Expertise:
Coastal wetlands, land cover land use changes, climate change, ecosystems responses to extreme climate events, wetlands migration, rising sea level, GIS and remote sensing.
Publications:
• Avilés-Pagán, L. A., Q. Gao, and M. Yu. 2024. Analysis of the evolution of environmental laws in Puerto Rico (1897–2021): A new classification system, trends, and political influences. Environmental Challenges 15:100911.
• Yu, M.; Gao, Q. 2024. Assessment of Surface Inundation Monitoring and Drivers after Major Storms in a Tropical Island. Remote Sensing 16, 503. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16030503
• Gao, Q.; Yu, M. 2024. Forest Cover and Locality Regulate Response of Watershed Discharge to Rainfall Variability in Caribbean Region. Forests 15, 154. https://doi.org/10.3390/f15010154
• Yu, M. and Q. Gao. 2023. Prolonged coastal inundation detected with synthetic aperture radar significantly retarded functional recovery of mangroves after major hurricanes. Landscape Ecology 38(1): 169-183. doi:10.1007/s10980-022-01540-7
Contact information: mei.yu@upr.edu/ (787) 764-0000 #88229