Click on each region to see the research projects that were carried out there.
Puerto Rico- North Region
Mitochondrial DNA Analysis for Species Identification of Snappers (Pisces: Lutjanidae) from Caribbean waters
Researchers: Juan C. Martínez-Cruzado, Ph.D., Jorge R. García-Sais, Ph.D. & Áurea E. Rodríguez-Santiago, Ph.D. student
Year: 2000
GIS- BASED COASTAL FLOODING MAPPING FOR PUERTO RICO
Researchers: Aurelio Mercado Irizarry & Harry Justiniano
Year: 2000
Strain accumulation along offshore faults of Puerto Rico and implications for tsunami hazard
Researcher: Pamela Jansma, Ph.D.
Year: 2002
THE DEVELOPMENTAL COURSE OF DON OBTAINED BY SERIAL BONE SCANNING OF A HIGH RISK SEAFOOD DIVING POPULATION IN PUERTO RICO
Researchers: Wilson MA, Lehner CE, Dueland RT, Ferrigno M, López-Tristani A, Hart EM, Aponte O, Diaz E & Toldt AM
Year: 2002
AN EVALUATION OF THE MAIN PORTS IN PUERTO RICO AND THE US VIRGIN ISLANDS AS TO THEIR EXPOSURE TO HURRICANE WAVE ATTACK
Researchers: Aurelio Mercado & Juan C. Ortiz
Year: 2002
A pilot study to investigate the possible linkages between submarine groundwater and Amphitheater-Shaped headscarps along the Northern Puerto Rico Virgin Island Margin
Researchers: Nancy R. Grindlay & Willard S. Moore
Year: 2004
Development of Rapid Seismic Monitoring procedures for incorporation into the emergent Puerto Rico - Virgin Island Tsunami Warming System
Researchers: Victor A. Huérfano Moreno & Christa von Hillebrandt-Andrade
Year: 2004
Effects of Water Quality on Sea Grass Community Productivity and Biodiversity
Researchers: Loretta Roberson, Ph.D.
Year: 2006
Developing a Protocol to Use Remote Sensing as a Cost Effective Tool to Monitor Contamination of Mangrove Wetlands
Investigadores: Johannes H. Schellekens, Ph.D. & Fernando Gilbes-Santaella, Ph.D.
Year: 2006
Aspergillosis of Sea Fans in a Global Context
Investigadores: Paul Bayman, Ph.D. & Alberto Sabat, Ph.D.
Year: 2008
Rapid Detection and Quantification of Fecal Pollution in the Caribbean Region
Investigadores: Dave Bachoon, Ernesto Otero & Adash Ramsubhag
Year: 2008
Potential Future Land Loss of Small Islands of Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands
Investigadores: David M. Bush, William J. Neal, Pablo Llerandi-Román & Chester W. Jackson, Jr.
Year: 2010
Development of the Puerto Rico Beach and Surfzone Currents Warning System
Investigadores: Miguel Canals, Ph.D. & Julio Morell
Year: 2012
An Interdisciplinary Evaluation of the Fishery for Cittarium pica
Researchers: Graham E. Forrester, Ph.D. & C. García-Quijano, Ph.D.
Year: 2012
Genetic structure and diversity of bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus off Puerto Rico
Researchers: Grisel Rodriguez, Nikolaos Schizas, Ph.D. & Richard Appeldoorn, Ph.D.
Year: 2014
Connectivity between shallow and mesophotic ecosystems in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands: using corals and commensal fauna
Researchers: N.Schizas, Ph.D. & Mónica Álfaro
Year: 2014
EXPOSURE AND ADAPTIVE CAPACITY TO FLOODS: A Comprehensive Vulnerability Assessment of Rincon’s Neighborhoods
Researchers: Saylisse Dávila, Ph.D. & Lourdes Medina, Ph.D.
Year: 2014
LIFE CYCLE COST ANALYSIS OF BEACH RESTORATION: RINCÓN, PR TESTBED
Researchers: Luis D. Aponte-Bermúdez, Ph.D. & Miguel F. Canals Silander, Ph.D.
Year: 2014
Towards Potential Beach Nourishment in Rincón: Seamless RTK Surveying, Sediment Compatibility Analysis and an Online Tool for Data Sharing
Researchers: Miguel Canals, Ph.D. & Sylvia Rodríguez, Ph.D.
Year: 2014
Towards fast detection of harmful bacteria levels in nearshore waters: Coupling remotely sensed hydrodynamics with in situ bacteria measurements
Researchers: S. Rodríguez-Abudo, Ph.D. & Pedro Resto Irizarry, Ph.D.
