Francisco Medellín
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Francisco Medellín
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Studying calcification and bioerosion processes in Mexican coral reefs

Orgullosamente texcocano 🇲🇽
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👶🪸 Can Caribbean corals recover naturally after the devastating effects of SCTLD? - Our new study in @commsearth.nature.com reveals that corals in their early life stages—either survived the outbreak or recruited afterwards—offering a positive sign of resilience at regional scales rdcu.be/eUJBc
December 15, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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Heard of "Darwin's paradox"? It refers to Charles Darwin's observation that coral reefs are wildly productive despite occurring in nutrient-poor tropical oceans. Reefs are, so the story goes, oases in marine deserts 🏝️...

Turns out that 2/3 of these assertions are very wrong...

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June 6, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Join us for the XIII Mexican & IV Pan-American Coral Reef Congress!

📅 Oct 13–17, 2025 | 📍 Cozumel
🧾 Abstracts due: May 31
🎓 Scholarships + prizes for students!
✈️ Direct flights from CDMX available

Details 👉 somac.org.mx/xiii-congres...

@icrs.bsky.social @icrsreefstudent.bsky.social
May 21, 2025 at 8:55 PM