Evaluating the response of coral assemblages to different disturbances is important because variations in species composition may have consequences for ecosystem functioning due to their different functional roles in coral reefs. This study evaluates changes in diversity, structure and composition of coral assemblages of the coral reefs of two national parks in the northern sector of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System spanning the period from 2006 to 2012, just after the impact of two hurricanes in the area. Coral assemblages in the Cancún National Park included fewer species and lower live coral coverage ( < 15%) than those recorded in Cozumel. In the Cancún National Park, the species with the highest coral cover was Porites astreoides (...
Increased rates of sedimentation in the marine environment as a consequence of increased runoff, def...
Coral reefs are considered dynamic environments of great biological importance due to the high diver...
RESUMEN: Los arrecifes coralinos están entre los ecosistemas más importantes y valiosos del planeta....
"Anthropogenic disturbances may affect the development and maintenance of coral reefs by promoting d...
Anthropogenic disturbances may affect the development and maintenance of coral reefs by promoting di...
The Mexican Central Pacific is located in a zone of oceanographic transition between two biogeograph...
With increasing local and global stressors on coral reef ecosystems, the future stability of environ...
The main goal of this research was to obtain baseline field data of the composition of sponges, cora...
This is the final version. Available on open access from the Royal Society via the DOI in this recor...
Coral systems, which serve a great variety of environmental services, are rapidly declining at a glo...
The soft bottom macroalgae of the lagoon reef in the Biosphere Reservation of the Chinchorro Bank in...
Clipperton Atoll, one of the most isolated coral reefs worldwide, is of great scientific interest du...
Aims to obtaining an ecological description of the elements that make up Chinchorro Bank community, ...
Background. Corals play a fundamental role in reef structure and function because of their ability t...
A relatively high percentage of Colombia's coral reefs are in protected areas, but despite the admin...
Increased rates of sedimentation in the marine environment as a consequence of increased runoff, def...
Coral reefs are considered dynamic environments of great biological importance due to the high diver...
RESUMEN: Los arrecifes coralinos están entre los ecosistemas más importantes y valiosos del planeta....
"Anthropogenic disturbances may affect the development and maintenance of coral reefs by promoting d...
Anthropogenic disturbances may affect the development and maintenance of coral reefs by promoting di...
The Mexican Central Pacific is located in a zone of oceanographic transition between two biogeograph...
With increasing local and global stressors on coral reef ecosystems, the future stability of environ...
The main goal of this research was to obtain baseline field data of the composition of sponges, cora...
This is the final version. Available on open access from the Royal Society via the DOI in this recor...
Coral systems, which serve a great variety of environmental services, are rapidly declining at a glo...
The soft bottom macroalgae of the lagoon reef in the Biosphere Reservation of the Chinchorro Bank in...
Clipperton Atoll, one of the most isolated coral reefs worldwide, is of great scientific interest du...
Aims to obtaining an ecological description of the elements that make up Chinchorro Bank community, ...
Background. Corals play a fundamental role in reef structure and function because of their ability t...
A relatively high percentage of Colombia's coral reefs are in protected areas, but despite the admin...
Increased rates of sedimentation in the marine environment as a consequence of increased runoff, def...
Coral reefs are considered dynamic environments of great biological importance due to the high diver...
RESUMEN: Los arrecifes coralinos están entre los ecosistemas más importantes y valiosos del planeta....