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Mercy J. Borbor-Cordova
Dr. Mercy J. Borbor-CordovaAssociate Professor
Faculty of Maritime Engineering and Marine Science
Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral, ESPOL
E5
Campus Gustavo Galindo Km 30,5 Via Perimetral
Guayaquil, Guayas 090112
Ecuador
Mailing Address:
Faculty of Maritime Engineering and Marine Science
Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral, ESPOL
E5
Campus Gustavo Galindo Km 30,5 Via Perimetral
-090112 Guayaquil, Guayas
Phone: +593 42269468
Phone2: +59342269468
E-mail: meborbor(at) espol.edu.ec
URL Institution: www,espol.edu.ec
Personal URL: link
Additional functions:
IPCC lead author AR6 Chapter 13
Key Publications of Mercy J. Borbor-Cordova (up to ten) :
1. MJ (2019). Co-developing climate services for public health: Stakeholder needs and perceptions for the prevention and control of Aedes-transmitted diseases in the Caribbean. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 13(10): e0007772
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007772
2. Tauzer E, Borbor-Cordova MJ, Mendoza J, De La Cuadra T, Cunalata J, Stewart-Ibarra AM (2019). A participatory community case study of periurban coastal flood vulnerability in southern Ecuador. PLoS ONE 14(10): e0224171.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0224171
3. Ryan SJ, Mundis SJ, Aguirre A, Lippi CA, Beltran E, Heras F, V. Sanchez, M.J. Borbor-Cordova, R. Sippy, A.M. Stewart-Ibarra, M. Neira (2019) Seasonal and geographic variation in insecticide resistance in Aedes aegypti in southern Ecuador. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 13(6): e0007448. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007448
4. Borbor-Cordova M.J. , Torres G., Mantilla G., Casierra A., Bermudez R., Renteria W., Bayot B. (2019). Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms on the Ecuadorian Coast: integrating remote sensing and biological data. Front. Mar. Sci. | doi: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00013
5. Torres Gladys, Carnicer Olga, Canepa Antonio, De La Fuente Patricia, Recalde Sonia, Narea Richard, Pinto Edwin, Borbor-Córdova Mercy (2019). Spatio-Temporal Pattern of Dinoflagellates Along the Tropical Eastern Pacific Coast (Ecuador). Frontiers in Marine Science, VOL 6, 2019, Pag 145 https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2019.00145
6. Borbor-Cordova M.J., Pozo-Cajas, Cedeno, Mantilla, Kislik, Espinoza Celi, Lira, Ruiz and Torres (2018). Risk Perception of Coastal Communities and Authorities on Harmful Algal Blooms in Ecuador. Frontiers Mar. Sci. | doi: 10.3389/fmars.2018.00365
7. Ryan, Sadie J. and Lippi, Catherine A. and Nightingale, Ryan and Hamerlinck, Gabriela and Borbor- Cordova, Mercy J. and Cruz B, Marilyn and Ortega, Fernando and Leon, Renato and Waggoner, Egan and Stewart-Ibarra, Anna M. (2019). Socio-Ecological Factors Associated with Dengue Risk and Aedes aegypti Presence in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 16, 5, article number 682, http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/16/5/682
8. Molina, L. T., Gallardo, L., Andrade, M., Baumgardner, D., Borbor?Córdova, M., Bórquez, R., ... & Huneeus, N. (2015). Pollution and its Impacts on the South American Cryosphere. Earth's Future, 3(12), 345-369.
9. Stewart Ibarra AMS, Muñoz ÁG, Ryan SJ, Borbor-Cordova MJ, Beltran Ayala E, Finkelstein JL, Mejía R, Ordoñez T, Recalde-Coronel GC, Rivero K: Spatiotemporal clustering, climate periodicity, and social-ecological risk factors for dengue during an outbreak in Machala, Ecuador, in 2010. BMC Infect Diseases 2014, 14:610
10. Patricia Romero-Lankao; Hua Qin, Mercy Borbor-Cordova. Exploration of health risks related to air pollution and temperature in three Latin American cities. 2012. Social Science and Medicine. Volume 83, April 2013, Pages 110–118
Borbor M., Boyer E.W. , McDowell W.H., Hall A.S. 2006. Nitrogen and Phosphorus Budgets for a Tropical Agricultural Watershed: Guayas, Ecuador. Biogeochemistry Vol 79, pp 135-161.
Expertise of Mercy J. Borbor-Cordova:
Expertise Category | Specific Expertise |
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Expert Type | Research Interface / Management |
Topic Atmosphere | Climate |
Global Warming | |
Air Pollution | |
Topic Hydrosphere | Fresh Water Systems / Rivers / Lakes |
Precipitation / Runoff | |
Ocean | |
Water Pollution / Waste Water | |
Topic Integrated Systems | Biogeochemical Cycles except Carbon |
Topic Ecosystems | Marine Ecosystems |
Topic Economy/ResourceUse | Water |
Land Cover / Land Use / Landscape | |
Topic Politics/Law | Adaptation |
Topic Society | Population Dynamics / Migration / Urbanisation |
Perception / Behaviour / Attitudes | |
Education / Communication / Participation | |
Topic Health | Infectious / Vector Borne Disease |
Pollution Effects / Water Quality | |
Weather / Radiation / Climatic Effects | |
Topic Sustainability | Ecological Sustainability |
Time Frame | Recent / Today |
Future | |
Statistical Focus | Variability |
Time Scale | Seasonal / Annual |
Decadal / Centennial | |
Methods | Data Collection - Measurement |
Data Collection - Interviews, Questionnaires | |
Data Analysis | |
Applied Research / Technology | |
Integrated Assessment | |
Collaboration with developing and transition countries ; Capacity Building | |
Mountain Research Initiative | Integrated model-based studies of environmental change in diff. mountain regions |
Specialties of Mercy J. Borbor-Cordova:
Socio-ecologial systems, climate and health, resilience in coastal areas, oean health.
Last update: 11/25/19
Source of data: ProClim- Research InfoSystem (1993-2024)
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