Victor H. Rivera-Monroy
Position: Associate Professor, Department of Oceanography & Coastal Sciences
Phone: 225-578-2745
Fax: 225-578-6423
E-mail: vhrivera@lsu.edu
Office: 3209 Energy, Coast and Environment Building
Bachelor's Degree(s): B.S. Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco, Mexico D.F., 1979
Master's Degrees(s): M.S. Louisiana State University, 1989
Ph.D.(s): Ph.D. Louisiana State University, 1995
Research Interests
Estuarine and coastal ecosystems; biogeochemistry of wetlands; landscape modeling/ecosystem models; coastal management/aquaculture; mangrove forest rehabilitation/restoration; nutrient cycling inwetlands (nitrogen, phosphorus, carbon); climate change and variability impact on social-ecological systems
Classes Taught
OCS 7129 Global Climate Change and Wetlands
OCS 4165 Environmental Chemistry of Wetlands
OCS 1005 Oceanography
OCS 7001 Concept Mapping
EVEG 4780 Ecological Engineering
Selected Publications
Rivera-Monroy, V. H., Delaune, R. D., Owens, A. B., Visser, J. M., White, J. R., Twilley, R. R., Hernández-Trejo, H., Benítez, J. A., & Farfán, L. M. (2024). Removal of Physical Materials From Systems Loss of Space, Area, and Habitats. In D. Baird & M. Elliott (Eds.), Treatise on Estuarine and Coastal Science (Second Edition) (pp. 92-138). Academic Press. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-90798-9.00094-9.
Li, C., Sheremet, A., Huang, W., Dash, P., Katkar, A. Nabi A. M., Chaichiterharani, N., Bachmann, C. M., Rivera-Monroy, V. H. (2024). Dynamic impact of transiting weather systems on coastal currents in the northern Guf of Mexico. Deph-Sea Research Part II 10. Article 105395. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2024.105395
Huang, W., Li, C., & Rivera-Monroy, V. H. (2024). Cold fronts control multiscale spatiotemporal hydroperiod patterns in a man-made subtropical coastal delta (Wax Lake Region, Louisiana USA). Ocean Dynamics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10236-024-01608-9.
Ansley, R. J., Rivera-Monroy, V. H., Griffis-Kyle, K., Hoagland, B., Emert, A., Fagin, T., Loss, S. R., McCarthy, H. R., Smith, N. G., & Waring, E. F. (2023). Assessing impacts of climate change on selected foundation species and ecosystem services in the South-Central USA. Ecosphere, 14(2), Article e4412. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4412.
He, S., Maiti, K., Ghaisas, N., Upreti, K., & Rivera-Monroy, V. H. (2023). Potential methane production in oligohaline wetlands undergoing erosion and accretion in the Mississippi River Delta Plain, Louisiana, USA. Science of The Total Environment, 875, 162685.
Liu, B. Q., D'Sa, E. J., Messina, F., Baustian, M. M., Maiti, K., Rivera-Monroy, V. H., Huang, W., & Georgiou, I. Y. (2023). Dissolved organic carbon dynamics and fluxes in Mississippi-Atchafalaya deltaic system impacted by an extreme flood event and hurricanes: a multi-satellite approach using Sentinel-2/3 and Landsat-8/9 data. Frontiers in Marine Science, 10, Article 1159367. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1159367.
Rivera-Monroy, V. H., Zhao, X., Wang, H., & Xue, Z. G. (2022). Are Existing Modeling Tools Useful to Evaluate Outcomes in Mangrove Restoration and Rehabilitation Projects? A Minireview. Forests, 13(10), 1638. https://doi.org/10.3390/f13101638.
Rodríguez-Zúñiga, M. T., Troche-Souza, C., Cruz-López, M. I., & Rivera-Monroy, V. H. (2022). Development and Structural Organization of Mexico’s Mangrove Monitoring System (SMMM) as a Foundation for Conservation and Restoration Initiatives: A Hierarchical Approach. Forests, 13(4), 621. https://doi.org/10.3390/f13040621.
