selected publications
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academic article
- Hyperspectral remote sensing detects spectral changes in corals affected by climate-driven disease stress perspectives for the field of coral disease diagnostics. PLoS. 2013
- Hyperspectral sensing of disease stress in the Caribbean reef-building coral, Orbicella faveolata - perspectives for the field of coral disease monitoring. PLoS ONE . 8:1-9. 2013
- Effects of artificially-enhanced UV radiation on the growth, photosynthetic and photoprotective components, and reproduction of the Caribbean coral Porites furcata.. Coral Reefs . 31:1077-1091. 2012
- Hyperspectral Distinction of Two Caribbean Shallow-Water Corals Based on Their Pigments and Corresponding Reflectance. Remote Sensing . 4:3813-3842. 2012
- Geomorphology of mesophotic coral ecosystems: current perspectives on morphology, distribution, and mapping strategies. Coral Reefs . 29:329-345. 2010
- Characterization of African Dust (PM 2.5) across the Atlantic Ocean during AEROSE 2004. Atmospheric Environment . 43:2659-2664. 2009
- Enhanced ultraviolet radiation can terminate sexual reproduction in the broadcasting coral species Acropora cervicornis Lamarck. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 358:39-45. 2008
- Enhanced ultraviolet radiation can terminate sexual reproduction in the broadcasting coral species Acropora cervicornis Lamarck. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 358:39-45. 2008
- Molecular identification of the bacterial burden in Sahara Dust Samples using a new method to improve the evidence for the effective management of public health measures during an SD event. Journal of Environmental Health Research . 7:99-106. 2008
- Deep zooxanthellate coral reefs of the Puerto Rico - U.S. Virgin Islands insular platform. Coral Reefs . 26:945. 2007
- Physiological responses of Acropora cervicornis to increased solar irradiance. Photochemistry and Photobiology . 83:839-850. 2007
- Response of Human Fibroblasts to Very Low Doses of Environmental UV Radiation. Caribbean Journal of Dermatology and Therapeutics. 2:16-27. 2007
- Characterizing the deep insular shelf coral reef habitat of the Hind Bank Marine Conservation District (US Virgin Islands) using the Seabed Autonomous Underwater Vehicle. Continental Shelf Research . 26:194-205. 2006
- Effect of Ultraviolet-B Radiation on Salt Marsh Vegetation: Trends of the Genus Salicornia along the Americas. Photochemistry and Photobiology . 82:878-886. 2006
- Ozone and UV Radiation over Southern South America: Climatology and Anomalies. Photochemistry and Photobiology . 82:834-843. 2006
- Environmental UVA and UVB Threshold Doses for Apoptosis and Necrosis in Human Fibroblasts. Photochemistry and Photobiology . 81:563-568. 2005
- Multi-channel radiometers calibration: A new approach. Applied Optics. 44:5374-5380. 2005
- Remote sensing characterization of benthic habitats and submerged vegetation biomass in los Roques Archipelago National Park, Venezuela. Intl. J. of Remote Sensing . 26:2657-2667. 2005
- Cyclonic Eddy Entrains Orinoco River Plume in Eastern Caribbean . Transactions American Geophysical Union. 85:201-202. 2004
- Imaging Coral I: Imaging Coral Habitats with the SeaBED AUV. Subsurface Sensing Technologies and Applications . 5:25-42. 2004
- Phytoplankton dynamics in the eastern Caribbean Sea as detected by space remote sensing. Intl. J. of Remote Sensing . 25:1449-1452. 2004
- UV dose determines key characteristics of non-melanoma skin cancer. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. 13:2006-2011. 2004
- Validation of SeaWiFS Chlorophyll Algorithm for the Rio De La Plata Estuary . International Journal of Remote Sensing. 25. 2004
- Validation of SeaWiFS chlorophyll algorithm for the Rio de la Plata Estuary and adjacent waters. Intl. J. of Remote Sensing . 25:1501-1505. 2004
- Remote continental forcing of phytoplankton biogeochemistry: Observations across the Caribbean-Atlantic front. Geophysical Research Letters. 30:1-4. 2003
- Benthic Survey of Insular Slope Coral Reefs Using the SeaBED AUV. Backscatter. 13:22-25. 2002
- SeaWiFS Helps Assess Hurricane Impact in the Caribbean Sea. Transactions American Geophysical Union. 82:529-533. 2001
- Ultraviolet-induced responses in two species of climax tropical marine macrophytes. Photochemistry and Photobiology . 62:55-66. 2001
- Distribution of the cyanophyte Trichodesmium in the Eastern Caribbean Sea: Influence of the Orinoco River. Intl. J. of Tropical Biology. 48:115-124. 2000
- UVabsorbing compounds in three species of Caribbean zooxanthellate corals: depth distribution and spectral response. Bulletin of Marine Science . 67:821-830. 2000
- Epidemiological trends of melanoma in Puerto Rico from 1975 1991. Boletin de la Asociacion Medica de Puerto Rico. 90:221-224. 1998