Year: 2016
A geographic perspective of the coastal resources of Puerto Rico in the aftermath of hurricane Maria
Researchers: Antonio González Toro & Tania del Mar López Marrero
Year: 2017
Development of a cost-efficient assessment tool to prevent the establishment of invasive marine species in Puerto Rico
Researchers: Susanna López-Legentil & Patrick Erwin
Year: 2018
Addition of Wave Runup/Overtopping to the Puerto Rico Storm Surge Atlas
Researchers: Aurelio Mercado-Irizarry
Year: 2018
Impacto de los huracanes Irma y María en recursos marinos y costeros de Puerto Rico: el caso de los arrecifes de coral, los manglares y las playas arenosas
Investigadores: Mariangelí Echevarría Ramos, Tania del M. López Marrero, Monique Lorenzo Pérez & Jorge L. Soldevila Irizarry
Year: 2020
Topography, drainage capability, and legacy of drought differentiate tropical ecosystem response to and recovery from major hurricanes
Investigadores: Mei Yu & Qiong Gao
Year: 2018
Going with the flow: the supply and demand of sediment retention ecosystem services for the reservoirs in Puerto Rico
Researchers: R. De Jesús Crespo, M. Valladares-Castellanos, Volodymyr V. Mihunov & T. H. Douthat
Year: 2023
Assessment of Surface Inundation Monitoring and Drivers after Major Storms in a Tropical Island
Researchers: Mei Yu & Qiong Gao
Year: 2024
Puerto Rico- West Region
Spatio-Temporal Reconstruction of insular and regional climatic oscillations in the E. Caribbean using fluorescent coral banding
Researchers: J. Morell, J. Corredor & A. Cabrera
Year: 2000
Mitochondrial DNA Analysis for Species Identification of Snappers (Pisces: Lutjanidae) from Caribbean waters
Researchers: Juan C. Martínez-Cruzado, Ph.D., Jorge R. García-Sais, Ph.D. & Áurea E. Rodríguez-Santiago, Ph.D. student
Year: 2000
GIS-BASED COASTAL FLOODING MAPPING FOR PUERTO RICO
Researchers: Aurelio Mercado Irizarry & Harry Justiniano
Year: 2000
Evaluation of the Effects of Sedimentation and Nutrient stress on Coral
Researchers: Wilson R. Ramírez & Jack Morelock
Year: 2001
Strain accumulation along offshore faults of Puerto Rico and implications for tsunami hazard
Researchers: Pamela Jansma, Ph.D.
Year: 2002
Perfil microbiológico de la almeja (Lucina pectinata), del ostión de mangle (Crassostrea rhizophorae) y de las aguas de extracción en Boquerón y Lajas, Puerto Rico
Researchers: Mildred Chaparro & John M. Kubaryk
Year: 2002
Water Quality and Marine Ecosystem Health Indicators: Developments of Statistic Models for Integral Assessment
Researchers: Juan G. González. Ph.D., Daniel L. McGee. Ph.D. & Alfredo E. Sanjuan. Ph.D.
Year: 2002
THE DEVELOPMENTAL COURSE OF DON OBTAINED BY SERIAL BONE SCANNING OF A HIGH RISK SEAFOOD DIVING POPULATION IN PUERTO RICO
Researchers: Wilson MA, Lehner CE, Dueland RT, Ferrigno M, López-Tristani A, Hart EM, Aponte O, Diaz E & Toldt AM
Year: 2002
AN EVALUATION OF THE MAIN PORTS IN PUERTO RICO AND THE US VIRGIN ISLANDS AS TO THEIR EXPOSURE TO HURRICANE WAVE ATTACK
Researchers: Aurelio Mercado & Juan C. Ortiz
Year: 2002
Island wide (Puerto Rico) and U.S. and British Virgin Island distribution and impact study of triazine constituents in antifouling paints on inshore marine communities, and the development/incorporation of biossays for assesment of marine pollution
Researchers: Ernesto Otero, Kelly Carbery, Richard Owen & James Readman
Year: 2004
Population composition, geographic distribution, and natural hazards: Vulnerability in the coastal regions of Puerto Rico
Researchers: Havidán Rodríguez, Ph.D., Walter Díaz, Ph.D. & Aurelio Mercado, M.S.
Year: 2004
Development of Rapid Seismic Monitoring procedures for incorporation into the emergent Puerto Rico - Virgin Island Tsunami Warming System
Researchers: Victor A. Huérfano Moreno & Christa von Hillebrandt-Andrade
Year: 2004
Restoration of gorgonian (soft coral) population
Researcher: Paúl Yoshioka
Year: 2004
Endophytic Microbial Diversity in Seagrass Beds of Thalassia testudinum and Syringodium Filiforme from Cabo Rojo, Lajas and Vieques, Puerto Rico
Researchers: Sandra Maldonado, Ph.D. & Rafael Montalvo Rodríguez, Ph.D.