Upreti, K., Rivera-Monroy, V. H., Maiti, K., Giblin, A. E., & Castañeda-Moya, E. (2022). Dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium (DNRA) is marginal relative to denitrification in emerging-eroding wetlands in a subtropical oligohaline and eutrophic coastal delta. Science of The Total Environment, 152942. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.152942
Zhang, Q., Li, C. Y., Huang, W., Lin, J., Hiatt, M., & Rivera-Monroy, V. H. (2022). Water Circulation Driven by Cold Fronts in the Wax Lake Delta (Louisiana, USA). Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 10(3), Article 415. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse10030415.
Zhao, X., Rivera-Monroy, V. H., Li, C., Vargas-Lopez, I. A., Rohli, R. V., Xue, Z. G., Castañeda-Moya, E., & Coronado-Molina, C. (2022). Temperature Across Vegetation Canopy-Water-Soil Interfaces Is Modulated by Hydroperiod and Extreme Weather in Coastal Wetlands [Original Research]. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9( Article 852901). https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.852901.
Åhlén, I., Vigouroux, G., Destouni, G., Pietroń, J., Ghajarnia, N., Anaya, J., Blanco, J., Borja, S., Chalov, S., Chun, K. P., Clerici, N., Desormeaux, A., Girard, P., Gorelits, O., Hansen, A., Jaramillo, F., Kalantari, Z., Labbaci, A., Licero-Villanueva, L., Livsey, J., Maneas, G., Pisarello, K. L. M., Pahani, D. M., Palomino-Ángel, S., Price, R., Ricaurte-Villota, C., Fernanda Ricaurte, L., Rivera-Monroy, V. H., Rodriguez, A., Rodriguez, E., Salgado, J., Sannel, B., Seifollahi-Aghmiuni, S., Simard, M., Sjöberg, Y., Terskii, P., Thorslund, J., Zamora, D. A., & Jarsjö, J. (2021). Hydro-climatic changes of wetlandscapes across the world. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 2754. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-81137-3
Chambers, R. M., Gorsky, A. L., Castañeda-Moya, E., & Rivera-Monroy, V. H. (2021). Evaluating a Steady-State Model of Soil Accretion in Everglades Mangroves (Florida, USA). Estuaries and Coasts, 44(5). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-020-00883-1.
Day, J. W., Conner, W. H., DeLaune, R. D., Hopkinson, C. S., Hunter, R. G., Shaffer, G. P., Kandalepas, D., Keim, R. F., Kemp, G. P., Lane, R. R., Rivera-Monroy, V. H., Sasser, C. E., R. White, J., & Vargas-Lopez, I. A. (2021). A Review of 50 Years of Study of Hydrology, Wetland Dynamics, Aquatic Metabolism, Water Quality and Trophic Status, and Nutrient Biogeochemistry in the Barataria Basin, Mississippi Delta—System Functioning, Human Impacts and Restoration Approaches. Water, 13(5), 642. https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/13/5/642
He, D., Rivera-Monroy, V. H., Jaffé, R., & Zhao, X. (2021). Mangrove leaf species-specific isotopic signatures along salinity and phosphorus soil fertility gradients in a subtropical estuary. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 248, 106768. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2020.106768.
Liu, B., D'Sa, E. J., Maiti, K., Rivera-Monroy, V. H., & Xue, Z. (2021). Biogeographical trends in phytoplankton community size structure using adaptive sentinel 3-OLCI chlorophyll a and spectral empirical orthogonal functions in the estuarine-shelf waters of the northern Gulf of Mexico. Remote Sensing of Environment, 252, 112154. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2020.112154.
Medina-Calderón, J. H., Mancera-Pineda, J. E., Castañeda-Moya, E., & Rivera-Monroy, V. H. (2021). Hydroperiod and Salinity Interactions Control Mangrove Root Dynamics in a Karstic Oceanic Island in the Caribbean Sea (San Andres, Colombia). Frontiers in Marine Science, 7. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.598132.
Rastetter, E. B., Ohman, M. D., Elliott, K. J., Rehage, J. S., Rivera‐Monroy, V. H., Boucek, R. E., Castañeda‐Moya, E., Danielson, T. M., Gough, L., Groffman, P. M., Jackson, C. R., Miniat, C. F., & Shaver, G. R. (2021). Time lags: insights from the U.S. Long Term Ecological Research Network. Ecosphere, 12(5). https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3431.
