Boring sponges, an increasing threat for coral reefs affected by bleaching events

JL Carballo, E Bautista, H Nava… - Ecology and …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Coral bleaching is a stress response of corals induced by a variety of factors, but these
events have become more frequent and intense in response to recent climate‐change …

Contrasting effects of the El Niño 2015–16 event on coral reefs from the central pacific coast of Mexico

H Nava, N López, P Ramírez‐García… - Marine …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Coral reefs are highly diverse and productive ecosystems, and certain oceanographic
processes, such as El Niño, have resulted in severe coral bleaching and mortality of reef …

The influence of urban pressures on coral physiology on marginal coral reefs of the Mexican Pacific

V Martínez-Castillo, AP Rodríguez-Troncoso… - Coral Reefs, 2020 - Springer
Coral ecosystems in the central Mexican Pacific inhabit environmental conditions
considered as suboptimal for reef development, such as wide ranges in temperature, low …

Nutrient Pollution and Predation Differentially Affect Innate Immune Pathways in the Coral Porites porites

KE Dougan, MC Ladd, C Fuchs… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Reef-building corals face a multitude of threats not only from global climate change but also
local stressors such as nutrient pollution. Nutrient enrichment can amplify the negative …

[HTML][HTML] Macroalgas arrecifales del Pacífico Centro-Sur de México: Estado del arte

N López, H León-Tejera, L González-Reséndiz… - Hidrobiológica, 2022 - scielo.org.mx
Resumen Antecedentes. Las macroalgas del Pacífico tropical mexicano han sido
estudiadas y los resultados publicados en numerosos textos desde la década de 1940, sin …

Influence of the coral reef assemblages on the spatial distribution of echinoderms in a gradient of human impacts along the tropical Mexican Pacific

BB Hermosillo-Nunez, FA Rodríguez-Zaragoza… - Biodiversity and …, 2016 - Springer
Fourteen species of echinoderms and their relationships to the benthic structure of the coral
reefs were assessed at 27 sites—with different levels of human disturbances—along the …

Biodiversity associated with southern Mexican Pacific coral systems

A López-Pérez, R Granja-Fernández… - … Aquatic Environments: A …, 2019 - Springer
Shallow coral reefs worldwide occupy 1.2% of the world's continental shelf area but support
an estimated 35% of all known marine biodiversity. Nevertheless, our knowledge of reef …

Rehabilitation of damaged reefs: Outcome of the use of recently broken coral fragments and healed coral fragments of pocilloporid corals on rocky boulders

H Nava, AG Figueroa‐Camacho - Marine Ecology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The use of two types of coral transplants on rock boulders was evaluated as a low‐cost
alternative for rehabilitation of live coral coverage in localities whose reef structure has been …

Habitat characteristics and environmental factors related to boring sponge assemblages on coral reefs near populated coastal areas on the Mexican Eastern Pacific …

H Nava, MT Ramírez-Herrera, AG Figueroa-Camacho… - Marine Biodiversity, 2014 - Springer
Coral reefs are undergoing global decline due to the environmental degradation of coastal
areas through increasing human impacts from urban coastal development. Increases in the …

Effect of the El Niño 2015–16 on the assemblages of reef building sclerobionts in a coral reef from the eastern Pacific coast

H Nava, JF Alvarado-Rodríguez… - Marine Biology, 2022 - Springer
When scleractinian corals are negatively impacted by warming, other sclerobiont taxa may
contribute to the carbonate budget; however, this knowledge remains limited. The cover (%) …