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

The decline of many coral reef ecosystems in recent decades surprised experienced
managers and researchers. It shattered old paradigms that these diverse ecosystems are …

Aim To reassess the capacity of mangroves for ecosystem services in the light of recent data.
Location Global mangrove ecosystems. Methods We review four long‐standing roles of …

Coastal marine and estuarine ecosystems are highly productive and serve a nursery
function for important fisheries species. They also suffer some of the highest rates of …

Published with ISME, ITTO and project partners FAO, UNESCO-MAB, UNEP-WCMC and
UNU-INWEH This atlas provides the first truly global assessment of the state of the world's …

Despite their importance in sustaining livelihoods for many people living along some of the
world's most populous coastlines, tropical mangrove forests are disappearing at an alarming …

We review the progress made in the emerging field of coastal seascape ecology, ie the
application of landscape ecology concepts and techniques to the coastal marine …

Mangroves are disappearing rapidly worldwide despite their well documented biodiversity
and the ecosystem services they provide. Failure to link ecological processes and their …

Australia's marine life is highly diverse and endemic. Here we describe projections of
climate change in Australian waters and examine from the literature likely impacts of these …

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