Maria Vanessa Baria-Rodriguez, Ph.D. Assistant Professor
Education: Ph.D. in Marine and Environmental Science University of the Ryukus, Okinawa, Japan
Research Interests: Coral reef ecology, Coral reproduction and recruitment, Coral physiology, Coral restoration
Selected Publications: - Baria-Rodriguez MV, dela Cruz DW, Dizon, RM, Yap HT, Villanueva RD. Performance and cost‐
effectiveness of sexually produced Acropora granulosa juveniles compared with asexually generated
coral fragments in restoring degraded reef areas. 2019. Aquatic Conservation: Marine Freshwater
Ecosystem. 2019;1–10. (Impact factor: 2.988)
Benjamin C,
Punongbayan A, dela Cruz DW, Villanueva R, Baria
MV, Yap HT. Use of Bayesian analysis with individual-based modelling to
project outcomes of coral restoration. 2016. Restoration Ecology. In press.
(Impact factor: 1.838) Baria MV,
Kurihara H, Harii S. 2015. Tolerance to elevated temperature and ocean
acidification of the larvae of solitary corals Fungia fungites (Linn. 1758) and Lithophyllon repanda (Dana 1846). Zoological Science, 32 (5): 447 –
454. (Impact
factor: 0.857) Paxton C, Baria MV, Weis VM and Harii S. Effects of elevated temperature on
fecundity and reproductive timing in the coral Acropora digitifera. Zygote, doi:10.1017/S0967199415000477. (Impact factor:
1.416, Citation: 1) Edwards, A. J., Guest, J. R., Heyward, A. J., Villanueva,
R. D., Baria, M. V., Bollozos, I.
S., and Golbuu, Y. (2015). Direct seeding of mass-cultured coral larvae is not
an effective option for reef rehabilitation. Marine Ecological Progress
Series, 525, 105-116. (Impact factor: 2.619, Citation: 3) Guest, J. R., Baria,
M. V., Gomez, E. D., Heyward, A. J., and Edwards, A. J. (2014). Closing the
circle: is it feasible to rehabilitate reefs with sexually propagated
corals? Coral Reefs, 33(1), 45-55. (Impact factor: 3.324, Citation:
13) dela Cruz, D. W., Villanueva, R. D., and Baria, M. V. B. (2014). Community-based,
low-tech method of restoring a lost thicket of Acropora corals. ICES Journal of Marine Science: Journal du
Conseil, fst228. (Impact factor: 2.377, Citation:
1) Villanueva RD, Baria MVB and dela Cruz DW. 2013. Effects of grazing by herbivorous
gastropod (Trochus niloticus) on the
survivorship of cultured coral spat. Zoological Studies. 52:44. (Impact factor:
0.776, Citation: 1) Baria
MVB, dela Cruz DW, Villanueva RD and Guest JR. 2012. Spawning
of three-year old Acropora millepora corals
reared from larvae in northwestern Philippines. Bulletin of Marine Science
88:1.
(Impact factor: 1.306, Citation: 20) Villanueva
RD, Baria MV and dela Cruz DW. 2012.
Growth and survivorship of juvenile coral outplanted to degraded reef areas in
Bolinao-Anda Reef Complex, Philippines. Marine Biology Research. (Impact factor:
1.475, Citation: 13) Villanueva RD, Baria MVB, dela Cruz DW and Dizon RM. 2011. Diel timing of
planulation and larval settlement in the coral Isopora cuneata (Scleractinia: Acroporidae). Hydrobiologia 673:
273-279. (Impact factor: 2.275, Citation: 2) Baria
MVB, Guest JR, Aliño PM, Edwards AJ, Gomez ED and AJ Heyward. 2010. Caging enhances early
survival of the scleractinian coral Acropora
tenuis. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 394: 149-153. (Impact factor:
1.866, Citation: 28) Vicentuan KC, Guest JR, Baria MVB, Cabaitan PC, Dizon RM,
Villanueva RD, Aliño PM and Gomez ED, Edwards AJ and AJ Heyward. 2007. Multi-species spawning of corals in
northwestern Philippines. Coral reefs. DOI 10.1007/s00338-007-0325-8. (Impact factor:
3.324, Citation: 24)
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Contact: vrodriguez@msi.upd.edu.ph |
