Caribbean Ocean Acidification & Related Regional Studies

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- Ecological and socioeconomic strategies to sustain Caribbean coral reefs in a high-CO₂ world. Reg. Stud. Mar. Sci. doi: 10.1016/j.rsma.2019.100677
- Meta-Analysis Reveals Reduced Coral Calcification Under Projected Ocean Warming but Not Under Acidification Across the Caribbean Sea. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00127
- Reefs at Risk in the Caribbean. World Resources Institute. pdf.wri. org/reefs_caribbean_full.pdf
- Seasonal variation of physical and biogeochemical features in eastern Caribbean Surface Water. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 106(C3), 4517–4525. https://doi.org/10.1029/2000JC000291
- Acidification impacts and acclimation potential of Caribbean benthic foraminifera assemblages in naturally discharging low-pH water. Biogeosciences, *19*(22), 5269–5288. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-5269-2022
- Carbonate chemistry seasonality in a tropical mangrove lagoon in La Parguera, Puerto Rico. PLOS ONE, 16(5), e0250069. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0250069
- Seasonal patterns in surface carbonate chemistry and air–sea CO₂ fluxes in the southern Caribbean Sea. Continental Shelf Research, 110, 112–125. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2015.10.004
- Impacts of ocean acidification in the coastal and marine environments of Caribbean small island developing states (SIDS). Caribbean Marine Climate Change Report Card: Science Review 2017, 31–30.
- Seasonal variations of carbonate chemistry at two western Atlantic coral reefs. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 125(3), e2020JC016108. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JC016108
- Effects of nearshore processes on carbonate chemistry dynamics and ocean acidification [Doctoral dissertation, University of New Hampshire]. https://scholars.unh.edu/dissertation/2532
- Net ecosystem dissolution and respiration dominate metabolic rates at two western Atlantic coral reefs. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 127(4), e2021JC018157. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JC018157
- Observations of Sargassum carbon influx and biogeochemical impact in La Parguera Marine Reserve. Caribbean Journal of Science, 54(1), 1–18. https://doi.org/10.18475/cjos.v54i1.a1
- Impacts of floating Sargassum accumulation on the fringing mangrove Rhizophora mangle in Southwestern Puerto Rico: A case study [Doctoral dissertation, University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez Campus].
- Caribbean-wide decline in carbonate production threatens coral reef growth. Nature Communications, 4(1), 1402. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms2409
- Puerto Rico's State of the Climate 2014—2021: Assessing Puerto Rico's Social-Ecological Vulnerabilities in a Changing Climate. Puerto Rico Coastal Zone Management Program, Department of Natural and Environmental Resources, NOAA Office Ocean and Coastal Resource Management. San Juan, PR. https://www.drna.pr.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/PR_StateOfTheClimate_2014-2021_PRCCC-09-2022.pdf
- Hybrid coral reef restoration can be a cost-effective nature-based solution to provide protection to vulnerable coastal populations. Science Advances, 11(3), eadn4004. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adn4004