Year: 2006
Effects of Water Quality on Sea Grass Community Productivity and Biodiversity
Researcher: Loretta Roberson, Ph.D.
Year: 2006
Developing a Protocol to Use Remote Sensing as a Cost Effective Tool to Monitor Contamination of Mangrove Wetlands
Researchers: Johannes H. Schellekens, Ph.D. & Fernando Gilbes-Santaella, Ph.D.
Year: 2006
Spatial Variations in Elemental Otolith Elemental Fingerprints For Two Reef Fish Species in Nearshore Nursery Habitats in Puerto Rico and St. Croix (USVI)
Researchers: Ivan Mateo, Edward Durbin, Richard Appeldoorn & Aaron Adams
Year: 2006
Aspergillosis of Sea Fans in a Global Context
Researchers: Paul Bayman, Ph.D. & Alberto Sabat, Ph.D.
Year: 2008
Molecular Ecology of Integron-encoded Antibiotic Resistance and Prevalence of Fungicide Resistance in Microbial Populations from Critical Coastal Habitats Impacted by Sewage, Animal Waste, and Wastewater Treatment Plant Discharges
Researchers: Carlos M. Rodríguez-Minguela, Rafael Montalvo-Rodríguez & Sandra L. Maldonado-Ramírez
Year: 2008
Rapid Detection and Quantification of Fecal Pollution in the Caribbean Region
Researchers: Dave Bachoon, Ernesto Otero & Adash Ramsubhag
Year: 2008
Character and Timing of a Reef Give-Up Event on the Southwest Puerto Rico Shelf
Researcher: Clark E. Sherman, Ph.D.
Year: 2008
The Coast’s Bailout: Coastal Resource Use, Quality of Life, and Resilience in Puerto Rico
Researcher: Carlos G. García-Quijano, John J. Poggie, Ana Pitchon, Miguel Del Pozo & José Alvarado
Year: 2010
A Sedimentary Record of Marine Flooding Events from Coastal Salt Ponds, Southwest Puerto Rico
Researcher: Clark E. Sherman, Ph.D.
Year: 2010
Application of the Soil and Water Assessment Tool Model (SWAT) to Estimate Discharge and Sediment Yields from the Río Grande de Añasco Watershed, Puerto Rico
Researcher: Carlos E. Ramos, Ph.D.
Year: 2010
Potential Future Land Loss of Small Islands of Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands
Researchers: David M. Bush, William J. Neal, Pablo Llerandi-Román & Chester W. Jackson, Jr.
Year: 2010
Development of the Puerto Rico Beach and Surfzone Currents Warning System
Researchers: Miguel Canals, Ph.D. & Julio Morell
Year: 2012
An Interdisciplinary Evaluation of the Fishery for Cittarium pica
Researchers: Graham E. Forrester, Ph.D. & C. García-Quijano, Ph.D.
Year: 2012
Deciphering Phosphorescent Bay: New Approaches towards the Understanding of this Unique Ecosystem
Researcher: Brenda Soler, Ph.D.
Year: 2012
Genetic structure and diversity of bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus off Puerto Rico
Researchers: Grisel Rodriguez, Nikolaos Schizas, Ph.D. & Richard Appeldoorn, Ph.D.
Year: 2014
Connectivity between shallow and mesophotic ecosystems in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands: using corals and commensal fauna
Researchers: N.Schizas, Ph.D. & Mónica Álfaro
Year: 2014
Hyperspectral Remote Sensing of Water Quality Parameters Impacting Coral Reef Health in Puerto Rico
Researcher: R. Armstrong, Ph.D.
Year: 2014
Coastal Forest Fisheries, Estuarine Livelihoods, and Human Well‑being in Southern Puerto Rico
Researchers: Carlos G. García‑Quijano, Hilda Lloréns, David C. Griffith, Miguel H. Del Pozo & John J. Poggie
Year: 2016
Coastal Ecosystem Assessment, Development and Creation of a Policy Tool Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (Uavs) for: A Case Study of Western Puerto Rico Coastal Region
Researcher: Jonathan Muñoz Ph.D.
