During the last 20 years, SAM has developed a multiplicity of hypothesis-driven conservation and restoration projects. Being home to the oldest Community-based coral aquaculture and reef rehabilitation program in the Caribbean, we aim to develop a variety of scientific publications that highlight our commitment towards the conservatiion of our marine resources. Most publica­tions are freely available on our website.

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2023

Rodríguez-Barreras​, Ruber; Ruiz-Diaz, Claudia Patricia; Quiñones-Otero, Marcos A.; Toledo-Hernández, Carlos

Uneven demographic consequences of the 2022 disease outbreak for the sea urchin Diadema antillarum in Puerto Rico Journal Article

In: PeerJ, vol. 11, no. e16675, pp. 1-16, 2023.

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2017

Mercado-Molina, Alex E.; Rivera-Irizarry, Fabiola; Fonseca-Miranda, Jaime; Bruno-Laureano, Yesenia

Growth facilitation by the octocoral Gorgonia ventalina explains spatial difference in the population size structure of the common demosponge Ircinia felix Journal Article

In: Marine Biology Research, vol. 14, iss. 1, pp. 41-50, 2017.

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Soto-Santiago​, Francisco J.; Mercado-Molina, Alex; Reyes-Maldonado, Koralis; Vélez, Yaileen; Ruiz-Díaz, Claudia P.; Sabat, Alberto

Comparative demography of two common scleractinian corals: Orbicella annularis and Porites astreoides Journal Article

In: PeerJ, vol. 5, pp. 1-18, 2017.

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