• Coral Reef Bioerosion in the Eastern Tropical Pacific 

      Alvarado Barrientos, Juan José; Grassian, Benjamin; Cantera Kintz, Jaime Ricardo; Carballo Cenizo, José Luis; Londoño Cruz, Edgardo (2017)
      Bioerosion, the weakening and erosion of hard substrates by boring, etching, and grazing organisms, is a major structuring force on coral reefs of the Eastern Tropical Pacific (ETP). Bioerosional processes are the main ...
    • Coral Reef Conservation in the Eastern Tropical Pacific 

      Alvarado Barrientos, Juan José; Aburto Oropeza, Octavio; Abad Godoy, Rubén Darío; Barraza Sandoval, José Enrique; Brandt, Margarita; Cantera Kintz, Jaime Ricardo; Estrada, Priscilla; Gaymer, Carlos F.; Guzmán Mora, Ana Gloria; Herlan, James J.; Maté Touriño, Juan Laurentino (2017)
      This chapter reviews and evaluates coral reef conservation strategies along the eastern tropical Pacific (ETP), a narrow biogeographic region on the Pacific American coast that extends from southern Baja California, Mexico ...
    • Eastern Pacific 

      Ruiz Robinson, Néstor Manuel; Fernández García, Cindy; Riosmena Rodríguez, Rafael; Rosas Alquicira, Edgar F.; Konar, Brenda; Chenelot, Heloise; Jewett, Stephen C.; Melzer, Roland R.; Meyer, Roland; Försterra, Günter; Häussermann, Vreni; Macaya, Erasmo C. (2017)
      In the Eastern Pacific (EP) the only region where rhodolith beds have been well studied in terms of taxonomy, ecology, distribution and conservation status is the Gulf of California. Outside this region the knowledge of ...
    • Eastern Pacific Coral Reef Provinces, Coral Community Structure and Composition: An Overview 

      Glynn, Peter W.; Alvarado Barrientos, Juan José; Banks, Stuart; Cortés Núñez, Jorge; Feingold, Joshua S.; Jiménez, Carlos E.; Maragos, James E.; Martínez, Priscilla; Maté Touriño, Juan Laurentino; Moanga, Diana A.; Navarrete, Sergio A.; Reyes Bonilla, Héctor; Riegl, Bernhard; Rivera, Fernando; Vargas Ángel, Bernardo; Wieters, Evie A.; Zapata, Fernando A. (2017)
      Advances in our knowledge of eastern tropical Pacific (ETP) coral reef biogeography and ecology during the past two decades are briefly reviewed. Fifteen ETP subregions are recognized, including mainland and island localities ...
    • Human Influences On Eastern Tropical Pacific Coral Communities and Coral Reefs 

      Cortés Núñez, Jorge; Reyes Bonilla, Héctor (2016)
      Coral reefs world-wide have been impacted by direct and indirect human activity and natural disturbances. This has led to the degradation and disappearance of many reef structures. On a basin-wide scale, the natural impact ...
    • Marine Biodiversity of Eastern Tropical Pacific Coral Reefs 

      Cortés Núñez, Jorge; Enochs, Ian C.; Sibaja Cordero, Jeffrey Alejandro; Hernández, Luis; Alvarado Barrientos, Juan José; Breedy Shadid, Odalisca; Cruz Barraza, José Antonio; Esquivel Garrote, Octavio; Fernández García, Cindy; Hermosillo, Alicia; Kaiser, Kirstie L.; Medina Rosas, Pedro; Morales Ramírez, Álvaro; Pacheco, Cristian; Pérez Matus, Alejandro; Reyes Bonilla, Héctor; Riosmena Rodríguez, Rafael; Sánchez Noguera, Celeste; Wieters, Evie A.; Zapata, Fernando A. (2017)
      The eastern tropical Pacific (ETP) is an isolated oceanic region exposed to extreme oceanographic conditions, including low salinity, low pH, high temperatures during El Niño, and low temperatures during La Niña and seasonal ...