[HTML][HTML] Evaluating the combined effect of climate and anthropogenic stressors on marine coastal ecosystems: Insights from a systematic review of cumulative impact …

C Simeoni, E Furlan, HV Pham, A Critto… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Cumulative impacts increasingly threaten marine and coastal ecosystems. To address this
issue, the research community has invested efforts on designing and testing different …

Towards climate-smart, three-dimensional protected areas for biodiversity conservation in the high seas

I Brito-Morales, DS Schoeman, JD Everett… - Nature Climate …, 2022 - nature.com
Marine species are moving rapidly in response to warming, often in different directions and
with variations dependent on location and depth. Given the current impetus to increase the …

Blue carbon ecosystems in Brazil: Overview and an urgent call for conservation and restoration

MO Soares, LEA Bezerra, M Copertino… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
In this article, we discuss knowledge and gaps regarding blue carbon ecosystems (BCEs) in
Brazil, considering the urgency to apply protection actions and policies to safeguard their …

Modeling risks in marine protected areas: Map** of habitats, biodiversity, and cultural ecosystem services in the southernmost atlantic coral reef

WC Niz, IRA Laurino, DM de Freitas, FA Rolim… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Marine Protected Area (MPA) is a fundamental strategy for the maintenance of
ocean ecological processes worldwide and, consequently, their associated ecosystem …

Drivers of ecological effectiveness of marine protected areas: A meta-analytic approach from the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean (Brazil)

HM Ferreira, RA Magris, SR Floeter… - Journal of Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
With the rapid global increase in the number and extent of marine protected areas (MPAs),
there is a need for methods that enable an assessment of their actual contribution to …

Nature as a solution for shoreline protection against coastal risks associated with ongoing sea-level rise

S Manes, D Gama-Maia, S Vaz, APF Pires… - Ocean & Coastal …, 2023 - Elsevier
The risks from climate change are ever-growing, especially in more vulnerable and exposed
regions such as coastlines. The rise in sea level and increase in the frequency and intensity …

Diversity, distribution, and environmental drivers of coralline red algae: the major reef builders in the Southwestern Atlantic

MN Sissini, G Koerich, MB de Barros-Barreto… - Coral Reefs, 2022 - Springer
Coralline red algae (CRA) are key players in the construction and maintenance of biogenic
reefs, and they have important functional roles in ecological systems in the Southwestern …

Impacts of a changing environment on marginal coral reefs in the Tropical Southwestern Atlantic

MO Soares, S Rossi, AR Gurgel, CC Lucas… - Ocean & Coastal …, 2021 - Elsevier
The peculiar shallow-water reefs of the Tropical Southwestern Atlantic Ocean have thrived in
conditions considered suboptimal (eg, moderate turbidity, higher level of nutrients, and …

Brazilian marine biogeography: A multi-taxa approach for outlining sectorization

I Cord, LT Nunes, CX Barroso, AS Freire, OBF Gadig… - Marine Biology, 2022 - Springer
Species distribution patterns in the Brazilian Marine Province (BMP) are extensively
debated, nevertheless no study used a multi-taxa approach to investigate possible biotic …

[HTML][HTML] Assessments of expected MPA outcomes can inform and improve biodiversity conservation: Case studies using The MPA Guide

J Sullivan-Stack, GN Ahmadia, DA Andradi-Brown… - Marine Policy, 2024 - Elsevier
Global, regional, and national targets have been set to protect and conserve at least 30% of
the ocean by 2030, in recognition of the important benefits of healthy ocean ecosystems …