Building a Fisheries Trophic Interaction Database for Management and Modeling Research in the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem

2013 ◽  
Vol 89 (1) ◽  
pp. 135-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
James D Simons ◽  
May Yuan ◽  
Cristina Carollo ◽  
Maru Vega-Cendejas ◽  
Thomas Shirley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Marine Ecosystem ◽  
Trophic Interaction ◽  
Interaction Database ◽  
Large Marine Ecosystem

scholarly journals Critical In-Water Habitats for Post-Nesting Sea Turtles from the Southern Gulf of Mexico

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 793
Author(s):  
Abigail Uribe-Martínez ◽  
María de los Angeles Liceaga-Correa ◽  
Eduardo Cuevas
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Marine Ecosystem ◽  
Satellite Telemetry ◽  
Marine Turtle ◽  
Home Ranges ◽  
The Bahamas ◽  
Turtle Species ◽  
Southern Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Large Marine Ecosystem ◽  
Physical Features

Marine turtles are globally endangered species that spend more than 95% of their life cycle in in-water habitats. Nevertheless, most of the conservation, recovery and research efforts have targeted the on-land habitats, due to their easier access, where adult females lay their eggs. Targeting the large knowledge gaps on the in-water critical habitats of turtles, particularly in the Large Marine Ecosystem Gulf of Mexico, is crucial for their conservation and recovery in the long term. We used satellite telemetry to track 85 nesting females from their beaches after they nested to identify their feeding and residency habitats, their migratory corridors and to describe the context for those areas. We delimited major migratory corridors in the southern Gulf of Mexico and West Caribbean and described physical features of internesting and feeding home ranges located mainly around the Yucatan Peninsula and Veracruz, Mexico. We also contributed by describing general aggregation and movement patterns for the four marine turtle species in the Atlantic, expanding the knowledge of the studied species. Several tracked individuals emigrated from the Gulf of Mexico to as far as Nicaragua, Honduras, and the Bahamas. This information is critical for identifying gaps in marine protection and for deciphering the spatial connectivity in large ocean basins, and it provides an opportunity to assess potential impacts on marine turtle populations and their habitats.

Building an ecosystems-type fisheries management approach for the Campeche Bank, subarea in the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
pp. 143-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco Arreguín-Sánchez ◽  
Pablo del Monte Luna ◽  
Manuel Jesús Zetina-Rejón ◽  
Arturo Tripp-Valdez ◽  
Mirtha O. Albañez-Lucero ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Fisheries Management ◽  
Marine Ecosystem ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Large Marine Ecosystem

scholarly journals Coral Reefs in the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem: Conservation Status, Challenges, and Opportunities

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diego L. Gil-Agudelo ◽  
Carlos E. Cintra-Buenrostro ◽  
Jorge Brenner ◽  
Patricia González-Díaz ◽  
William Kiene ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coral Reefs ◽  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Marine Ecosystem ◽  
Ecosystem Conservation ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Large Marine Ecosystem

scholarly journals The Gulf of Mexico: An Overview

Oceanography ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-43
Author(s):  
Larry McKinney ◽  
◽  
John Shepherd ◽  
Charles Wilson ◽  
William Hogarth ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Oil Spill ◽  
Marine Ecosystem ◽  
Deepwater Horizon ◽  
Recreational Fishing ◽  
Environmental Disasters ◽  
Major Disaster ◽  
The Us ◽  
Large Marine Ecosystem ◽  
Hydrocarbon Reserves

The Gulf of Mexico is a place where the environment and the economy both coexist and contend. It is a resilient large marine ecosystem that has changed in response to many drivers and pressures that we are only now beginning to fully understand. Coastlines of the states that border the Gulf comprise about half of the US southern seaboard, and those states are capped by the vast Midwest. The Gulf drains most of North America and is both an economic keystone and an unintended waste receptacle. It is a renowned resource for seafood markets, recreational fishing, and beach destinations and an international maritime highway fueled by vast, but limited, hydrocarbon reserves. Today, more is known about the Gulf than was imagined possible only a few years ago. That gain in knowledge was driven by one of the greatest environmental disasters of this country’s history, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The multitude of response actions and subsequent funded research significantly contributed to expanding our knowledge and, perhaps most importantly, to guiding the work needed to restore the damage from that oil spill. Funding for further work should not wait for the next major disaster, which will be too late; progress must be maintained to ensure that the Gulf continues to be resilient.

Harmful algal blooms and eutrophication along the mexican coast of the Gulf of Mexico large marine ecosystem

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
pp. 120-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco J. Ulloa ◽  
Porfirio Álvarez-Torres ◽  
Karla P. Horak-Romo ◽  
Rogelio Ortega-Izaguirre
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Harmful Algal Blooms ◽  
Algal Blooms ◽  
Marine Ecosystem ◽  
Large Marine Ecosystem

Towards a coastal condition assessment and monitoring of the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem (GoM LME): Terminos Lagoon pilot site

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 72-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Virginia García-Ríos ◽  
Leticia Alpuche-Gual ◽  
Jorge Herrera-Silveira ◽  
Jorge Montero-Muñoz ◽  
Sara Morales-Ojeda ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Marine Ecosystem ◽  
Condition Assessment ◽  
Pilot Site ◽  
Terminos Lagoon ◽  
Assessment And Monitoring ◽  
Large Marine Ecosystem
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