Pelayo Salinas-de-León

TL;DR: This characterization of Galapagos deep-sea benthic invertebrate megafauna across a range of ecosystems represents a first step to study future changes that may result from anthropogenic impacts to the planet’s climate and oceans, and informed the creation of fully protected deep-water areas in theGalapagos Marine Reserve.

TL;DR: Time series of Landsat imagery of the region from 1998 to 2018 showed no long-term trends in kelp canopy over the past 20 years, however, ~ 4-year oscillations in canopy fraction were observed and were strongly and negatively correlated with the NOAA Multivariate ENSO index and sea surface temperature.

TL;DR: The Galapagos Islands inspired the theory of evolution by means of natural selection as mentioned in this paper, and they represent an important natural laboratory to understand ecosystem resilience in the face of climate extremes and enable effective socio-ecological co-evolution under climate change.

TL;DR: Stable isotope analysis, satellite tracking, and passive acoustic telemetry data suggest that tiger sharks in the Galapagos could be segregated into specific populations separated by geographical scales of <100 km, and additional studies using genetic tools could provide further evidence on the presence of separate management units.

TL;DR: The first comprehensive image inventory for the phylum Arthropoda from 260 to 3400 m of depth within the Galapagos Marine Reserve is provided, providing the first known image inventory of in-situ macroinvertebrate species from the deep-sea region of the GMR.