The Government pays our Universities, and they pay us, so our work is entirely funded by taxpayers. As a consequence, we have an unwritten obligation to provide open access to the knowledge we generate, and explain what it means and why it's important.
That is why we have built this website—it gives direct access to all the scientific papers, presentations and courses we've published on reefs, explains this new knowledge in an accessible way, and highlights why it's important. And to be honest, it also serves as a little advertising, both to attract new members with the same interests, and to showcase our students and their efforts. So check-out the links in the header and feel free to contact us.
Los gobiernos pagan a nuestras universidades y nos pagan a nosotros, por lo que nuestro trabajo está totalmente financiado por los contribuyentes. Como consecuencia, tenemos una obligación no escrita de proporcionar acceso abierto al conocimiento generado, y explicar qué significa y por qué es importante.
Por eso hemos creado este sitio web—brinda acceso directo a todos los artículos científicos que hemos publicado, explica este nuevo conocimiento de manera accesible y destaca por qué es importante. Y para ser completamente honesto, también sirve como una pequeña publicidad, tanto para atraer a nuevos miembros con los mismos intereses, como para mostrar a nuestros estudiantes y sus esfuerzos.
Lalo and Mariana Gomez from Sisal put together this very nice video about the application of electrical resistance tomography to the modern reef structure at Punta Maroma. We don't know anyone who has applied this to reefs before, so it was kind of an experiment. But we did get some very interesting results that warrant further investigation.