- Withincolony variations of UV absorption in a reef building coral. Bull. Mar. Sci.. 63:589-594. 1998
- Remotely sensed observations of phylloxera-infested vineyard in the Napa Valley. California Agriculture . 50:14-18. 1996
- The interaction of physical and biological factors in the large-scale distribution of queen conch populations in seagrass meadows. Bull. Mar. Sci.. 58:217-233. 1996
- Oceanic fronts in the northeastern Caribbean revealed by satellite ocean color imaging. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 15:1169-1171. 1994
- Remote sensing of submerged vegetation canopies for biomass estimation. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 14:621-627. 1993
- Bleaching induced mortalities in reef corals from La Parguera, Puerto Rico: A precursor of change in the community structure of coral reefs?. Caribbean Journal of Science. 25:59-65. 1989
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audio document
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chapter
- Mesophotic Coral Reefs of the Puerto Rico Shelf. Seafloor Geomorphology as Benthic Habitat: GeoHab Atlas of seafloor geomorphic features and benthic habitats. Ed. Harris, Peter T. . Elsevier. 2012
- Biology and Ecology of Puerto Rico Coral Reefs. Coral Reefs of the USA. Ed. Riegl, Bernhard. Springer Publishing. 375-406. 2008
- Effects of Stratospheric Ozone Depletions and Increased Levels of Ultraviolet Radiation on Subantartic Forests and Western Patagonian Steppe: A Research Project. Stratospheric Ozone Depletion/UV Radiation in the Biosphere. Ed. Biggs, R. H. . Berlin: Springer Publishing. 1994
- Large-Scale Distribution of Queen Conch Nursery Habitats: Implications for Stock Enhancement. Queen Conch Biology, Fisheries and Mariculture . Ed. Appeldoorn, Richard S.. Caracas, Venezuela: Los Roques Scientific Foundation. 168-189. 1994
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conference paper
- Biological and physical characteristics of a mesophotic coral reef: Black Jack reef, Vieques, Puerto Rico. Proceedings of the 11th International Coral Reef Symposium. 567-571. 2008
- Monitoring Coral Reefs in Optically-Deep Waters. Proceedings of the 11th International Coral Reef Symposium. 593-597. 2008
- NASA Airborne AVIRIS and DCS Remote Sensing of Coral Reefs. Proceedings of the 11th International Coral Reef Symposium. 616-620. 2008
- Pre-Processing of 2005 AVIRIS Data for Coral Reef Analysis . Proceedings of the 11th International Coral Reef Symposium. 637-641. 2008
- Airborne Hyperspectral Remote Sensing of Coral Reefs of Puerto Rico, Florida Keys, and Oahu, Eos Trans. AGU (Abstract). Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, HI. 2006
- An Automated Morphological Image Processing Based Methodology for Quantifying Deep Water Coral Cover (Abstract). Oceans, MTS/IEEE Conference. 2006
- Benthic Habitat Mapping using Hyperspectral Remote Sensing (Abstract). SPIE Europe Remote Sensing Conference. 2006
- CenSSIS Seabed: Diverse Approaches for Imaging Shallow and Deep Coral Reefs (Abstract). Proceedings Ocean Optics XVIII Conference. 2006
- Development of a Field Test Environment for the Validation of Coastal Remote Sensing Algorithms: Enrique Reef, Puerto Rico (Abstract). SPIE Europe Remote Sensing Conference. 2006
- Remote Sensing of Deep Coral Reefs in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands Using the Seabed Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (Abstract). SPIE Europe Remote Sensing Conference. 2006
- Size-Resolved Aerosol Mass and Aerosol Number Distributions During the NOAA Center for Atmospheric Sciences (NCAS) Trans-Atlantic Saharan Dust Aerosol and Oceanographic Science Expedition (AEROSE) (Abstract). 7th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry Annual Meeting of the American Chemical Society. 2005
- Clues to coral reef ecosystem health: spectral analysis coupled with radiative transfer modeling (Abstract). ASLO/TOS Ocean Research 2004 Conference, Honolulu, HI . 2004
- DNA repair and UV exposure influence important characteristics of non-melanoma skin cancer (Abstract). AACR 95th Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL. 2004
- Oceanic Core Eddy Spins Orinoco River Plume Water (Abstract). Ocean Optics XVIII Conference. 2004
- A probabilistic sensitivity analysis of water-leaving radiance to water constituents in coastal shallow waters (Abstract). In Ocean Remote Sensing and Imaging, Proceedings of SPIE. 2003
- Clues to coral reef ecosystem health: spectral analysis coupled with radiative transfer modeling (Abstract). ASLO/TOS Ocean Research 2004 Conference, Honolulu, HI . 2003
- Clues to coral reef health: integrating radiative transfer modeling and hyperspectral data (Abstract). Eos. Trans. AGU Fall Meet. Suppl. 2002
