Published with ISME, ITTO and project partners FAO, UNESCO-MAB, UNEP-WCMC and
UNU-INWEH This atlas provides the first truly global assessment of the state of the world's …

Abstract The Caribbean Sea and its watersheds show signs of environmental degradation.
These fragile coastal ecosystems are susceptible to environmental impacts, in part because …

Caribbean Coastal Marine Productivity (CARICOMP) was a basin-wide cooperative,
international network of marine laboratories established in 1985. Recognizing major trends …

Large-scale marine disturbances, called marine major ecological disturbances (MMEDs),
have drastically increased in the last 20-25 years. Coral-reef bleaching has repeatedly killed …

Venezuela is among the ten countries with the highest biodiversity in the world, both in the
terrestrial and the marine environment. Due to its biogeographical position, Venezuelan …

Venezuela has some of the most diverse and well developed coral reefs in the Caribbean,
although they are limited in their distribution mainly by geomorphologic and environmental …

Se reportan los resultados recabados durante la ejecución del programa CARICOMP
(Caribbean Coastal Marine Productivity). Este programa tiene como objetivo principal …

In December 1999 heavy continuous rains that lasted one week affected the Venezuelan
coastline. At Morrocoy National Park, a large marine reserve, rainfall values surpassed …

Heavy rainfall caused a severe disturbance on the Thalassia testudinum meadows at
Morrocoy National Park in December 1999, affecting its associated infauna and inducing …

La invasión del pez león, Pterois volitans, en la costa Atlántica de los Estados Unidos y el
mar Caribe representa una amenaza al funcionamiento del ecosistema marino. En 2010 …