20-years cumulative impact from shrimp farming on mangroves of Northeast Brazil

LD de Lacerda, RD Ward, MDP Godoy… - Frontiers in Forests …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Brazilian mangroves cover about 11,100 km2 and provide a wide range of ecosystem
services. Despite their importance, they are one of the most impacted ecosystems because …

Neotropical mangroves: Conservation and sustainable use in a scenario of global climate change

LD de Lacerda, R Borges… - … : Marine and Freshwater …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
This study assesses the evolution of major anthropogenic drivers of environmental impacts
on Neotropical mangroves, the changes in the environmental pressures acting upon them …

Microplastics and linear alkylbenzene levels in oysters Crassostrea gigas driven by sewage contamination at an important aquaculture area of Brazil

M Saldaña-Serrano, CLV Bastolla, JJ Mattos, D Lima… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
The levels of linear alkylbenzenes (LABs) and the occurrence of microplastics (MPs) in the
oysters Crassostrea gigas were evaluated in six farming areas in southern Brazil. The …

Asymmetric effects of economic growth and decline on CO2 emissions

R York - Nature Climate Change, 2012 - nature.com
To the Editor—By compiling the emission inventories of China's 30 provinces (excluding
Tibet, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) and the nation as a whole in 2010, Guan and his co …

Spatial patterns of fish standing biomass across Brazilian reefs

RA Morais, CEL Ferreira, SR Floeter - Journal of Fish Biology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
A large fish‐count dataset from the Brazilian province was used to describe spatial patterns
in standing biomass and test if total biomass, taxonomic and functional trophic structure vary …

Ecosystem services provided by geodiversity: Preliminary assessment and perspectives for the sustainable use of natural resources in the coastal region of the state of …

MGM Garcia - Geoheritage, 2019 - Springer
Geodiversity-based ecosystem services are functions provided by elements of geodiversity
that benefit society and future generations. Their adequate evaluation is important to assess …

Systematic planning and ecosystem-based management as strategies to reconcile mangrove conservation with resource use

R Borges, AC Ferreira, LD Lacerda - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2017 - frontiersin.org
About 120 million people worldwide live within 10 km of large mangrove forests, and many
of them directly depend on the goods and services provided by these ecosystems. However …

Environmental health assessment of warming coastal ecosystems in the tropics–application of integrative physiological indices

C Madeira, V Mendonça, MC Leal, AAV Flores… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
According to climate science, ocean warming is one of the current and future greatest threats
to coastal ecosystems. Projection scenarios for the end of this century show that tropical …

Marine and coastal protected and conserved areas strategy in Brazil: Context, lessons, challenges, finance, participation, new management models, and first results

CC Maretti, AR Leão, AP Prates… - Aquatic …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In the last two decades, Brazil has advanced significantly with the expansion and
improvement of its national system of protected areas. Until recently most of the expansion …

[HTML][HTML] Vertical accretion rates of mangroves in northeast Brazil: Implications for future responses and management

RD Ward, LD de Lacerda, A da Silva Cerqueira… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Northeast (NE) Brazil has a semi-arid climate and low plant diversity mangroves confined to
estuaries influenced by a meso-tidal regime (∼ 2.5 m). Whilst these mangroves are …