restoration is a rapidly growing movement galvanized by the accelerating degradation of the world's tropical coral reefs. The need for concerted and collaborative action focused on the recovery of coral reef ecosystems coalesced in the creation of the Coral Restoration Consortium (CRC) in 2017. In March 2020, the CRC leadership team met for a biennial review of international coral reef restoration efforts and a discussion of perceived knowledge and implementation bottlenecks that may impair scalability and efficacy. Herein we present six priorities wherein the CRC will foster scientific advancement and collaboration to: (1) increase restoration efficiency, focusing on scale and cost-effectiveness of deployment; (2) scale up larval-based coral restoration efforts, emphasizing recruit health, growth, and survival; (3) ensure restoration of threatened coral species proceeds within a population-genetics management context; (4) support a holistic approach to coral reef ecosystem restoration; (5) develop and promote the use of standardized terms and metrics for coral reef restoration; and (6) support coral reef restoration practitioners working in diverse geographic locations. These priorities are not exhaustive nor do we imply that accomplishing these tasks alone will be sufficient to restore coral reefs globally; rather these are topics where we feel the CRC community of practice can make timely and significant contributions to facilitate the growth of coral reef restoration as a practical conservation strategy. The goal for these collective actions is to provide tangible, local-scale advancements in reef condition that offset declines resulting from local and global stressors including climate change.},
keywords = {coral interventions, coral reefs, coral restoration, Corals, reefs, restoration},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
2019
Weil, E.; Hernández Delgado, Edwin A.; Gonzalez, M.; Williams, S.; Suleimán-Ramos, S.; Figuerola, M.; Metz-Estrella, T.
Spread of the new coral disease “SCTLD” into the Caribbean: implications for Puerto Rico. Journal Article
In: Reef Encounter, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 38-43, 2019.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: biodiversity, biomass, Caribbean, communities, Coral, coral diseases, coral reefs, diversity, Puerto Rico, reef, reefs
@article{Weil2019,
title = {Spread of the new coral disease “SCTLD” into the Caribbean: implications for Puerto Rico.},
author = {Weil, E. and Hernández Delgado, Edwin A. and Gonzalez, M. and Williams, S. and Suleimán-Ramos, S. and Figuerola, M. and Metz-Estrella, T.},
url = {https://www.researchgate.net/publication/342477916_REEF_ENCOUNTER_Spread_of_the_new_coral_disease_SCTLD_into_the_Caribbean_implications_for_Puerto_Rico
https://www.agrra.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Weil-et-al.-2020-Reef-Encounter.pdf
https://sampr.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Spread-of-the-new-coral-disease-SCTLD-into-the-Caribbean-implications-for-Puerto-Rico.pdf
},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-12-01},
urldate = {2019-12-01},
journal = {Reef Encounter},
volume = {34},
number = {1},
pages = {38-43},
abstract = {The ongoing deterioration and significant decline in live coral cover and diversity in coral reef communities
worldwide is strongly associated with increasing water temperatures linked to Global Climate Change, aided by
anthropogenic activities (Harvell et al. 2004, 2007, 2009; Weil and Rogers 2011; Maynard et al. 2016; Woodley et al.
2016). In the Wider Caribbean, major community structure and function decline was marked by two region-wide,
concurrent, highly virulent disease epizootics in the early 1980’s. These events almost wiped out two foundational
scleractinian species (Acropora palmata and A. cervicornis), and the keystone sea urchin Diadema antillarum. White
band disease (WBD) affected the acroporids and was caused by a complex of vibrio bacteria (Gil-Agudelo et al. 2006).
The Diadema mass mortality had all the trademark characteristics of a virulent, transmissible, bacterial or viral
infection, but the putative pathogen (pathogens) was never identified (Lessios 2016). Populations of both acroporids
and sea urchins suffered over 95% mortalities throughout the wider Caribbean (Gladfelter 1982; Lessios et al. 1984a,b;
Aronson and Precht 2001; Lessios 2016), followed by a cascade of ecological consequences (significant loss of live
coral cover, primary productivity, spatial complexity, biodiversity and fecundity; loss of ecological functions, increase
in algal cover and biomass, etc.), ending in a shift from coral- to algal-dominated communities and the loss of
ecological services to other tropical marine communities and to human beings (Aronson and Precht 2001; Weil and
Rogers 2011). Several other disease-induced mass mortalities of other cnidarians, as well as of massive, plate and
nodular reef-building genera, have in the last 30 years resulted in additional loss of biomass, diversity and live coral
cover on many Caribbean reefs (Miller et al. 2009; Weil et al. 2009a; Weil and Rogers 2011; Bastidas et al. 2011; Weil
et al. 2017). },
keywords = {biodiversity, biomass, Caribbean, communities, Coral, coral diseases, coral reefs, diversity, Puerto Rico, reef, reefs},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
worldwide is strongly associated with increasing water temperatures linked to Global Climate Change, aided by
anthropogenic activities (Harvell et al. 2004, 2007, 2009; Weil and Rogers 2011; Maynard et al. 2016; Woodley et al.
2016). In the Wider Caribbean, major community structure and function decline was marked by two region-wide,
concurrent, highly virulent disease epizootics in the early 1980’s. These events almost wiped out two foundational
scleractinian species (Acropora palmata and A. cervicornis), and the keystone sea urchin Diadema antillarum. White
band disease (WBD) affected the acroporids and was caused by a complex of vibrio bacteria (Gil-Agudelo et al. 2006).
The Diadema mass mortality had all the trademark characteristics of a virulent, transmissible, bacterial or viral
infection, but the putative pathogen (pathogens) was never identified (Lessios 2016). Populations of both acroporids
and sea urchins suffered over 95% mortalities throughout the wider Caribbean (Gladfelter 1982; Lessios et al. 1984a,b;
Aronson and Precht 2001; Lessios 2016), followed by a cascade of ecological consequences (significant loss of live
coral cover, primary productivity, spatial complexity, biodiversity and fecundity; loss of ecological functions, increase
in algal cover and biomass, etc.), ending in a shift from coral- to algal-dominated communities and the loss of
ecological services to other tropical marine communities and to human beings (Aronson and Precht 2001; Weil and
Rogers 2011). Several other disease-induced mass mortalities of other cnidarians, as well as of massive, plate and
nodular reef-building genera, have in the last 30 years resulted in additional loss of biomass, diversity and live coral
cover on many Caribbean reefs (Miller et al. 2009; Weil et al. 2009a; Weil and Rogers 2011; Bastidas et al. 2011; Weil
et al. 2017).

