Publication Portfolio


Carvajal E, Di Perna A, Duran A. 2024. Implications of microplastic pollution for the conservation of marine protected areas. FIU Undergrad Research Journal

Macias D, Duran A. 2024. The state of knowledge of CCA diversity in the Caribbean Coral Reefs. FIU Undergrad Research Journal

Ogurcak, D. E., M. C. Donoso, A. Duran, R. S. Ennis, T. Frankovich, D. Gann, P. Olivas, T. B. Smith, R. Stoa, J. Vargas, A. Wachnika, and E. Whitman. 2022. Natural resource condition assessment: Virgin Islands National Park and Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument. Natural Resource Report NPS/VIIS/NRR—2022/2408. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado. https://doi.org/10.36967/nrr-2293652.

Ogurcak, D. E., M. C. Donoso, A. Duran, R. S. Ennis, T. Frankovich, D. Gann, P. Olivas, T. B. Smith, R. Stoa, J. Vargas, A. Wachnika, and E. Whitman. 2022. Natural resource condition assessment: Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve. Natural Resource Report NPS/SARI/NRR—2022/2407. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado. https://doi.org/10.36967/nrr-2293359.

Ogurcak, D.E., Donoso M.C., Duran A, Ennis R.S., Gann D., Gulick A.G., Olivas P., Smith T.B., Stoa R., Vargas J., Wachnika A., Witman E. (2022) Natural Resource condition assessment: Buck Island Reef National Monument. Natural Resource Report NPS/BUIS/NRR-2022/2380. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado. https://doi.org/10.36967/nrr-2293288.

Nauer F…. Duran A., et al. 2025. Microhabitat impact on Hypnea pseudomusciformis (Rhodophyta) response to environmental changes: Ecological, morphological, and physiological insights. Journal of Applied Phycology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10811-025-03490-4 

Vicente-Castor P, Gonzalez-Diaz P, Pina-Amargos F, Figueredo-martin T, Gonzalez-Gonzalez A, Duran A. 2024. Revista Invertigaciones Marinas, 44 (2), e-10320. doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13852467

Vilchis MI, Ortegon-Aznar I, Alvarez-Rocha M, Tuz-Sulub A, Galindo-de Santiago MdC, Simoes A, Pinzon JP, Duran A. 2024. Benthic marine macroalgae from insular environments in the biotic transition zone of the Mexican Atlantic. Mexican Journal of Biodiversity. 95:e955415. https://doi.org/10.22201/ib.20078706e.2024.95.5415 

Duran A, Speare KE, Fuchs C, Adam TC, Palma L, Miller MW, Collado‐Vides L, Harborne A, Burkepile DE. 2024. Long-sediment-laden algal turf likely impairs coral recovery on Florida’s Coral’s coral reefs. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-024-02532-6

Butler MJ IV, Duran A, Feehan CJ, Harborne AR, Hykema A, Patterson JT, Sharp WC, Spadaro AJ, Wijers T and Williams SM. 2024. Restoration of herbivory on Caribbean coral reefs: are fishes, urchins, or crabs the solution? Front. Mar. Sci. 11:1329028. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2024.1329028

Ramos A, González-Díaz P, Banaszak AT, Perera O, Hernandez Delgado F, Delfín de León S, Vicente Castro P, Aguilera Pérez GC, Duran A. 2024. Seventeen-year study reveals fluctuations in key ecological indicators on two reef crests in Cuba. PeerJ. 12:e16707. Http://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16705

Nauer F…. Duran A., et al. 2024. Diversity of Hypnea (Rhodophyta) in South Florida, with description of H spiniformis. nov. Phytotaxa 635:043-058

Gonzalez-Diaz P. Gonzalez-Sanson G…. Duran A. et al. 2023. Multiple cumulative effects on Coral Reefs of the Northwestern Cuba Region. In: Zlatarski, V.N., Reed, J.K., Pomponi, S.A., Brooke, S., Farrington, S. (eds) Coral Reefs of Cuba. Coral Reefs of the World, vol 18. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36719-9_17

Pina-Amargos F, Gonzalez-Diaz P… Duran A. et. al. 2023. Status of Cuban Coral Reefs. In: Zlatarski, V.N., Reed, J.K., Pomponi, S.A., Brooke, S., Farrington, S. (eds) Coral Reefs of Cuba. Coral Reefs of the World, vol 18. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36719-9_15

Duran A., et al. 2023. Herbivory on Cuban Coral Reefs. In: Zlatarski, V.N., Reed, J.K., Pomponi, S.A., Brooke, S., Farrington, S. (eds) Coral Reefs of Cuba. Coral Reefs of the World, vol 18. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36719-9_11

Speare KE, Duran A., Miller MW., Moeller HV., Burkepile DE. 2023. Small-scale habitat selection by larvae of a reef-building coral. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 724:67-79. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14434

Iporak LAR., Hatt D., Bally NK., Castro A., Cardet E., Mesidor R., Olszak S., Duran A., Burkholder DA., Coalldo-Vides L. 2022. Community-based monitoring reveals spatiotemporal variation of sargasso inundation levels and morphotype dominance across the Caribbean and South Florida. Aquatic Botany 182 (2022) 103546. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2022.103546

Pereira-Soares L., Diaz-Tapia P., Duran A., Toyota-Fujii M., Collado-Vides L. 2022. Digenea nana sp. Nov (Rhodomelaceae, Rhodophyta), a new turf-forming, coral reef species from the Western Tropical Atlantic. Phycologia. doi:10.1080/00318884.2022.2073422