- Evaluation of Marine Community Responses to a Water Quality Restoration Initiative in Mayaguez Bay, Puerto Rico (Abstract). Proceedings of the IX Latinoamerican Congress of Marine Sciences. San Andres, Colombia . 2001
- Mechanisms UV induced free radical oxidative damage in human skin fibroblasts (Abstract) . Free Radical Biology and Medicine . 2001
- Mechanisms of UV-A and UV-B induced free radical oxidative damage in human skin fibroblasts (Abstract). 7th Annual Meeting of the Oxygen Society. San Diego, CA. 2000
- Optical Properties of a Toxic dinoflagellate in Southwestern Puerto Rico (Abstract). Proceedings, Sixth International Conference Remote Sensing for Marine and Coastal Environments. ERIM, Charleston, South Carolina . 2000
- Space Remote Sensing of the Eastern Caribbean Sea (Abstract). Oceans from Space Meeting, Venice, Italy. 2000
- Ultraviolet-induced photoinhibition and flavonoid synthesis in Thalassia testudinum (Abstract). American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) Meeting, Copenhagen . 2000
- Validation of SeaWiFS Chlorophyll Algorithm for the Rio De La Plata Estuary (Abstract) 2000
- Attenuation coefficients of downwelling ultraviolet and visible irradiance in near shore tropical waters (Abstract). ASLO â99 Santa Fe, NM. 1999
- Mesoscale Effects of the Orinoco River Plume (Abstract). Astrobiology: El Nino and South American Ecosystems, INIDEP, Mar del Plata. 1999
- Oceanographic remote sensing research in Puerto Rico: The first 15 years (Abstract). XXI Congreso de Investigacion Cientifica, San Juan, PR. 1999
- Effects of ultraviolet radiation in photoprotective and photosynthetic pigments in the tropical marine macrophyte Thalassia testudinum (Abstract). American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Santa Fe, New Mexico. 1997
- Hyperspectral remote sensing of phytoplankton pigments in the eastern Caribbean (Abstract). Fourth International Conference on Remote Sensing for Marine and Coastal Environments, Orlando, Florida . 1997
- Monitoring UV radiation in the tropics and the effect of UV-B on shallow water marine organisms (Abstract). American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Santa Fe, New Mexico. 1997
- Optical properties of Trichodesmium sp. photosynthetic pigments in the Caribbean Sea south of Puerto Rico (Abstract). EPSCoR Annual Meeting, Fajardo, PR. 1997
- Percepcion remota de parametros biofisicos del mangle rojo Rhizophora mangle (Rhizophoraceae). Proceedings 28th Annual Meeting of the Association of Marine Laboratories of the Caribbean. 1997
- Remote sensing reflectance of eastern Caribbean waters influenced by the Orinoco River plume (Abstract). EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union . 1997
- The Application of GIS and remote sensing in a spatial analysis of queen conch nursury habitats (Abstract). Fourth International Conference on Remote Sensing for Marine and Coastal Environments, Orlando, Florida . 1997
- UV photoprotection in tropical marine organisms (Abstract). Proceedings of the NASA URC Technical Conference (URC-TC â97). 1997
- AVHRR detection of Orinoco River plume waters in the eastern Caribbean (Abstract). EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union . 1996
- Bio-optical observations of the eastern Caribbean Sea (Abstract) . EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union . 1996
- Influenced of the Orinoco River plume on mixed layer features of the eastern Caribbean (Abstract). EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union . 1996
- The effects of massive riverine input upon planktonic respiration in the eastern Caribbean (Abstract). EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union . 1996
- Hyperspectral remote sensing of organic and inorganic material in optically-complex waters (Abstract). Proc. Conference for Remote Sensing and Environmental Monitoring for the Sustained Development of the Americas. 1995
- Spectral characteristics of Acropora cervicornis and Porites porites under laboratory conditions (Abstract)
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conference poster
- Benthic Habitat Mapping for La Parguera Marine Reserve, Southwest Puerto Rico, using Passive and Active Remote Sensing Data. Developing STEM Talent: Increasing Innovation and National Competitiveness. 2012
- Distinction between Two Caribbean Shallow-Water Corals based on their Respective Pigments Composition: A Complementary Tool for Remote Sensing Studies. Ocean Optics Conference . 2012
- Satellite remote sensing characterization of Caribbean fish spawning aggregation sites.. 12th International Coral Reef Symposium . 2012
- Temporal and spatial trends in water optical properties at shallow coral reefs in Southwestern Puerto Rico. Ocean Optics Conference . 2012