Year: 2016
A geographic perspective of the coastal resources of Puerto Rico in the aftermath of hurricane Maria
Researchers: Antonio González Toro & Tania del Mar López Marrero
Year: 2017
Bioremediation of oil pollutants by fungi associated with coastal mangroves in Puerto Rico
Researchers: Dr. Matias J. Cafaro & Dr. Kristin R. Peterson
Year: 2017
Improving field training of fish identification with tablet technology and assessing effectiveness of this method compared to traditional training
Researchers: Dr. Juan J. Cruz-Motta, Dr. Chelsea Harms-Tuohy & Evan Tuoh
Year: 2017
Development of a cost-efficient assessment tool to prevent the establishment of invasive marine species in Puerto Rico
Researchers: Susanna López-Legentil & Patrick Erwin
Year: 2018
Addition of Wave Runup/Overtopping to the Puerto Rico Storm Surge Atlas
Researcher: Aurelio Mercado-Irizarry
Year: 2018
Historical Process: Vulnerability, Flooding and Resilience in coastal communities of the western area of Puerto Rico
Researcher: Edwin Asencio Pagán, Ph.D.
Year: 2018
Impacto de los huracanes Irma y María en recursos marinos y costeros de Puerto Rico: el caso de los arrecifes de coral, los manglares y las playas arenosas
Researchers: Mariangelí Echevarría Ramos, Tania del M. López Marrero, Monique Lorenzo Pérez & Jorge L. Soldevila Irizarry
Year: 2020
Topography, drainage capability, and legacy of drought differentiate tropical ecosystem response to and recovery from major hurricanes
Researchers: Mei Yu & Qiong Gao
Year: 2018
Canopy Density and Roughness Differentiate Resistance of a Tropical Dry Forest to Major Hurricane Damage
Researchers: Qiong Gao & Mei Yu
Year: 2021
Going with the flow: the supply and demand of sediment retention ecosystem services for the reservoirs in Puerto Rico
Researchers: R. De Jesús Crespo, M. Valladares-Castellanos, Volodymyr V. Mihunov & T. H. Douthat
Year: 2023
First steps towards untangling the sargassum legal regime in Puerto Rico
Researchers: Mariana C. León-Pérez, Richard J. McLaughlin, James C. Gibeaut, Lisamarie Carrubba, Ricardo J. Colón-Rivera & René Esteves
Year: 2024
Assessment of Surface Inundation Monitoring and Drivers after Major Storms in a Tropical Island
Researchers: Mei Yu & Qiong Gao
Year: 2024
Puerto Rico- East Region
Long-Term Ecological Changes of Coral Reefs in the Luis Peña Channel No-Take Natural Reserve, Culebra Island, Puerto Rico
Researchers: Edwin A. Hernández-Delgado, Ph.D. & Alberto M. Sabat, Ph.D.
Year: 2000
GIS-BASED COASTAL FLOODING MAPPING FOR PUERTO RICO
Researchers: Aurelio Mercado Irizarry & Harry Justiniano
Year: 2000
Strain accumulation along offshore faults of Puerto Rico and implications for tsunami hazard
Researcher: Pamela Jansma, Ph.D.
Year: 2002
Contaminant and Erosion Control Baseline Database for the Puerto Mosquito Watershed, Vieques, PR
Researchers: Fernando Gilbes & Roy Armstrong
Year: 2002
THE DEVELOPMENTAL COURSE OF DON OBTAINED BY SERIAL BONE SCANNING OF A HIGH RISK SEAFOOD DIVING POPULATION IN PUERTO RICO
Researchers: Wilson MA, Lehner CE, Dueland RT, Ferrigno M, López-Tristani A, Hart EM, Aponte O, Diaz E & Toldt AM
Year: 2002
AN EVALUATION OF THE MAIN PORTS IN PUERTO RICO AND THE US VIRGIN ISLANDS AS TO THEIR EXPOSURE TO HURRICANE WAVE ATTACK
Researchers: Aurelio Mercado & Juan C. Ortiz
Year: 2002
Development of Rapid Seismic Monitoring procedures for incorporation into the emergent Puerto Rico - Virgin Island Tsunami Warming System
Researchers: Victor A. Huérfano Moreno & Christa von Hillebrandt-Andrade
Year: 2004
Environmental and social impact of sustainable offshore Cage culture production in Puerto Rican waters
Researchers: Dallas E. Alston, Alexis Cabarcas, Jorge Capella, Daniel D. Benetti, Sarah Keene-Meltzoff, Janet Bonilla & Ricardo Cortés
Year: 2004
Endophytic Microbial Diversity in Seagrass Beds of Thalassia testudinum and Syringodium Filiforme from Cabo Rojo, Lajas and Vieques, Puerto Rico
Researchers: Sandra Maldonado, Ph.D. & Rafael Montalvo Rodríguez, Ph.D.
Year: 2006
Effects of Water Quality on Sea Grass Community Productivity and Biodiversity
Researcher: Loretta Roberson, Ph.D.
