Macroscopic Network Properties and Spatially-Explicit Dynamic Model of the Banco Chinchorro Biosphere Reserve Coral Reef (Caribbean Sea) for the Assessment of Harvest Scenarios

2020 ◽  
pp. 163-177
Author(s):  
Fabián Alejandro Rodríguez-Zaragoza ◽  
Marco Ortiz
Keyword(s):  
Coral Reef ◽  
Dynamic Model ◽  
Biosphere Reserve ◽  
Caribbean Sea ◽  
Spatially Explicit ◽  
Network Properties ◽  
Explicit Dynamic

scholarly journals Eunicida and Amphinomida polychaetes (Annelida) inhabiting dead coral fragments in the Chinchorro Bank Biosphere Reserve, Mexican Caribbean

2019 ◽  
Vol 67 (S5) ◽  
pp. S16-S38
Author(s):  
Pablo Hernández-Alcántara ◽  
Ismael Narciso Cruz-Pérez ◽  
Vivianne Solís-Weiss
Keyword(s):  
Coral Reef ◽  
New Records ◽  
Biosphere Reserve ◽  
Scuba Diving ◽  
Caribbean Sea ◽  
Taxonomic Composition ◽  
Individual Species ◽  
Dead Coral ◽  
Mexican Caribbean ◽  
Western Caribbean

ABSTRACT. Introduction: The polychaete fauna inhabiting Chinchorro Bank has been poorly studied and only 35 species have been previously reported. Objective: To examine the taxonomic composition of the Eunicida and Amphinomida associated to dead coral substrates from this coral reef atoll, a Biosphere Reserve located in the southern Mexican Caribbean. Methods: In April 2008, dead coral fragments of the genus Porites were manually collected by SCUBA diving at eight stations between 4-16.2 m depth. Results: A total of 714 individuals belonging to 17 genera and 48 species of the families Amphinomidae, Dorvilleidae, Eunicidae, Lumbrineridae, Oenonidae and Onuphidae were identified. Eunicidae was clearly the more diverse (29 species; 60.4 %) and abundant family (479 individuals; 67.1 %), while the Oenonidae and Onuphidae were represented by only one individual-species each. Thirty-eight species (79.2 %) were new records for Chinchorro Bank, of which 23 species (47.9 %) were newly reported for the Western Caribbean ecoregion. Conclusions: The polychaete fauna recorded showed that the Chinchorro Bank reef is a species-rich habitat that deserves further study; the 48 species from six families identified were similar or even greater than the number of species reported from dead coral environments of other Caribbean Sea regions.

scholarly journals The Mesophotic, Coral Reef-Associated, Marine Algal Flora of Puerto Rico, Caribbean Sea

2016 ◽  
pp. 2-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
David L. Ballantine ◽  
Hector Ruiz Torres ◽  
Nilda E. Aponte
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rico ◽  
Coral Reef ◽  
Caribbean Sea ◽  
Algal Flora ◽  
Marine Algal

Composition and diversity patterns of Eunicida and Amphinomida (Annelida) associated to dead coral in the Chinchorro Bank Biosphere Reserve, Caribbean Sea

2019 ◽  
Vol 99 (7) ◽  
pp. 1547-1555
Author(s):  
Pablo Hernández-Alcántara ◽  
Ismael Narciso Cruz-Pérez ◽  
Vivianne Solís-Weiss
Keyword(s):  
Beta Diversity ◽  
Central Zone ◽  
Biosphere Reserve ◽  
Caribbean Sea ◽  
Dominant Factor ◽  
Dead Coral ◽  
Diversity Patterns ◽  
Mexican Caribbean ◽  
The Family ◽  
Northern Zone

AbstractThe present study is the first attempt to describe beta-diversity patterns in polychaetes of the Caribbean Sea, analysing depth changes in species composition of the Eunicida and Amphinomida inhabiting dead coral in Chinchorro Bank, southern Mexican Caribbean. In April 2008, dead coral fragments were collected by scuba diving in eight stations along two bathymetric gradients (4–9 m and 7–16.2 m depth); 755 individuals from 53 species of the families Amphinomidae, Dorvilleidae, Eunicidae, Lumbrineridae, Oenonidae and Onuphidae were identified. The highest number of species (32) and individuals (514) were found in the family Eunicidae. The Northern transect harboured 36 species, on average 18.75 ind. L−1, which decreased linearly with depth; the Central transect had 43 species, on average 19.01 ind. L−1, which increased at middle depths. The species inhabiting both these zones were moderately different (βsor = 0.603): 49.06% of the fauna occurred on both transects, but the components of beta-diversity, turnover and nestedness, displayed distinct patterns: in the Northern one replacement was the dominant factor (βsim = 0.3–1; βnes = 0–0.091), practically representing all faunal differences (βsor = 0.391–1); in the Central, dissimilarity due to nestedness increased (βnes = 0.031–0.829), mainly at the shallowest stations, but from 5 m depth, beta-diversity was almost completely explained by species replacement (βsim = 0.417–0.5; βnes = 0.031–0.318). Faunal differences were mostly related to higher abundances of Lysidice caribensis, Eunice goodei and Lumbrineris floridana in the Northern zone, and Lumbrineris perkinsi, Nicidion obtusa, Lysidice caribensis, Lumbrineris floridana, Lysidice unicornis and Eunice mutilata in the Central zone.

