Publications

7. Baerga-Jiménez G, Mercado-Molina AE. 3D-Printed Polylactide Structures Do Not Affect the Demography of the Threatened Coral Acropora cervicornis. Gulf and Caribbean Research. (In Press)

6. Fernández-Negrón L, Ortiz-Rivera I, Pacheco C, Galindo-Estronza A, Suleimán-Ramos SE, Mercado-Molina AE. Natural History of Endangered Cactus Lectocereus Grantianus: Implications for Its Conservation and Management. Caribbean Journal of Science. 2024; 54(2). doi: 10.18475/cjos.v54i2.a23

5. Ruiz-Diaz CP, Toledo-Hernández C, Sánchez-González JL, Mercado-Molina AE. A successful method to restore seagrass habitats in coastal areas affected by consecutive natural events. PeerJ. 2024;11. doi:10.7717/peerj.16700 

4. Rodriguez-Casariego JA, Mercado-Molina AE, Lemos LS, Quinete NS, Bellantuono A, Rodriguez-Lanetty M, Sabat A, Eirin-Lopez JM. Multi-omic characterization of mechanisms contributing to rapid phenotypic plasticity in the coral acropora cervicornis under divergent environments. Coral Reefs. 2023. doi:10.1007/s00338-023-02446-9 

3. Mercado-Molina AE, Suleimán-Ramos SE. Outplants of the threatened Coral Acropora cervicornis promote coral recruitment in a shallow-water coral reef, Culebra, Puerto Rico. Sustainability. 2023;15(24):16548. doi:10.3390/su152416548 

2. Aponte-Marcano PI, Suleimán-Ramos SE, Mercado-Molina AE. Effectiveness of different nursery designs for the restoration of the threatened Coral Acropora cervicornis in Culebra, Puerto Rico. Conservation Evidence Journal. 2023;20:30–39. doi:10.52201/cej20/pnci5011 

1. Santiago-Padua P, Velázquez-Alvarado J, López-Pérez A, Nevárez-Mélendez J, Díaz-Druet LE, Suleimán-Ramos SE, Mercado-Molina AE. Demographic and population response of the threatened Coral Acropora cervicornis (Scleractinia, Acroporidae) to fireworm corallivory. Revista de Biología Tropical. 2023;71(S1):254912. doi:10.15517/rev.biol.trop..v71is1.54912 

Velázquez-Alvarado J, Pérez-García V, Backstrom JT, S. Tellechea J, Suleimán-Ramos SE, Mercado-Molina AE. Daily soundscapes variation in shallow-water reefs, Culebra, Puerto Rico. (In preparation) 

Martínez-Rivera RE, Velázquez-Alvarado J, Mercado-Molina AE. Insects, elevation explains bioacoustical variability in tropical rivers of Puerto Rico. (In preparation)