Year: 2006
Developing a Protocol to Use Remote Sensing as a Cost Effective Tool to Monitor Contamination of Mangrove Wetlands
Researchers: Johannes H. Schellekens, Ph.D. & Fernando Gilbes-Santaella, Ph.D.
Year: 2006
Aspergillosis of Sea Fans in a Global Context
Researchers: Paul Bayman, Ph.D. & Alberto Sabat, Ph.D.
Year: 2008
Rapid Detection and Quantification of Fecal Pollution in the Caribbean Region
Researchers: Dave Bachoon, Ernesto Otero & Adash Ramsubhag
Year: 2008
Benthic Foraminifera as Bioindicators of Heavy Metal Pollution: Torrecilla Lagoon (San Juan Bay Estuary), Puerto Rico
Researchers: Michael Martínez-Colón & Pamela Hallock-Muller
Year: 2008
Aspergillosis Disease of Sea Fans: Pathogens, Environment and Stress
Researchers: Alberto M. Sabat, Ph.D. & Paul Bayman, Ph.D.
Year: 2010
Potential Future Land Loss of Small Islands of Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands
Researchers: David M. Bush, William J. Neal, Pablo Llerandi-Román & Chester W. Jackson, Jr.
Year: 2010
Development of the Puerto Rico Beach and Surfzone Currents Warning System
Researchers: Miguel Canals, Ph.D. & Julio Morell
Year: 2012
Movement patterns of bonefish (Albula spp.) inhabiting reef flats in Culebra, Puerto Rico: From ecological connectivity to sustainable use for a recreational fishery
Researcher: Andy J. Danylchuk, Ph.D.
Year: 2012
An Interdisciplinary Evaluation of the Fishery for Cittarium pica
Researchers: Graham E. Forrester, Ph.D. & C. García-Quijano, Ph.D.
Year: 2012
The Effects of Depth-Related Environmental Factors on Traits in Acropora cervicornis Raised in Nurseries
Researchers: Claudia Patricia Ruíz-Díaz, Carlos Toledo-Hernández, Juan Luis Sánchez-González & Brenda Betancourt
Year: 2014
Evaluation of Perceptions and Experimental Planting Techniques at Parque La Esperanza, Cataño, Puerto Rico
Researchers: Concepción Rodríguez Fourquet, Ph.D., Juan Negrón Ayala, Ph.D., Steven A. Sloan, Ph.D. & Nancy Villanueva Colón, Ph.D.
Year: 2014
Genetic structure and diversity of bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus off Puerto Rico
Researchers: Grisel Rodriguez, Nikolaos Schizas, Ph.D. & Richard Appeldoorn, Ph.D.
Year: 2014
Connectivity between shallow and mesophotic ecosystems in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands: using corals and commensal fauna
Researchers: N.Schizas, Ph.D. & Mónica Álfaro
Year: 2014
Ecosystem-level impacts of community-based coral reef health rehabilitation in light of rapidly evolving ecological paradigms
Researchers: Samuel E. Suleimán-Ramos, M.A. & Edwin A. Hernández-Delgado, Ph.D.
Year: 2014
Building a multi-institutional effort to understand regional connectivity towards effective management of marine resources: linking fish, essential habitats and ecosystems
Researchers: A. Jordaan, Ph.D. & A. Danylchuk, Ph.D.
Year: 2014
CREARE: A Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience to Study the Responses of the Endangered Coral Acropora Cervicornis to a Changing Environment
Researchers: Juan S. Ramírez-Lugo, Carlos Toledo-Hernández, Ivonne Vélez-González & Claudia P. Ruíz-Diaz
Year: 2016
Natural Coastal barriers at risk: A First Assessment of Biogeochemical and Physical Stressors
Researchers: Joe Salisbury, Ph.D., Melissa Meléndez, M.Sc., Sylvia Rodríguez-Abudo, Ph.D. & Julio Morell, M.Sc.
Year: 2016
Slowly-evolving Ramicrusta textilis (Peyssonneliaceae, Rhodophyta) invasions – Is it a driver of net shifts in Caribbean coral reef ecosystem functions?
Researchers: Edwin A. Hernández-Delgado, Ph.D., Héctor J. Ruíz-Torres, Ph.D. & Samuel E. Suleimán-Ramos, M.A.
Year: 2016
Restoration of two threatened populations of Acropora cervicornis in eastern Puerto Rico: using a quantitative demographic model to guide their management
Researchers: Elvira Cuevas, Ph.D. & Alex E. Mercado-Molina, Ph.D.
