Relationships among worldwide collections of Diaphorina citri (Asian citrus psyllid) were analyzed using mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I (mtCOI) haplotypes from novel primers. Sequences were produced from PCR amplicons of an 821bp portion of the mtCOI gene using D. citri specific primers, derived from an existing EST library. An alignment was constructed using 612bps of this fragment and con...

[1] We test the hypothesis that the Pacific Ocean contributes moisture to the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) over southern Central America, by spatial analysis of surface water dO values from Panama and Costa Rica. The dO values decrease with distance from the Caribbean Sea to the isthmian divide then gradually increase from the divide toward the Pacific slope, which suggests a contribut...

The geographical distribution of the Rissoidae in the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea was compiled and is up-to-date until July 2011. All species were classified according to their mode of larval development (planktotrophic and nonplanktotrophic), and bathymetrical zonation (shallow species--those living between the intertidal and 50 m depth, and deep species--those usually living below 50...

There has been substantial recent change in coral reef communities. To date, most analyses have focussed on static patterns or changes in single variables such as coral cover. However, little is known about how community-level changes occur at large spatial scales. Here, we develop Markov models of annual changes in coral and macroalgal cover in the Caribbean and Great Barrier Reef (GBR) region...

Environmental sustainability ranks high on the list of priorities for the Caribbean region. Given the exponential growth and increased visibility of the nuclear power industry, how are Caribbean policy makers situated in the current framework of nuclear transport and environmental protection? This paper surveys nuclear related activities that point to increased nuclear traffic through the Carib...

Abstract. During the last interglacial (LIG) volume of additional water in world's oceans was large enough to raise global sea levels about 6–9 m higher than present levels. However, LIG vary regionally and those regional differences hold clues past distribution ice sheets local rates subsidence tectonic uplift. In this study, I used a standardized database template review summarize existing co...

The Advanced Along-Track Scanning Radiometer (AATSR), launched on ENVISAT in March 2002, is the third in a series of instrument designed to make precise and accurate global Sea Surface Temperature (SST) estimations. At the time of the ENVISAT Symposium 2007, geophysical validation indicates that the AATSR 1 km and 10' spatially averaged D3 SSTs are generally in specification, in that AATSR 1 km...

Fire-dependent pine forests in the Caribbean Basin cover extensive areas in the coastal plain of the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico and on several islands in the Bahamas Archipelago, Cuba, Hispaniola, and the Honduran Bay islands. These forests are high in conservation value but, unfortunately, remain mostly unprotected. Moreover, even though they are fire dependent, the use of fire for fores...

Bleaching of corals as a result of elevated sea surface temperatures (SST) is rapidly becoming a primary source of stress for reefs globally; the scale and extent of this threat will depend on how the drivers of SST interact to influence bleaching patterns. We demonstrate how the opposing forces of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and levels of atmospheric aerosols drive regional-scale p...