Marine spatial planning instruments often exhibit a gap between regulatory design and on-the-ground effectiveness. This study examines this gap in Mexico’s marine Ecological Territory Management Programs (POETs) within the Mexican Coastal Zone...
The coastal zone is in a critical state worldwide, due to the loss and fragmentation of its ecosystems. Much of this is caused by long-term anthropic local, regional, or global actions, which drive coastal squeeze processes. Most of the criteria to e...
The Eastern Tropical Pacific (ETP) comprises several coral ecosystems, which are distributed across a variety of coastal zones and oceanic islands. In these ecosystems, reef fish play key roles in their functioning. In ETP, there is a paucity of stud...
In a relatively short timescale (less than 50 years), urbanization has caused many anthropogenic disturbances that have affected ecosystem health and, directly or indirectly, quality of life for the local human population. Global disturbances, such a...
The unplanned development of a port city generates urban growth in its coastal zone that stresses the local biotic and abiotic resources, affecting the nesting beach areas of sea turtles. This work evaluated the impact of social collaboration on sea...
Cephalopods have been widely studied around the globe. However, some areas are poorly understood. In Mexico, there is a significant lack of knowledge, particularly in the coastal zone of the eastern Pacific Ocean, where most studies have focused on c...
The intensity of climate change impacts on coastal ecosystems is determined by a combination of global, regional, and local drivers. However, many studies on the impact of climate change on ecosystems only consider trends associated with global chang...
Landscapes are consistently under pressure from human-induced ecological change, often resulting in shifting species distributions. For some species, changing the geographical breadth of their niche space results in matching range shifts to regions o...
This study collates and reviews the state of the art in the phenomenon of atypical pelagic Sargassum influxes in the coastline of the Mexican Caribbean, focusing on projects, studies and initiatives that have been conducted in the country for a decad...
Differences in fish assemblages’ composition and their relationship with the environmental variables were analyzed in the Urías estuarine system, Mexican North Pacific. Environmental variables and fish catches were recorded bimonthly bet...
Reinforced concrete (RC) buildings in coastal seismic regions are exposed to coupled deterioration processes driven by chloride-induced corrosion and earthquake loading. This interaction is particularly critical along the Mexican Pacific coast, where...
African grasses deliberately introduced for cattle forage have become among the most destructive invaders of tropical wetlands globally, yet invasion mechanisms and management strategies remain poorly understood. We conducted field experiments examin...
Tourism still represents a means of generating revenues in the coastal areas in the Mexican Caribbean, despite the growing concern about the social and environmental impacts. The Nichupte Lagoon System (NLS), the most representative lagoon of Quintan...
Coastal zones are dynamic interfaces where land, ocean, and atmosphere interact, making them sensitive indicators of environmental change. However, quantifying shoreline movement across long distances and over multi-year timescales remains challengin...