Staff Profile

Patrice Francis

Patrice Francis

Environmental Data Manager
Caribbean Coastal Data Centre
Centre for Marine Sciences
University of the West Indies, Mona Campus,
Kingston 7, JAMAICA
Tel: +1 876 977-1033; 881-3198
Fax: +1 876 977-1033
E-mail: patrice.francis@uwi.edu or mona-cms@uwi.edu

Patrice Francis is the Environmental Data Manager in the Caribbean Coastal Data Centre (CCDC) of the Centre for Marine Sciences (CMS), Department of Life Sciences. She is responsible for updating and making available the data holding inventory of the CMS/CCDC/DBML. Patrice previously served as Scientific Officer in the CMS where she has contributed significantly to the execution and administration of over 30 research projects and consultancies in the past 14 years. She is currently pursuing a Doctor of Philosophy in Marine Sciences with a focus on Blue carbon in mangroves.

Research Areas

  • Blue carbon
  • Mangrove rehabilitation
  • Data management

Memberships

  • Society of Wetland Scientists

Publications

Selected Papers 

  • Curtis, M., Francis, P., and J. Wicquart. In Wicquart, J., Mathon, L., Petit, A., Rivera-Sosa, A., & McField, M. (eds.), 2025. Status and Trends of Caribbean Coral Reefs: 1970 – 2024. Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network (GCRMN) and International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI). doi:10.59387/BDHF9180.
  • Mandal, A., Smith, R-A., Edwards, T., Kinlocke, R., Mitchell, S., Trench, C., Webber, M., Francis, P., Spence, A. 2019. Local Scale Assessments on Mangrove Ecosystem Status and their role in coastal resilience. In World Bank “Forces of Nature: Assessment and Economic Valuation of Coastal Protection Services Provided by Mangroves in Jamaica; pg 71-141.
  • Trench, Camilo, Shanna-Lee Thomas, Delroy Thorney, Gina-Marie Maddix, Patrice Francis, Hugh Small, Carla Botelho Machado, Dale Webber, Thierry Tonon and Mona Webber. 2022. "Application of stranded pelagic sargassum biomass as compost for seedling production in the context of mangrove restoration". Frontiers in Environmental Science. - Conservation and Restoration Ecology.doi:10.3389/fenvs.2022.932293.
  • Machado, Carla Botelho, Gina-Marie Maddix, Patrice Francis, Shanna-Lee Thomas, Jodi-Ann Burton, Swen Langer, Tony R. Larson, Robert Marsh, Mona Webber, and Thierry Tonon. 2022. "Pelagic Sargassum events in Jamaica: Provenance, morphotype abundance, and influence of sample processing on biochemical composition of the biomass." Science of The Total Environment 817:152761. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152761.
  • Webber M., Rankine P., Chin A., Maddix G., Spence A., Small H., Trench C., Francis, P. 2019. UWI/EFJ- Baseline Surveys of vulnerable and impacted mangrove forest areas around Jamaica 2011 – 2014. Version 1.4. Caribbean Coastal Data Centre, Centre for Marine Sciences. Sampling event dataset. doi:10.15468/tq5fuj.
  • Francis, P.A., S.A. Maxam and M.K. Webber. 2014. Rapid reassessment of the eutrophication status of Kingston Harbour, Jamaica using the zooplankton community Rev. Biol. Trop. (Int. J. Trop. Biol. ISSN-0034-7744) Vol. 62 (Suppl. 3): 223-239.
  • Liu. H.A., S.A. Broomfield, A.F. Duncan, L.O. Grant, P.A. Francis, D.F. Webber and M.K. Webber. 2014. Assessing the phytoplankton and water quality of Kingston Harbour and Hellshire coast, Jamaica, after the implementation of a wastewater treatment facility. Rev. Biol. Trop. (Int. J. Trop. Biol. ISSN-0034-7744) Vol. 62 (Suppl. 3): 241-248.