Year: 2016
Understanding the Effect of Sea Surface Temperature and Solar Radiation on the Allocation of Resources into Immune Defense, Growth and Reproduction of Acropora cervicornis
Researchers: Carlos Toledo-Hernández, Claudia P. Ruiz-Diaz & Juan S. Ramírez-Lugo
Year: 2016
A geographic perspective of the coastal resources of Puerto Rico in the aftermath of hurricane Maria
Researchers: Antonio González Toro & Tania del Mar López Marrero
Year: 2017
Development of a cost-efficient assessment tool to prevent the establishment of invasive marine species in Puerto Rico
Researchers: Susanna López-Legentil & Patrick Erwin
Year: 2018
Ciguatoxin detection and model predictions for use in fisheries management in Puerto Rico
Researchers: Joseph J. Luczkovich, Cynthia Grace-McCaskey, David Griffith & Miguel Del Pozo
Year: 2018
Addition of Wave Runup/Overtopping to the Puerto Rico Storm Surge Atlas
Researcher: Aurelio Mercado-Irizarry
Year: 2018
Impacto de los huracanes Irma y María en recursos marinos y costeros de Puerto Rico: el caso de los arrecifes de coral, los manglares y las playas arenosas
Researchers: Mariangelí Echevarría Ramos, Tania del M. López Marrero, Monique Lorenzo Pérez & Jorge L. Soldevila Irizarry
Year: 2020
Topography, drainage capability, and legacy of drought differentiate tropical ecosystem response to and recovery from major hurricanes
Researchers: Mei Yu & Qiong Gao
Year: 2018
Response of Atlantic Tarpon to catch-and-release angling in Puerto Rico: Chapter 1: Post-release mortality of angled Atlantic Tarpon in Puerto Rico
Researchers: J. Wesley Neal, Peter J. Allen, & Sandra B. Correa
Year: 2021
Elevation and Distribution of Freshwater and Sewage Canals Regulate Canopy Structure and Differentiate Hurricane Damages to a Basin Mangrove Forest
Researchers: Qiong Gao & Mei Yu
Year: 2021
Stress response and recovery of Atlantic Tarpon (Megalops Atlanticus) to catch-and-release angling
Researcher: Laura B. Horowitz
Year: 2022
Elevation Regimes Modulated the Responses of Canopy Structure of Coastal Mangrove Forests to Hurricane Damage
Researchers: Qiong Gao & Mei Yu
Year: 2022
Uncovering the link between environmental factors and coral immunity: A study of fluorescent protein expression and phenoloxidase activity in Acropora cervicornis
Researchers: Carlos Toledo-Hernández, Claudia Patricia Ruiz-Díaz, Juan Sebastián Ramírez-Lugo, Marielys Torres-Díaz, Lisby Santiago-Pagán, Andrea Bruno-Chardón & Liz M. Díaz-Vázquez
Year: 2023
Postrelease Mortality of Angled Tarpon in Puerto Rico
Researchers: Laura B. Horowitz, Peter J. Allen , J. Wesley Neal & Sandra B. Correa
Year: 2023
Going with the flow: the supply and demand of sediment retention ecosystem services for the reservoirs in Puerto Rico
Researchers: R. De Jesús Crespo, M. Valladares-Castellanos, Volodymyr V. Mihunov & T. H. Douthat
Year: 2023
Prolonged coastal inundation detected with synthetic aperture radar signifcantly retarded functional recovery of mangroves after major hurricanes
Researchers: Mei Yu & Qiong Gao
Year: 2023
Assessment of Surface Inundation Monitoring and Drivers after Major Storms in a Tropical Island
Researchers: Mei Yu & Qiong Gao
Year: 2024
Forest Cover and Locality Regulate Response of Watershed Discharge to Rainfall Variability in Caribbean Region
Researchers: Qiong Gao & Mei Yu
Year: 2024
Puerto Rico- South Region
Enumeration of Hydrocarbon Degrading Bacteria and Degrading Kinetics as an Indicator of Water Quality
Researcher: Baqar R. Zaidi
Year: 2000
GIS-BASED COASTAL FLOODING MAPPING FOR PUERTO RICO
Researchers: Aurelio Mercado Irizarry & Harry Justiniano
Year: 2000
Strain accumulation along offshore faults of Puerto Rico and implications for tsunami hazard
Researcher: Pamela Jansma, Ph.D.
