Lina M. Barrios

University of Plymouth | UoP

In coastal regions that traditionally depend on ecosystem services, sustainable development is of paramount importance. Within Colombia, a strong national policy focus on using natural resources and on UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has driven development, moving the country from the bottom to the top of the Official Development Assistance...

COCAS (Coastal Ocean observatory for Climate, CO2 and Acidification in the global South) is a project that studies climate change and promotes science-based solutions for integrated management of the GSEEZ. It focuses on key physical, biogeochemical and biological marine parameters along under-sampled tropical and subtropical coastal zones of the w...

The shallow coral Madracis auretenra has an important role in the rich diversity of coral reef ecosystems found in the Caribbean Sea, providing habitat and support to different marine species. Improved understanding of the genetic structure of marine species in the region is needed for the design and management of marine reserves, which are usually...

The coral Madracis myriaster is one of the most important reef builders in deep-water habitats of the Caribbean Sea, offering refuge to numerous species of fish and invertebrates. In this study, we developed genomic resources for M. myriaster. Using a low-coverage short read sequencing strategy, this study estimated the genome size, repetitive geno...

Coral reefs species represent one-third of all marine species described in the ocean. They are also responsible for providing habitat and support to different species. Recently, Caribbean coral reefs ecosystems have suffered an alarming decrease in their populations as a result of overexploitation. Madracis auretenra in particular, is a widespread...

Efforts to define the marine connectivity among populations have been focused overwhelmingly on corals, sponges and fish populations, but are lacking in other well represented marine taxa. The sea urchin Echinometra lucunter lucunter was selected due to its wide distribution throughout the Caribbean Sea and its biological and ecological characteris...

In 2013 Colombia made an important step towards the construction and management of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) by establishing the first Deep Corals National Park (PNNCP). Inside this MPA, the coral Madracis myriaster (Cnidaria: Pocilloporidae) was found as the main reef builder, offering habitat for many species of fish and invertebrates. In ord...

The Global South is a term largely referring to the regions of Latin America, Asia, Africa, and Oceania. Today, the Exclusive Economic Zones of the Global South (GSEEZ) are the most populated and touristic and inhabited marine regions, with much of the world’s population depending on its resources and wealth. Throughout the GSEEZ, megadiverse and p...

Research funding for projects in countries that are on the list of Official Development Assistance (ODA)—which is a measure of flows of international aid - has increased over the years. Universities have been working on projects through these funding streams that focus on sustainable development. Therefore, there has been an increase in funded rese...

In this chapter, we report existing and new lithostratigraphic information and Sr-isotope chemostratigraphic ages of several Cenozoic marine carbonate successions deposited within numerous Colombian basins. This information is used to link main changes in the shallow marine carbonate factory to regional environ-mental/tectonic events in the tropica...

The Geology of Colombia book provides an updated background of the geological knowledge of Colombia by integrating the most up–to–date research covering paleontology, biostratigraphy, sedimentary basin analysis, sedimentology, sequence stratigraphy, stratigraphy, geophysics, geochronology, geochemistry, thermochronology, tectonics, structure, volca...

As a first step to establish the genetic structure of the sea urchin Echinometra lucunter lucunter throughout the Caribbean Sea, 26 microsatellite loci were isolated using Illumina paired-end sequencing, Next Generation Sequencing (NGS). We successfully optimized 17 loci for genotyping and the variation tested for 23 individuals from the Caribbean...

As a first step to establish the genetic structure of the sea urchin Echinometra lucunter lucunter throughout the Caribbean Sea, 26 microsatellite loci were isolated using Illumina paired-end sequencing, Next Generation Sequencing (NGS). We successfully optimized 17 loci for genotyping and the variation tested for 23 individuals from the Caribbean...

La comunidad de peces es considerada indicadora del estado de salud de ecosistemas marinos, convirtiéndola en un excelente diseño de monitoreo. En el caso de los ecosistemas mesofóticos (30-150 m), existe desconocimiento de las especies que conforman las comunidades atribuido a limitaciones tecnológicas y económicas. El Parque Nacional Natural Cora...

Presentation of first six months of the Newton Fund Institutional links project.

Coral reefs are very diverse and productive ecosystems; and have long been the base of the economic activity of several countries along the tropics. Because coral reefs are very sensitive to environmental changes and their adaptation to changing stressing conditions is very slow, the combination of current rapid environmental changes and the additi...

4 Corresponding author Abstract Sabellariid polychaetes, commonly known as honeycomb worms, are capable of forming large reef-like aggregations. One species, Idanthyrsus cretus, has recently been found in several localities during surveys of Las Perlas Archipelago, Pacific Panama. Large reefs of this species have not been recorded elsewhere in the...

The associations between anemones and hermit crabs have been broadly documented, since they are considered a typical case of mutualism. The genus Dardanus has been one of the most studied cases due to the active transference of its associated anemones (e.g. Ross, 1970), from which it is believed that the hermit crab receives benefit by camouflage,...

This work characterizes and compares the community of anemones at two coralline areas in the Tayrona National Natural Park, in the Colombian Caribbean, and also relates the species that were found with some important characteristics of the reef community as well as with factors that can condition its structure. The statistical tests performed allow...

This work characterizes and compares the community of anemones at two coralline areas in the Tayrona National Natural Park, in the Colombian Caribbean, and also relates the species that were found with some important characteristics of the reef community as well as with factors that can condition its structure. The statistical tests performed allow...

Thirteen reef areas of Colombian territories in the Southwestern Caribbean were surveyed during the last 10 years. Coral diseases have been recorded in all these areas since 1990 and some of them have increased progressively. Six types were differentiated in the region, of which black band disease (BBD), dark spots disease (DSD), white band disease...