Ecological extinction caused by overfishing precedes all other pervasive human disturbance
to coastal ecosystems, including pollution, degradation of water quality, and anthropogenic …

Heavy metal pollution of sediments is a growing concern in most parts of the world, and
numerous studies focussed on identifying contaminated sediments by using a range of …

Seagrass meadows are vital ecosystems in coastal zones worldwide, but are also under
global threat. One of the major hurdles restricting the success of seagrass conservation and …

Seagrasses, marine flowering plants, have a long evolutionary history but are now
challenged with rapid environmental changes as a result of coastal human population …

This paper reviews and evaluates the current state of knowledge on the direct effects of
terrestrial runoff on (1) the growth and survival of hard coral colonies,(2) coral reproduction …

An attempt is made to synthesize the geological properties, water quality attributes and
aspects of the ecology of south-east Australian estuaries so as to provide a framework for …

Main potential impacts on seagrasses from dredging and sand mining include physical
removal and/or burial of vegetation and effects of increased turbidity and sedimentation. For …

Nutrient loading to coastal bay ecosystems is of a similar magnitude as that to deeper, river-
fed estuaries, yet our understanding of the eutrophication process in these shallow systems …

Within the past few decades, major losses of seagrass habitats in coastal waters impacted
by cultural eutrophication have been documented worldwide. In confronting a pressing need …

This literature review summarizes the limiting factors for seagrass occurrence, and the effect
positive feedbacks in seagrass systems have on these threshold levels. Minimum water …