Year: 2002
THE DEVELOPMENTAL COURSE OF DON OBTAINED BY SERIAL BONE SCANNING OF A HIGH RISK SEAFOOD DIVING POPULATION IN PUERTO RICO
Researchers: Wilson MA, Lehner CE, Dueland RT, Ferrigno M, López-Tristani A, Hart EM, Aponte O, Diaz E & Toldt AM
Year: 2002
AN EVALUATION OF THE MAIN PORTS IN PUERTO RICO AND THE US VIRGIN ISLANDS AS TO THEIR EXPOSURE TO HURRICANE WAVE ATTACK
Researchers: Aurelio Mercado & Juan C. Ortiz
Year: 2002
Heavy metals and biomarker toxicity assays in Jobos Bay
Researchers: Jessica X. Aldarondo, Leslie A. Acevedo-Marín, Sahily González-Crespo, Enixy Collado, Miguel P. Sastre, Fatin Samara, Imar Mansilla-Rivera & Carlos J. Rodríguez-Sierra
Year: 2003
Island wide (Puerto Rico) and U.S. and British Virgin Island distribution and impact study of triazine constituents in antifouling paints on inshore marine communities, and the development/incorporation of biossays for assesment of marine pollution
Researchers: Ernesto Otero, Kelly Carbery, Richard Owen & James Readman
Year: 2004
Population composition, geographic distribution, and natural hazards: Vulnerability in the coastal regions of Puerto Rico
Researchers: Havidán Rodríguez, Ph.D., Walter Díaz, Ph.D. & Aurelio Mercado, M.S.
Year: 2004
Development of Rapid Seismic Monitoring procedures for incorporation into the emergent Puerto Rico - Virgin Island Tsunami Warming System
Researchers: Victor A. Huérfano Moreno & Christa von Hillebrandt-Andrade
Year: 2004
Effects of Water Quality on Sea Grass Community Productivity and Biodiversity
Researcher: Loretta Roberson, Ph.D.
Year: 2006
Developing a Protocol to Use Remote Sensing as a Cost Effective Tool to Monitor Contamination of Mangrove Wetlands
Researchers: Johannes H. Schellekens, Ph.D. & Fernando Gilbes-Santaella, Ph.D.
Year: 2006
Aspergillosis of Sea Fans in a Global Context
Researchers: Paul Bayman, Ph.D. & Alberto Sabat, Ph.D.
Year: 2008
Rapid Detection and Quantification of Fecal Pollution in the Caribbean Region
Researchers: Dave Bachoon, Ernesto Otero & Adash Ramsubhag
Year: 2008
Potential Future Land Loss of Small Islands of Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands
Researchers: David M. Bush, William J. Neal, Pablo Llerandi-Román & Chester W. Jackson, Jr.
Year: 2010
Development of the Puerto Rico Beach and Surfzone Currents Warning System
Researchers: Miguel Canals, Ph.D. & Julio Morell
Year: 2012
An Interdisciplinary Evaluation of the Fishery for Cittarium pica
Researchers: Graham E. Forrester, Ph.D. & C. García-Quijano, Ph.D.
Year: 2012
Genetic structure and diversity of bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus off Puerto Rico
Researchers: Grisel Rodriguez, Nikolaos Schizas, Ph.D. & Richard Appeldoorn, Ph.D.
Year: 2014
Connectivity between shallow and mesophotic ecosystems in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands: using corals and commensal fauna
Researchers: N.Schizas, Ph.D. & Mónica Álfaro
Year: 2014
Coastal Forest Fisheries: A Study of Estuarine Forest Resource Dependency in the Southern Coast of Puerto Rico
Researchers: Carlos G. García-Quijano, John J. Poggie, Miguel Del Pozo, David C. Griffith & Hilda I. Lloréns
Year: 2016
A geographic perspective of the coastal resources of Puerto Rico in the aftermath of hurricane Maria
Researchers: Antonio González Toro & Tania del Mar López Marrero
Year: 2017
Development of a cost-efficient assessment tool to prevent the establishment of invasive marine species in Puerto Rico
Researchers: Susanna López-Legentil & Patrick Erwin
Year: 2018
Ciguatoxin detection and model predictions for use in fisheries management in Puerto Rico
Researchers: Joseph J. Luczkovich, Cynthia Grace-McCaskey, David Griffith & Miguel Del Pozo
Year: 2018
Benthic foraminifera and the FORAM Index: application and implementation in the coral reef monitoring plan in Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve System in Puerto Rico
Researchers: Michael Martínez-Colón, Charles Jagoe & Ángel Dieppa-Ayala
Year: 2018
Addition of Wave Runup/Overtopping to the Puerto Rico Storm Surge Atlas
Researcher: Aurelio Mercado-Irizarry
Year: 2018
Impacto de los huracanes Irma y María en recursos marinos y costeros de Puerto Rico: el caso de los arrecifes de coral, los manglares y las playas arenosas
Researchers: Mariangelí Echevarría Ramos, Tania del M. López Marrero, Monique Lorenzo Pérez & Jorge L. Soldevila Irizarry
Year: 2020
Topography, drainage capability, and legacy of drought differentiate tropical ecosystem response to and recovery from major hurricanes
Researchers: Mei Yu & Qiong Gao
Year: 2018
Development of a Pilot Sargassum Management Prioritization Index
Researcher: William J. Hernández
Year: 2023
Going with the flow: the supply and demand of sediment retention ecosystem services for the reservoirs in Puerto Rico
Researchers: R. De Jesús Crespo, M. Valladares-Castellanos, Volodymyr V. Mihunov & T. H. Douthat
Year: 2023
Assessment of Surface Inundation Monitoring and Drivers after Major Storms in a Tropical Island
Researchers: Mei Yu & Qiong Gao
Year: 2024
United States Virgin Islands
Quantitative Assessment of Nursery Habitats for Fishery Stock Enhancement
Researcher: Richard S. Nemeth, Ph.D.
