Brazilian sandy beaches: characteristics, ecosystem services, impacts, knowledge and priorities

ACZ Amaral, GN Corte, JSR Filho… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2016‏ - SciELO Brasil
As praias brasileiras fornecem bens e serviços ecossistêmicos fundamentais,
desempenhando papel importante para a manutenção de populações humanas e para a …

Economic development and coastal ecosystem change in China

Q He, MD Bertness, JF Bruno, B Li, G Chen… - Scientific reports, 2014‏ - nature.com
Despite their value, coastal ecosystems are globally threatened by anthropogenic impacts,
yet how these impacts are driven by economic development is not well understood. We …

Biodiversity data requirements for systematic conservation planning in the Mediterranean Sea

N Levin, M Coll, S Fraschetti, G Gal… - Marine Ecology …, 2014‏ - int-res.com
The Mediterranean Sea's biodiversity and ecosystems face many threats due to
anthropogenic pressures. Some of these include human population growth, coastal …

Coastal urbanization leads to remarkable seaweed species loss and community shifts along the SW Atlantic

F Scherner, PA Horta, EC de Oliveira… - Marine pollution …, 2013‏ - Elsevier
Coastal urbanization is rapidly expanding worldwide while its impacts on seaweed
communities remain poorly understood. We assessed the impact of urbanization along an …

Decadal losses of canopy‐forming algae along the warm temperate coastline of Brazil

D Gorman, P Horta, AAV Flores, A Turra… - Global Change …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
The loss of canopy‐forming seaweeds from urbanized coasts has intensified in response to
warming seas and non‐climatic pressures such as population growth and declining water …

Ocean literacy in Brazilian school curricula: An opportunity to improve coastal management and address coastal risks?

CE Pazoto, EP Silva, MR Duarte - Ocean & Coastal Management, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Ocean literacy (OL) is defined as the understanding of the ocean's influence on human
beings and vice versa. It aims to improve knowledge on marine environments, enabling …

Mesophyllum erubescens (Corallinales, Rhodophyta)—so many species in one epithet

MN Sissini, MC Oliveira, PW Gabrielson, NM Robinson… - Phytotaxa, 2014‏ - biotaxa.org
The name Mesophyllum erubescens has been applied to protuberant rhodolith specimens
which sometimes occur abundantly, as well as to encrusting specimens in tropical and …

Does coastal armoring affect biodiversity and its functional composition on sandy beaches?

IRA Laurino, HH Checon, GN Corte, A Turra - Marine Environmental …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Sandy beaches are increasingly squeezed due to the construction of backshore man-made
structures (ie, coastal armoring) and current global changes. Coastal armoring impacts …

Coastal ocean observing and modeling systems in Brazil: initiatives and future perspectives

G Franz, CAE Garcia, J Pereira… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021‏ - frontiersin.org
Coastal ocean observing and modeling systems (coastal observatories), connected with
regional and global ocean systems, improve the quality of information and forecasts for …

Remote sensing investigation of anthropogenic land cover expansion in the low-elevation coastal zone of Liaoning Province, China

HY Li, WD Man, XY Li, CY Ren, ZM Wang, L Li… - Ocean & Coastal …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Anthropogenic land cover (ALC) expansion is one of the major drivers of regional
environmental change in coastal zones. With increasing scientific and political interest in …