- Impacts of Sharon Dust on Atlantic Hurricanes and Climate Change. Developing STEM Talent: Increasing Innovation and National Competitiveness. 2011
- Monitoring of African Dust Intrusions to the Eastern Caribbean During the Summer of 2011. Developing STEM Talent: Increasing Innovation and National Competitiveness. 2011
- Source Frequency of African Dust Storms Reaching the Island of Puerto Rico. Developing STEM Talent: Increasing Innovation and National Competitiveness. 2011
- Remote sensing of episodic rainfall events impacting coastal areas in Puerto Rico. Oceans from Space Meeting, Venice, Italy. 2010
- Imaging Spectroscopy and Spectral Analysis in Support of Coral Reef Ecosystem Biodiversity Research. 33rd Intl. Remote Sensing of Environment . 2009
- Different Pigment Composition Can Influence the Remote Sensing Reflectance of Caribbean Shallow-Water Coral Species. 11th International Coral Reef Symposium in Forth Lauderdale, USA . 2008
- Effects of UV Radiation on the Sexual Reproduction of the Threatened Acropora cervicornis. 11th International Coral Reef Symposium in Forth Lauderdale, USA . 2008
- Atmospheric and Water Column Corrections of AVIRIS Data for Hyperspectral Characterization of Benthic Marine Communities in Puerto Rico. 5th EARSeL (European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories). 2007
- Underwater Vehicle for Characterizing the Deep Zooxanthellate Coral Reefs of Puerto Rico. 33rd Scientific Meeting of the Association of Marine Laboratories of the Caribbean. St. Thomas, USVI. 2007
- Use of the Seabed Autonomous Underwater Vehicle for Characterizing the Deep Zooxanthellate Coral Reefs of Puerto Rico . 33rd Scientific Meeting of the Association of Marine Laboratories of the Caribbean. St. Thomas, USVI . 2007
- An Automated Morphological Image Processing Based Methodology for Quantifying Deep Water Coral Cover. MTS/IEEE Conference, Boston MA. 2006
- Relationship between Reef Fish Communities, Water and Habitat Quality on Coral Reefs. ASLO Summer Meeting, Victoria, Canada. 2006
- Mass Concentration and Deposition of Iron and Carbon Across the Atlantic Ocean During a Saharan Dust Storm. ASLO Summer Meeting, Santiago de Compostela. 2005
- Population Dynamics of the Harmful Dinoflagellate Cochlodinium Polykrikoides in Southwestern Puerto Rico. ASLO Summer Meeting, Santiago de Compostela. 2005
- Radiative Transfer Modeling and Spectral Analysis of Coral Reefs. NOAA CREWS Think Tank Meeting. Perry Institute for Marine Science, Caribbean Marine Research Station, Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas. 2005
- Radiative Transfer Modeling and Spectral Analysis of Coral Reefs. Ocean Optics XVIII Conference. 2004
- UV dose and DNA repair capacity predict nonmelanoma skin cancer risk . AACR 95th Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL. 2004
- Airborne Fungi in Sahara Dust Aerosols Reaching the Eastern Caribbean: I. Taxonomic Characterization by Morphological Features. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA. 2003
- Airborne Fungi in Sahara Dust Aerosols Reaching the Eastern Caribbean: II. Species Identification Using Molecular Techniques. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA. 2003
- Characterization of viable fungal spores in PM 2.5 filter samples reaching the Eastern Caribbean. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA. 2003
- Clues to coral reef ecosystem health: spectral analysis coupled with radiative transfer modeling. Eos. Trans. AGU Fall Meet. Suppl. 2003
- Mass measurements of Saharan dust aerosols in Puerto Rico. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA. 2003
- Optical Evidence of Land-Sea Interactions in the Western Coast of Puerto Rico 2002
- SeaWiFS Validation at the Caribbean Time Series Station (CaTS) . Ocean Optics XVI Meeting, Santa Fe, New Mexico. 2002
- Validation of Bio-Optical Algorithms in the Western Coast of Puerto Rico . Ocean Optics XVI Meeting, Santa Fe, New Mexico. 2002
- Preliminary study on the spectral response of some Caribbean coral species . 20th Puerto Rico Interdisciplinary Scientific Meeting, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras. 2000
- Aging of filters used in UV-B supplementation and exclusion experiments . ASLO â99 Santa Fe, NM. 1999
- Effects of ultraviolet radiation on the photoprotective pigments of the red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle). ASLO â99 Santa Fe, NM. 1999
- Effects of ultraviolet radiation on red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) optical properties . American Association of Limnology and Oceanography. 1998
- Measurements of UV-B radiation reaching tropical marine benthic ecosystems . American Association of Limnology and Oceanography. 1998