Year: 2000
Assessment of Red Hind Breeding population structure and spawning habitat
Researcher: Richard S. Nemeth, Ph.D.
Year: 2002
The demographics of changing coral community structure in St. John, USVI
Researcher: Peter J. Edmunds, Ph.D.
Year: 2002
AN EVALUATION OF THE MAIN PORTS IN PUERTO RICO AND THE US VIRGIN ISLANDS AS TO THEIR EXPOSURE TO HURRICANE WAVE ATTACK
Researchers: Aurelio Mercado & Juan C. Ortiz
Year: 2002
Island wide (Puerto Rico) and U.S. and British Virgin Island distribution and impact study of triazine constituents in antifouling paints on inshore marine communities, and the development/incorporation of biossays for assesment of marine pollution
Researchers: Ernesto Otero, Kelly Carbery, Richard Owen & James Readman
Year: 2004
Coral Recruitment, Thermal Stress, and Coral Reef Community Structure in St. John, US Virgin Islands
Researcher: Peter Edmunds, Ph.D.
Year: 2006
Determining the Minimum Size Fishery Closures for Protecting Grouper Spawning Aggregations
Researchers: Richard S. Nemeth, Ph.D., Jeremiah Blondeau, M.S. & Elizabeth Kadison, M. S.
Year: 2006
Spatial Variations in Elemental Otolith Elemental Fingerprints For Two Reef Fish Species in Nearshore Nursery Habitats in Puerto Rico and St. Croix (USVI)
Researchers: Ivan Mateo, Edward Durbin, Richard Appeldoorn & Aaron Adams
Year: 2006
Symbiont Diversity and Population Dynamics of Coral Reef Sea Anemones
Researchers: Nanette E. Chadwick & Stephen G. Ratchford
Year: 2008
Long-Term Passive Acoustic Tracking of Juvenile Black-Tip and Lemon Sharks: An Investigation into the Spatiotemporal Dynamics and Connectivity of Shark Nursery Habitat in St. John, USVI
Researchers: Gregory B. Skomal, Ph.D. & Bryan M. DeAngelis
Year: 2010
Potential Future Land Loss of Small Islands of Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands
Researchers: David M. Bush, William J. Neal, Pablo Llerandi-Román & Chester W. Jackson, Jr.
Year: 2010
The Immune Response of Diadema antillarum and Recovery from Caribbean-wide mass mortality
Researchers: Gregory Beck & Dr. John Ebersole
Year: 2014
Connectivity between shallow and mesophotic ecosystems in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands: using corals and commensal fauna
Researchers: N.Schizas, Ph.D. & Mónica Álfaro
Year: 2014
Reef health, fish diseases, and habitat connectivity: understanding the role of ectoparasites as vectors for disease, energy transfer, and barometers of reef ecosystem health
Researchers: P. Sikkel, Ph.D. & Amanda W.J. Demopoulos
Year: 2014
Building a multi-institutional effort to understand regional connectivity towards effective management of marine resources: linking fish, essential habitats and ecosystems
Researchers: A. Jordaan, Ph.D. & A. Danylchuk, Ph.D.
Year: 2014
Assessment of the Impact of Watershed Development and Restoration on Marine Sediment Dynamics, St. John, USVI
Researchers: Sarah C. Gray, Carlos E. Ramos-Scharrón & Gregg R. Brooks
Year: 2016
Ciguatoxin detection and model predictions for use in fisheries management in Puerto Rico
Researchers: Joseph J. Luczkovich, Cynthia Grace-McCaskey, David Griffith & Miguel Del Pozo
Year: 2018
Are the two largest Marine Protected Areas in the United States Virgin Islands working?
Researcher: Richard S. Nemeth
Year: 2018
