Recent Publications

All DC islands

Below you will an overview of the reports and publications on biodiversity related subjects in the Dutch Caribbean that have recently been published.

Agudo-Padrón, A.I. 2023. Updated systematic inventory of the non-marine (land/ terrestrial) molluscs occurring in the ABC Islands (Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao), insular territory located in the Dutch Southeast Caribbean facing to the Western coast of Venezuela. Brazilian Journal of Animal and Environmental Research. Article.

de Agustin Camacho, A., de Droog, M., Van Petegem, W. 2023. STEM Education And Research At The University Of Aruba For Sustainable Development Of Small Island Developing States: Case Studies On Energy Efficiency And Waste Management. European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI). Article.

Asturias-Schaub, L.R., Gil-Alana, L.A. 2023. CO2 emissions in Latin America: a time series perspective based on fractional integration. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. Article.

Bennema, F.P. 2023. Response of reef fish populations to changes in coral cover, fishery and disruptive events in Bonaire Marine Park. MarHis, Haren, the Netherlands. Research Report.

van den Burg, M.P. & Debrot, A.O. 2022. Iguana iguana (Saba subpopulation). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T220903552A220903555. Assessment.

Braat, L. 2023. The effects of water management and climate change on catchment scale: The case of Salinja di Vlijt catchment on Bonaire. Master Thesis Climate Studies at Wageningen University, the Netherlands. Thesis.

Bulbaai, R.R., Halman, J.I.M. 2023. Standby energy consumption and saving potentials in the residential sector in tropical areas: the Caribbean island Curaçao as a case study. Energy Efficiency (2023) 16:88. Article.

Danielson-Owczynsky, H., Madden, H.,  Jodice, P.G.R. 2023. Parental infanticide by egg destruction in Red-billed Tropicbirds Phaethon aethereus on the Caribbean island of Sint Eustatius. Marine Ornithology 51: 261–264. Article.

Debrot, A.O., Wellens, R.M., de Vries, H.E.,  Da Costa Gomez, M., C Rusch-de Lijster, .A.N.F., Cijntje, Q.N.D., Houtepen, E., Schets, P.P.P. 2023. A case study of sea and shorebird breeding recovery following goat and cat eradication on Klein Curaçao, southern Caribbean. Journal of Field Ornithology. Article.

Fuentes, K.M., Baldwin, C.C., Robertson, D.R., Lardizábal, C.C., Tornabene, L. 2023 Two new species of Varicus from Caribbean deep reefs, with comments on the related genus Pinnichthys (Teleostei, Gobiidae, Gobiosomatini, Nes subgroup). ZooKeys 1180: 159–180. Article.

de Jong, C., van Os, I., Sepúlveda-Rodríguez, G., de Baat, M.L., Schoepf, V. 2023. Sentinels for future coral reef conditions: assessment of environmental variability and water quality in semi-enclosed inland bays in the southern Caribbean. bioRxiv. Article.

KNMI. 2023. Klimaatscenario’s voor Nederland. Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Institute. Report.

Lizarazo, S.C. 2023. Tectonics and seismic potential along the Caribbean subduction zone in northwestern Colombia based on GeoRED GPS data. A dissertation for the degree of Doctor in Science Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University. Dissertation.

Reigel, A.M., Hellberg, M.E. 2023. Microbiome environmental shifts differ between two co-occurring octocoral hosts. Marine Ecology Progress Series (MEPS). Vol. 720: 59–83.  Article.

Wägele, H., Klussmann-Kolb, A. 2005. Opisthobranchia (Mollusca, Gastropoda) – more than just slimy slugs. Shell reduction and its implications on defence and foraging. Frontiers in Zoology volume 2, Article number: 3 (2005). Article

Wenger, A.S., Gómez-Juárez, E., Thomas, J., Amaya, T., Corbin, C., Edmond, J., Falinski, K., Hill, J., Jenkins, A., Jupiter, S.D., Kuempel, C.D., Lamb, J.B., Nalley, E.M., Omwenga, S., Oza, T., Perez, E.N., Tuttle Raz, L.J., Sarkozy-Banoczy, S.,
Wakwella, A. (2023) A guide for integrated conservation and sanitation programs and approaches. Wildlife Conservation Society. Pp. 1-143. Report.

Ziebell, A.-C., Vogel, M.L., Ratajczak, N.K., Hoeksema, B.W. Habitat Use of Two Coral-Associated Cryptobenthic Gobiid Fishes (Family: Gobiidae) in the Southern Caribbean. Fishes Article.

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