Upreti, K., Rivera-Monroy, V. H., Maiti, K., Giblin, A., & Geaghan, J. P. (2021). Emerging Wetlands From River Diversions Can Sustain High Denitrification Rates in a Coastal Delta. Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences, 126(5), Article e2020JG006217. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020jg006217.
Vargas-Lopez, I. A., Rivera-Monroy, V. H., Day, J. W., Whitbeck, J., Maiti, K., Madden, C. J., & Trasviña-Castro, A. (2021). Assessing Chlorophyll a Spatiotemporal Patterns Combining In Situ Continuous Fluorometry Measurements and Landsat 8/OLI Data across the Barataria Basin (Louisiana, USA). Water, 13(4), 512. https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/13/4/512.
Zhao, X., Rivera-Monroy, V. H., Farfán, L. M., Briceño, H., Castañeda-Moya, E., Travieso, R., & Gaiser, E. E. (2021). Tropical cyclones cumulatively control regional carbon fluxes in Everglades mangrove wetlands (Florida, USA). Scientific Reports, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-92899-1.
Hillmann, E. R., Rivera-Monroy, V. H., Nyman, J. A., & La Peyre, M. K. (2020). Estuarine submerged aquatic vegetation habitat provides organic carbon storage across a shifting landscape. Science of The Total Environment, 717, Article 137217. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137217.
Castañeda-Moya, E., Rivera-Monroy, V. H., Chambers, R. M., Zhao, X. C., Lamb-Wotton, L., Gorsky, A., Gaiser, E. E., Troxler, T. G., Kominoski, J. S., & Hiatt, M. (2020). Hurricanes fertilize mangrove forests in the Gulf of Mexico (Florida Everglades, USA). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 117(9), 4831-4841. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1908597117.
Elliton, C., Xu, K. H., & Rivera-Monroy, V. H. (2020). The Impact of Biophysical Processes on Sediment Transport in the Wax Lake Delta (Louisiana, USA). Water, 12(7), Article 2072. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12072072.
Kominoski, J. S., Gaiser, E. E., Castaneda-Moya, E., Davis, S. E., Dessu, S. B., Julian, P., Lee, D. Y., Marazzi, L., Rivera-Monroy, V. H., Sola, A., Stingl, U., Stumpf, S., Surratt, D., Travieso, R., & Troxler, T. G. (2020). Disturbance legacies increase and synchronize nutrient concentrations and bacterial productivity in coastal ecosystems. Ecology, 101(5). https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2988.
Ghajarnia, N., Destouni, G., Thorslund, J., Kalantari, Z., Ahlen, I., Anaya-Acevedo, J. A., Blanco-Libreros, J. F., Borja, S., Chalov, S., Chalova, A., Chun, K. P., Clerici, N., Desormeaux, A., Garfield, B. B., Girard, P., Gorelits, O., Hansen, A., Jaramillo, F., Jarsjo, J., Labbaci, A., Livsey, J., Maneas, G., Pisarello, K. M., Palomino-Angel, S., Pietron, J., Price, R. M., Rivera-Monroy, V. H., Salgado, J., Sannel, A. B. K., Seifollahi-Aghmiuni, S., Sjoberg, Y., Terskii, P., Vigouroux, G., Licero-Villanueva, L., & Zamora, D. (2020). Data for wetlandscapes and their changes around the world. Earth System Science Data, 12(2), 1083-1100. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-1083-2020.
Rivera-Monroy, V. H., Farfan, L. M., Brito-Castillo, L., Cortes-Ramos, J., Gonzalez-Rodriguez, E., D'Sa, E. J., & Euan-Avila, J. I. (2020). Tropical Cyclone Landfall Frequency and Large-Scale Environmental Impacts along Karstic Coastal Regions (Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico). Applied Sciences, 10(17), Article 5815. https://doi.org/10.3390/app10175815.
Zhao, X. C., *Rivera-Monroy, V. H., Wang, H. Q., Xue, Z. G., Tsai, C. F., Willson, C. S., Castaneda-Moya, E., & Twilley, R. R. (2020). Modeling soil porewater salinity in mangrove forests (Everglades, Florida, USA) impacted by hydrological restoration and a warming climate. Ecological Modelling, 436, 109292, Article 109292. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2020.109292.
