Ocean sprawl: challenges and opportunities for biodiversity management in a changing world

LB Firth, AM Knights, D Bridger, AJ Evans… - … and Marine Biology …, 2016 - taylorfrancis.com
LOUISE B. FIRTH1, ANTONY M. KNIGHTS2, DANIELLE BRIDGER3, ALLY J. EVANS4,
NOVA MIESZKOWSKA5, 6, PIPPA J. MOORE4, NESSA E. O'CONNOR7, EMMA V …

Habitat recovery and restoration in aquatic ecosystems: current progress and future challenges

J Geist, SJ Hawkins - Aquatic Conservation: Marine and …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Aquatic ecosystems are degraded by a variety of pressures as a result of the growing human
population. Global‐scale impacts include homogenization of biological communities …

Towards an urban marine ecology: characterizing the drivers, patterns and processes of marine ecosystems in coastal cities

PA Todd, EC Heery, LHL Loke, RH Thurstan, DJ Kotze… - Oikos, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Human population density within 100 km of the sea is approximately three times higher than
the global average. People in this zone are concentrated in coastal cities that are hubs for …

Drill-cored rock pools: an effective method of ecological enhancement on artificial structures

AJ Evans, LB Firth, SJ Hawkins, ES Morris… - Marine and …, 2015 - CSIRO Publishing
Coastal defences are proliferating in response to anticipated climate change and there is
increasing need for ecologically sensitive design in their construction. Typically, these …

Conserving intertidal habitats: what is the potential of ecological engineering to mitigate impacts of coastal structures?

MJ Perkins, TPT Ng, D Dudgeon, TC Bonebrake… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Globally, coastlines are under pressure as coastal human population growth and
urbanization continues, while climatic change leads to stormier seas and rising tides. These …

Seascape architecture–incorporating ecological considerations in design of coastal and marine infrastructure

S Perkol-Finkel, T Hadary, A Rella, R Shirazi… - Ecological …, 2018 - Elsevier
With nearly 60% of the human population concentrated around the coastlines, alongside
growing threats from sea level rise and increased storminess, accelerated coastal …

The north–south divide? Macroalgal functional trait diversity and redundancy varies with intertidal aspect

A Amstutz, LB Firth, A Foggo, JI Spicer… - Annals of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Aims Marine macroalgae ('seaweeds') are critical to coastal
ecosystem structure and function, but also vulnerable to the many environmental changes …

Replicating natural topography on marine artificial structures–A novel approach to eco-engineering

AJ Evans, PJ Lawrence, AS Natanzi, PJ Moore… - Ecological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Ocean sprawl is a growing threat to marine and coastal ecosystems globally, with wide-
ranging consequences for natural habitats and species. Artificial structures built in the …

[HTML][HTML] Ecological traps in shallow coastal waters—Potential effect of heat-waves in tropical and temperate organisms

C Vinagre, V Mendonca, R Cereja, F Abreu-Afonso… - Plos one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Mortality of fish has been reported in tide pools during warm days. That means that tide
pools are potential ecological traps for coastal organisms, which happen when …

Stakeholder priorities for multi-functional coastal defence developments and steps to effective implementation

AJ Evans, B Garrod, LB Firth, SJ Hawkins… - Marine Policy, 2017 - Elsevier
To fulfil international conservation commitments, governments have begun to recognise the
need for more proactive marine planning policies, advocating sensitive engineering design …