We provide a brief synopsis of the unique physical and ecological attributes of sandy beach
ecosystems and review the main anthropogenic pressures acting on the world's single …

Page 1 THIRD ENGLISH EDITION OF BROWN AND McLACHLAN’S ‘SANDY SHORES’ - THE
ECOLOGY SANDY SHORES - Anton McLachlan and Omar Defeo -> Page 2 THE ECOLOGY …

Physical and biological factors govern community and population features of sandy beach
macrofauna. At the macroscale, species richness decreases from tropical to temperate …

We discuss coastal shellfisheries management and governance models in Latin America
and the Caribbean (LAC) at different scales. Self-imposed governance with spatial property …

Small-scale fisheries (SSFs) are social-ecological systems that play a critical role in terms of
food security and poverty alleviation in Latin America. These fisheries are increasingly …

Unlike the advances generated on land, the knowledge of global diversity patterns in marine
ecosystems is limited to a small number of studies. For sandy beaches, which dominate the …

Sandy beaches are being threatened by a changing climate. However, the effects of this
changing environment, including warming, on these ecosystems, have hitherto been …

Sandy ocean beaches are iconic assets that provide irreplaceable ecosystem services to
society. Despite their great socioeconomic importance, beaches as ecosystems are severely …

Coastal shellfish are being threatened by several drivers acting at multiple temporal and
spatial scales, including fishing, climate, and globalization of markets. We evaluated large …

Territorial User Rights for Fisheries (TURF) is considered an appropriate tool for small-scale
fishery management. In Chile a TURFs system called Management Exploitation Areas for …