Each year millions of larval and 0+ juvenile fishes are recruited into estuarine fish
populations around the world. For several decades the roles of littoral aquatic and emergent …

The global decline in estuarine and coastal ecosystems (ECEs) is affecting a number of
critical benefits, or ecosystem services. We review the main ecological services across a …

Coastal ecosystems, such as estuaries, salt marshes, mangroves and seagrass meadows,
comprise some of the world's most productive and ecologically significant ecosystems …

Coastal wetlands such as mangrove forests and saltmarshes provide a range of important
benefits to people, broadly defined as ecosystem services. These include provisioning …

Articles and cited as justification for the protection and conservation of these areas.
Nonetheless, the nursery-role concept has rarely been stated clearly, even in papers that …

Salt marshes are among the most abundant, fertile, and accessible coastal habitats on earth,
and they provide more ecosystem services to coastal populations than any other …

Restoration has been elevated as an important strategy to reverse the decline of coastal
wetlands worldwide. Current practice in restoration science emphasizes minimizing …

Global climate change is impacting and will continue to impact marine and estuarine fish
and fisheries. Data trends show global climate change effects ranging from increased …

Protecting coastal communities has become increasingly important as their populations
grow, resulting in increased demand for engineered shore protection and hardening of over …

We review current understanding of the potential impact of climate change on the
Chesapeake Bay. Scenarios for CO2 emissions indicate that by the end of the 21st century …