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Ongoing scientific investigations on sargassum at UASA · ICMYL · UNAM

BioSarg · Sargassum Biodiversity
L. V. Monroy Velázquez, G. Villarreal Brito & B. I. van Tussenbroek (Eds.), Biodiversity.

Pelagic sargassum forms floating ecosystems that provide shelter, food and breeding grounds for a wide diversity of marine organisms. The platform lets you explore the species associated with floating mats of Sargassum fluitans and Sargassum natans, and consult their main characteristics.

Project CBF2023-2024-1414 · Ciencia de Frontera · CONAHCYT

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Dr. Briggita I. van Tussenbroek
  • Effect of Sargassum brown tides on seagrass meadows of the Mexican Caribbean.
  • Growth and physiology study of pelagic Sargassum species.
  • Early detection protocol for invasive alien species associated with sargassum (InvaSAR).
Dr. Eric Jordán & M.Sc. Rosa Elisa Rodríguez Martínez
  • Relationship between white syndrome in corals and environmental degradation caused by decomposing sargassum.
  • Analysis of pelagic sargassum management on the northern coast of Quintana Roo.
  • Monitoring of sargassum biomass arriving to the Mexican Caribbean.
Dr. Patricia E. Thomé
  • Bacterial community structure related to the increase in organic matter from sargassum (postdoc by Dr. Yessica Beltrán).
  • Taxonomic characterisation of the sargassum microbiome and associated bacterioplankton.