Uchida, E., Rivera-Monroy, V. H., Ates, S. A., Castañeda-Moya, E., Gold, A. J., Guilford, T., Hernandez, M. F., Lokina, R., Mangora, M. M., Midway, S. R., McNally, C., Polito, M. J., Robertson, M., Rohli, R. V., Uchida, H., West, L., & Zhao, X. (2019). Collaborative Research Across Boundaries: Mangrove Ecosystem Services and Poverty Traps as a Coupled Natural-Human System. In S. G. Perz (Ed.), Collaboration Across Boundaries for Social-Ecological Systems Science: Experiences Around the World (pp. 115-152). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13827-1_4.
Twilley, R. R., Rivera-Monroy, V. H., Rovai, A. S., Castañeda-Moya, E., & Davis, S. (2019). Mangrove Biogeochemistry at Local to Global Scales Using Ecogeomorphic Approaches. In G. M. E. Perillo, E. Wolanski, D. R. Cahoon, & C. S. Hopkinson (Eds.), Coastal Wetlands (pp. 717-785). Elsevier. (https://shop.elsevier.com/books/coastal-wetlands/perillo/978-0-444-63893-9 ).
Ochoa-Gomez, J. G., Lluch-Cota, S. E., Rivera-Monroy, V. H., Lluch-Cota, D. B., Troyo-Dieguez, E., Oechel, W., & Serviere-Zaragoza, E. (2019). Mangrove wetland productivity and carbon stocks in an arid zone of the Gulf of California (La Paz Bay, Mexico) [Article]. Forest Ecology and Management, 442, 135-147. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2019.03.059.
Rivera-Monroy, V. H., Elliton, C., Narra, S., Meselhe, E., Zhao, X. C., White, E., Sasser, C. E., Visser, J. M., Meng, X. L., Wang, H. Q., Xue, Z., & Jaramillo, F. (2019). Wetland Biomass and Productivity in Coastal Louisiana: Base Line Data (1976-2015) and Knowledge Gaps for the Development of Spatially Explicit Models for Ecosystem Restoration and Rehabilitation Initiatives. Water, 11(10), Article 2054. https://doi.org/10.3390/w11102054.
Troxler, T., Starr, J. N., Boyer, J. N., Fuentes, J. D., Jaffe, R., Malone, S. L., Barr, J. G., Davis, S. E., Collado-Vides, L., Breithaupt, J. L., Saha, A. K., Chambers, R. M., Madden, C. J., Smoak, J., Fourqurean, J., Koch , G. R., Kominoski, J., Scinto, L. J., Oberbauer, S. F., Rivera-Monroy, V. H., Castaneda-Moya, E., Schulte, N. O., Charles, S. P., Richards, J. H., Rudnick, D., & Whelan, K. (2019). Carbon Cycles in the Florida Coastal Everglades Social-Ecological Systems across Scales. In D. L. Childers, E. Gaiser, & L. A. Ogden (Eds.), The Coastal Everglades : The Dynamics of Social-Ecological Transformation in the South Florida Landscape (pp. 129-161). Oxford University Press. (https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-coastal-everglades-9780190869007?cc=us&lang=en& ).
Rivera-Monroy, V. H., Danielson, T. M., Castaneda-Moya, E., Marx, B. D., Travieso, R., Zhao, X. C., Gaiser, E. E., & Farfan, L. M. (2019). Long-term demography and stem productivity of Everglades mangrove forests (Florida, USA): Resistance to hurricane disturbance. Forest Ecology and Management, 440, 79-91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2019.02.036.
Rohli, R. V., Ates, S. A., Rivera-Monroy, V. H., Polito, M. J., Midway, S. R., Castaneda-Moya, E., Gold, A. J., Uchida, E., Mangora, M. M., & Suwa, M. (2019). Inter-annual hydroclimatic variability in coastal Tanzania. International Journal of Climatology, 39(12), 4736-4750. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.6103.
