The intra‐Americas sea low‐level jet: Overview and future research

JA Amador - Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
A relevant climate feature of the Intra‐Americas Sea (IAS) is the low‐level jet (IALLJ)
dominating the IAS circulation, both in summer and winter; and yet it is practically unknown …

The southern Caribbean upwelling system: Sea surface temperature, wind forcing and chlorophyll concentration patterns

DT Rueda-Roa, FE Muller-Karger - Deep Sea Research Part I …, 2013 - Elsevier
Sixteen years of sea surface temperature (SST, 1994–2009) were used to characterize the
southern Caribbean upwelling system. This system extends from 61–75.5° W and 10–12.5° …

Microplastics and plastisphere at surface waters in the Southwestern Caribbean sea

P Tigreros-Benavides, L Garzón-Rodríguez… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Pollution generated by plastic waste has brought an environmental problem characterized
by the omnipresence of smaller pieces of this material known as microplastics (MP). This …

Freshwater discharge into the Caribbean Sea from the rivers of Northwestern South America (Colombia): Magnitude, variability and recent changes

JC Restrepo, JC Ortíz, J Pierini, K Schrottke, M Maza… - Journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
The monthly averaged freshwater discharge data from ten rivers in northern Colombia
(Caribbean alluvial plain) draining into the Caribbean Sea were analysed to quantify the …

Historical and future extreme climate events in highly vulnerable small Caribbean Islands

OJ Esteban-Cantillo, N Clerici, A Avila-Diaz… - Climate Dynamics, 2024 - Springer
Small Caribbean islands are on the frontline of climate change because of sea level rise,
extreme rainfall and temperature events, and heavy hurricanes. The Archipelago of San …

[HTML][HTML] Width of surface rupture zone for thrust earthquakes: implications for earthquake fault zoning

P Boncio, F Liberi, M Caldarella… - Natural Hazards and …, 2018 - nhess.copernicus.org
The criteria for zoning the surface fault rupture hazard (SFRH) along thrust faults are defined
by analysing the characteristics of the areas of coseismic surface faulting in thrust …

On the impact of the Caribbean counter current in the Guajira upwelling system

A Orfila, CP Urbano-Latorre, JM Sayol… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The variability of La Guajira upwelling system, in the south-central Caribbean Sea, is
strongly influenced by the intensity and location of the atmospheric Caribbean Low-Level Jet …

Population structure and low genetic diversity in the threatened lebranche Mugil liza in the Colombian Caribbean

JC Aguirre-Pabon, GO Berdugo, JC Narváez - Fisheries Research, 2022 - Elsevier
The lebranche (Mugil liza) is an important commercial fishing species distributed throughout
the Colombian Caribbean. However, overfishing and environmental damage are two factors …

Assessment and management of coastal erosion in the marine protected area of the Rosario Island archipelago (Colombian Caribbean)

AY Ortega, LJO Díaz, JE Cueto - Ocean & Coastal Management, 2023 - Elsevier
By utilizing historical satellite image databases, it was possible to assess the rates of coastal
retreat in the Grande, Rosario, and Tesoro Islands from 2010 to 2021, due to the influence of …

Changes in phytoplankton communities in a tropical estuary in the Colombian Caribbean Sea

N Córdoba-Mena, L Florez-Leiva, L Atehortúa… - Estuaries and …, 2020 - Springer
Phytoplankton community species composition, diversity, biomass, and distribution
experience constant changes because of seasonal and temporal variations. This study was …