The Sian Ka'an biosphere reserve coral reef system, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

1994 ◽  
Vol 423 ◽  
pp. 1-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Jordan-Dahlgren ◽  
E. Martin-Chavez ◽  
Martan Sachez-Segura ◽  
Alejandro Gonzalez de la Parra
Keyword(s):  
Coral Reef ◽  
Yucatan Peninsula ◽  
Biosphere Reserve ◽  
Reef System ◽  
Yucatán Peninsula ◽  
Coral Reef System

Lysianopsis adelae, new species of amphipod (Gammaridea: Lysianassidae) from the Veracruz Coral Reef System, SW Gulf of Mexico

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2205 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
IGNACIO WINFIELD ◽  
MANUEL ORTIZ
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Coral Reef ◽  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Caribbean Sea ◽  
Reef System ◽  
Aplysina Fistularis ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Coral Reef System

A new species of amphipod of the genus Lysianopsis from the Veracruz Coral Reef System, SW Gulf of Mexico is described. Lysianopsis adelae n. sp., was collected in the sediments at the base of the sponge Aplysina fistularis at a depth of 10 m. The differences among L. alba, L. hummelincki, and L. ozona, recorded from Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea are pointed out and they are compared with the new species.

Improving Life Cycle Assessment by Including Spatial, Dynamic and Place-Based Modeling

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Reap ◽  
Bert Bras ◽  
Patrick J. Newcomb ◽  
Carol Carmichael
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Impact Assessment ◽  
Spatially Explicit ◽  
Spatial Dynamic ◽  
Ecosystem Models ◽  
Lumped Parameter ◽  
Additional Improvement ◽  
Explicit Dynamic ◽  
The Impact

Drawing from the substantial body of literature on life cycle assessment / analysis (LCA), the article summarizes the methodology’s limitations and failings, discusses some proposed improvements and suggests an additional improvement. After describing the LCA methodology within the context of ISO guidelines, the article summaries the limitations and failings inherent in the method’s life cycle inventory and impact assessment phases. The article then discusses improvements meant to overcome problems related to lumped parameter, static, site-independent modeling. Finally, the article suggests a remedy for some of the problems with LCA. Linking industrial models with spatially explicit, dynamic and site-specific ecosystem models is suggested as a means of improving the impact assessment phase of LCA.

scholarly journals Integrating scientific guidance into marine spatial planning

2014 ◽  
Vol 281 (1781) ◽  
pp. 20132252 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Rassweiler ◽  
Christopher Costello ◽  
Ray Hilborn ◽  
David A. Siegel
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Dynamic Models ◽  
Recent Literature ◽  
Spatially Explicit ◽  
Marine Resources ◽  
Marine Spatial Planning ◽  
Alternative Approach ◽  
Rules Of Thumb ◽  
Planning Processes ◽  
Explicit Dynamic

Marine spatial planning (MSP), whereby areas of the ocean are zoned for different uses, has great potential to reduce or eliminate conflicts between competing management goals, but only if strategically applied. The recent literature overwhelmingly agrees that including stakeholders in these planning processes is critical to success; but, given the countless alternative ways even simple spatial regulations can be configured, how likely is it that a stakeholder-driven process will generate plans that deliver on the promise of MSP? Here, we use a spatially explicit, dynamic bioeconomic model to show that stakeholder-generated plans are doomed to fail in the absence of strong scientific guidance. While strategically placed spatial regulations can improve outcomes remarkably, the vast majority of possible plans fail to achieve this potential. Surprisingly, existing scientific rules of thumb do little to improve outcomes. Here, we develop an alternative approach in which models are used to identify efficient plans, which are then modified by stakeholders. Even if stakeholders alter these initial proposals considerably, results hugely outperform plans guided by scientific rules of thumb. Our results underscore the importance of spatially explicit dynamic models for the management of marine resources and illustrate how such models can be harmoniously integrated into a stakeholder-driven MSP process.

An Explicit Dynamic Model for Direct Reforming Carbonate Fuel Cell Stack

2001 ◽  
Vol 21 (9) ◽  
pp. 63-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. D. Lukas ◽  
K. Y. Lee ◽  
H. Ghezel-Ayagh
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Dynamic Model ◽  
Fuel Cell Stack ◽  
Explicit Dynamic ◽  
Carbonate Fuel Cell
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