All Stories

  1. Anthropogenic pollution decreases the size of octocorals

    Article • PLoS ONE, August 2023, PLOS

    Dr. Néstor Rey Villiers, Dr Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip, Alberto Sanchez

  2. Declining capacity of coral reefs to sustain geo-ecological functions during the Anthropocene

    Article • Functional Ecology, November 2018, Wiley

    Dr Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip

  3. Rapid coastal development compromises marine protection efficacy on Caribbean coral reefs

    Article • Conservation Letters, June 2018, Wiley

    Dr Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip

  4. Habitat degradation alters trophic pathways but not food chain length on shallow Caribbean coral reefs

    Article • Scientific Reports, March 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip

  5. Herbivory facilitates growth of a key reef-building Caribbean coral

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, November 2017, Wiley

    Dr Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip

  6. Does reef architectural complexity influence resource availability for a large reef-dwelling invertebrate?

    Article • Journal of Sea Research, October 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip

  7. Rapidly increasing macroalgal cover not related to herbivorous fishes on Mesoamerican reefs

    Article • PeerJ, May 2016, PeerJ

    Dr Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip

  8. Simplification of Caribbean Reef-Fish Assemblages over Decades of Coral Reef Degradation

    Article • PLoS ONE, April 2015, PLOS

    Dr Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip

  9. The dynamics of architectural complexity on coral reefs under climate change

    Article • Global Change Biology, September 2014, Wiley

    Dr Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip

  10. Assessment of Acropora palmata in the Mesoamerican Reef System

    Article • PLoS ONE, April 2014, PLOS

    Dr Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip

  11. Community Structure of Scleractinian Corals outside Protected Areas in Cozumel Island, Mexico

    Article • Atoll Research Bulletin, January 2014, Smithsonian Institution

    Dr Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip

  12. Shifts in coral-assemblage composition do not ensure persistence of reef functionality

    Article • Scientific Reports, December 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip

  13. Evaluating life-history strategies of reef corals from species traits

    Article • Ecology Letters, September 2012, Wiley

    Dr Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip

  14. Complex reef architecture supports more small-bodied fishes and longer food chains on Caribbean reefs

    Article • Ecosphere, October 2011, Wiley

    Dr Nicholas K Dulvy, Dr Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip

  15. Coral identity underpins architectural complexity on Caribbean reefs

    Article • Ecological Applications, September 2011, Wiley

    Dr Nicholas K Dulvy, Dr Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip

  16. Drivers of region-wide declines in architectural complexity on Caribbean reefs

    Article • Coral Reefs, July 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Nicholas K Dulvy, Dr Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip

  17. Region-wide temporal and spatial variation in Caribbean reef architecture: is coral cover the whole story?

    Article • Global Change Biology, January 2011, Wiley

    Dr Nicholas K Dulvy, Dr Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip

  18. Caribbean Corals in Crisis: Record Thermal Stress, Bleaching, and Mortality in 2005

    Article • PLoS ONE, November 2010, PLOS

    Dr Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip

  19. Influence of shelter availability on interactions between Caribbean spiny lobsters and moray eels: implications for artificial lobster enhancement

    Article • Marine Ecology Progress Series, February 2010, Inter-Research Science Center

    Dr Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip

  20. Flattening of Caribbean coral reefs: region-wide declines in architectural complexity

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, June 2009, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Nicholas K Dulvy, Dr Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip

  21. Effects of Hurricanes Emily and Wilma on coral reefs in Cozumel, Mexico

    Article • Coral Reefs, October 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip

  22. Community structure of fishes in Cabo Pulmo Reef, Gulf of California

    Article • Marine Ecology, September 2006, Wiley

    Dr Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip, Luis Eduardo Calderon-Aguilera