Rivera-Monroy, V. H., Catellino, J., Wozniack, z., Schawartz, R. C., Noe, G. B., Castaneda-Moya, E., Kochwith, G. R., Boyer, N., & Davis, S. E. (2019). The Life P: A Biogeochemical ans Sociopolitical Challenge in the Everglades. In D. L. Childers, E. Gaiser, & L. A. Ogden (Eds.), The Coastal Everglades : The Dynamics of Social-Ecological Transformation in the South Florida Landscape (pp. 99-128). Oxford University Press. (https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-coastal-everglades-9780190869007?cc=us&lang=en& ).
Ruiz-Ramirez, J. D., Euan-Avila, J. I., & Rivera-Monroy, V. H. (2019). Vulnerability of Coastal Resort Cities to Mean Sea Level Rise in the Mexican Caribbean. Coastal Management, 47(1), 23-43. https://doi.org/10.1080/08920753.2019.1525260.
Simard, M., Fatoyinbo, L., Smetanka, C., Rivera-Monroy, V. H., Castaneda-Moya, E., Thomas, N., & Van der Stocken, T. (2019). Mangrove canopy height globally related to precipitation, temperature and cyclone frequency [Article]. Nature Geoscience, 12(1), 40-+. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-018-0279-1.
Price, R., Schwartz, K., Anderson, B., Briceño, H., Onsted, J., Chowdhury, R. R., Fitz, C., Rivera-Monroy, V. H., & Cook, C. (2019). Water, Sustainability, and Survival. In D. Childers, E. Gaiser, & L. A. Ogden (Eds.), The Coastal Everglades: The Dynamics of Social-Ecological Transformation in the South Florida Landscape (pp. 300 ). Oxford University Press.
Upreti, K., Maiti, K., & Rivera-Monroy, V. H. (2019). Microbial mediated sedimentary phosphorus mobilization in emerging and eroding wetlands of coastal Louisiana. Science of The Total Environment, 651, 122-133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.09.031.
Davis, S. E., Castaneda-Moya, E., Boucek, R. E., Chambers, R. M., Collado-Vides, L., Fiiz, H. C., Fuentes, J. D., Gaiser, E., Heithaus, E. R., Rehage, J. S., Rivera-Monroy, V. H., Sah, J. P., Sklar, F. H., & Troxler, T. (2019). Exogenous Drivers- What Has Disturbance Taught Us? In D. L. Childers, E. Gaiser, & L. A. Ogden (Eds.), The Coastal Everglades: The Dynamics of Social-Ecological Transformation in the South Florida Landscape (pp. 162-201). Oxford University Press. Twilley, R. R., Castaneda-Moya, E.,
Dornelas, M., Antão, L. H., Moyes, F., Bates, A. E., Rivera‐Monroy, V. H., +260 co-authors, i. a. o. (2018). BioTIME: A database of biodiversitytime series for the Anthropocene. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 27(7), 760-786. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12729.
Jaramillo, F., Brown, I., Castellazzi, P., Espinosa, L., Guittard, A., Hong, S. H., Rivera-Monroy, V. H., & Wdowinski, S. (2018). Assessment of hydrologic connectivity in an ungauged wetland with InSAR observations. Environmental Research Letters, 13(2), Article 024003. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aa9d23.
Osland, M. J., Feher, L. C., Lopez-Portillo, J., Day, R. H., Suman, D. O., Menendez, J. M. G., & Rivera-Monroy, V. H. (2018). Mangrove forests in a rapidly changing world: Global change impacts and conservation opportunities along the Gulf of Mexico coast. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, 214, 120-140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2018.09.006.
Ochoa-Gomez, J. G., Serviere-Zaragoza, E., Lluch-Cota, D. B., Rivera-Monroy, V. H., Oechel, W., Troyo-Dieguez, E., & Lluch-Cota, S. E. (2018). Structural Complexity and Biomass of Arid Zone Mangroves in the Southwestern Gulf of California: Key Factors That Influence Fish Assemblages. Journal of Coastal Research, 34(4), 979-986. https://doi.org/10.2112/jcoastres-d-16-00220.1.
Robertson, M. D., Midway, S. R., West, L., Tillya, H., & Rivera-Monroy, V. H. (2018). Fishery characteristics in two districts of coastal Tanzania.Ocean & Coastal Management, 163, 254-268. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2018.06.015.
