B.Sc. in Marine Biology

Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Colombia. 2001-2007.

Thesis: “Abundance, distribution and composition of juvenile scleractinian corals in the Rosario Archipelago, Colombian Caribbean”.

Committee: Diego L. Gil-Agudelo, Raul Navas-Camacho, Adolfo Sanjuan-Muñoz

Abstract

The recruitment of scleractinian corals that are produced by sexual reproduction is an important force in the maintenance and structuring of coral reef communities. In this study, I evaluated the abundance, distribution and taxonomic composition of juvenile scleractinian in reefs from the Rosario Islands archipelago, one of the most biodiverse coral reef areas in the Colombian Caribbean.