As farmers increase production levels and expand their ponds, the aim of this research is to
employ the emergy accounting methodology to assess the sustainability of Ecuadorean …

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 …

We present a high-resolution marine record of sediment input from the Guayas River,
Ecuador, that reflects changes in precipitation along western equatorial South America …

Mangrove forests of Ecuador's Gulf of Guayaquil are ecologically, culturally, and
economically important to local communities relying on them for artisanal fishing …

Mangroves are widely recognised as key ecosystems for climate change mitigation as they
capture and store significant amounts of sediment organic carbon (SOC). Yet, there is …

An understanding of the vertical movements of elasmobranchs across their range is crucial
to defining critical habitat use, its overlap with anthropogenic activities and subsequently …

In this chapter, we describe biophysical interactions in the marine ecosystems off Perú and
Chile, with some information off Ecuador. This extends a previous review of the physical …

Water and sediment quality, macrobenthos diversity and mercury levels were assessed in
the Salado Estuary, Gulf of Guayaquil (Ecuador) during 2008, 2009 and 2014. Severe …

The bottlenose dolphin is one of the most common cetaceans found in the coastal waters,
estuaries, and mangroves of Ecuador. However, its population size is gradually declining in …

Background Populations in coastal cities are exposed to increasing risk of flooding, resulting
in rising damages to health and assets. Adaptation measures, such as early warning …