Rivera-Monroy, V. H., Lee, S. Y., Kristensen, E., & Twilley, R. R. (2017). Mangrove Ecosystems: A Global Biogeographic Perspective. Springer. https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319622040
Rivera-Monroy, V. H., Osland, M. J., Day, J. W., Ray, S., Rovai, A. S., Day, R. H., & Mukherjee, J. (2017). Advancing Mangrove Macroecology. In V. H. Rivera-Monroy, E. Kristensen, S. Y. Lee, & R. R. Twilley (Eds.), Mangrove Ecosystems: A Global Biogeographic Perspective: Structure, Function and Ecosystem Services (pp. 347-371). Springer.
Wang, H. Q., Steyer, G. D., Couvillion, B. R., Beck, H. J., Rybczyk, J. M., Rivera-Monroy, V. H., Krauss, K. W., & Visser, J. M. (2017). Predictinglandscape effects of Mississippi River diversions on soil organic carbon sequestration. Ecosphere, 8(11), Article e01984. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1984.
López-Portillo, J., Lewis, R. R., Saenger, P., Rovai, A., Koedam, N., Dahdouh-Guebas, F., Agraz-Hernández, C., & Rivera-Monroy, V. H. (2017). Mangrove Forest Restoration and Rehabilitation. In V. H. Rivera-Monroy, S. Lee, Y, E. Kristensen, & R. R. Twilley (Eds.), Mangrove Ecosystems: A Global Biogeographic Perspective Structure, Function and Ecosystem Services (pp. 301-345). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62206-4_10
Breithaupt, J. L., Smoak, J. M., Rivera-Monroy, V. H., Castaneda-Moya, E., Moyer, R. P., Simard, M., & Sanders, C. J. (2017). Partitioning therelative contributions of organic matter and mineral sediment to accretion rates in carbonate platform mangrove soils. Marine Geology, 390, 170-180. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2017.07.002.
Kristensen, E., Connolly, R. M., Otero, X. L., Marchand, M., Ferreira, T. O., & Rivera-Monroy, V. H. (2017). Biogeochemical cycles: Global approaches and perspectives. In V. H. Rivera-Monroy, S. Lee, Y, E. Kristensen, & R. R. Twilley (Eds.), Mangrove Ecosystems: A Global Biogeographic Perspective Structure, Function and Ecosystem Services (pp. 163-219). Springer.
Danielson, T. M., Rivera-Monroy, V. H., Castaneda-Moya, E., Briceno, H., Travieso, R., Marx, B. D., Gaiser, E., & Farfan, L. M. (2017). Assessmentof Everglades mangrove forest resilience: Implications for above-ground net primary productivity and carbon dynamics. Forest Ecology and Management, 404, 115-125. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2017.08.009.
Jerath, M., Bhat, M., Rivera-Monroy, V. H., Castaneda-Moya, E., Simard, M., & Twilley, R. R. (2016). The role of economic, policy, and ecological factors in estimating the value of carbon stocks in Everglades mangrove forests, South Florida, USA. Environmental Science & Policy, 66, 160-169. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2016.09.005.
Rovai, A. S., Riul, P., Twilley, R. R., Castaneda-Moya, E., Rivera-Monroy, V. H., Williams, A. A., Simard, M., Cifuentes-Jara, M., Lewis, R. R., Crooks, S., Horta, P. A., Schaeffer-Novelli, Y., Cintron, G., Pozo-Cajas, M., & Pagliosa, P. R. (2016). Scaling mangrove aboveground biomass from site-level to continental-scale. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 25(3), 286-298. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12409.
Gaiser, E. E., Anderson, E. P., Castaneda-Moya, E., Collado-Vides, L., Fourqurean, J. W., Heithaus, M. R., Jaffe, R., Lagomasino, D., Oehm, N. J.,Price, R. M., Rivera-Monroy, V. H., Chowdhury, R. R., & Troxler, T. G. (2015). New perspectives on an iconic landscape from comparative international long-term ecological research [Article]. Ecosphere, 6(10), 18, Article 181. https://doi.org/10.1890/es14-00388.1.
Yao, Q., Liu, K.-b., Platt, W. J., & Rivera-Monroy, V. H. (2015). Palynological reconstruction of environmental changes in coastal wetlands of the Florida Everglades since the mid-Holocene. Quaternary Research, 83(3), 449-458.