Aquaculture: Relevance, distribution, impacts and spatial assessments–A review

M Ottinger, K Clauss, C Kuenzer - Ocean & Coastal Management, 2016 - Elsevier
Aquaculture is the fastest-growing animal food production sector worldwide and is becoming
the main source of aquatic animal food in human consumption. Depletion of wild fishery …

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 …

Brazilian mangrove status: Three decades of satellite data analysis

C Diniz, L Cortinhas, G Nerino, J Rodrigues, L Sadeck… - Remote Sensing, 2019 - mdpi.com
Since the 1980s, mangrove cover mapping has become a common scientific task. However,
the systematic and continuous identification of vegetation cover, whether on a global or …

Neglected ecosystem services: Highlighting the socio-cultural perception of mangroves in decision-making processes

L de Souza Queiroz, S Rossi, L Calvet-Mir… - Ecosystem Services, 2017 - Elsevier
Despite the increasing recognition of the need to conserve mangroves, degradation has
continued during the last two decades due to ineffective and non-inclusive decision-making …

Levels, source appointment, and ecological risk of petroleum hydrocarbons in tropical coastal ecosystems (northeast Brazil): Baseline for future monitoring …

GM Fernandes, DA Martins, RP Dos Santos… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
We reviewed 20 years of levels, sources, and environmental risks related to the main
petroleum hydrocarbons in the northeast region of Brazil. The aim of this study was to …

The IUCN Global Standard for Nature-based Solutions™ as a tool for enhancing the sustainable development of marine aquaculture

R Le Gouvello, E Cohen-Shacham, D Herr… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
This paper applies the IUCN Global Standard for Nature based Solutions™ self-assessment
tool (published in 2020) to two aquaculture case studies. Data from the case studies were …

Farmed shrimp aquaculture in coastal wetlands of Latin America—A review of environmental issues.

ER Monsalve, E Quiroga - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2022 - Elsevier
The world production of farmed Whiteleg shrimp was 5,812,180 t in 2020. Ecuador, Mexico,
and Brazil produced 1,012,830 in that year according to data FishStatJ. Environmental …

Phosphorus enriched effluents increase eutrophication risks for mangrove systems in northeastern Brazil

D Barcellos, HM Queiroz, GN Nóbrega… - Marine pollution …, 2019 - Elsevier
Discharge of effluents loaded with phosphorus (P) from anthropogenic activities constitutes
serious eutrophication risks in marine and terrestrial ecosystems, including mangroves …

[PDF][PDF] Mangrove blue carbon in the face of deforestation, climate change, and restoration

DA Friess, KW Krauss, P Taillardat… - Annual Plant …, 2020 - researchgate.net
Coastal wetlands have disproportionately high carbon densities, known as blue carbon,
compared to most terrestrial ecosystems. Mangroves and their blue carbon stocks are at risk …

Policies in coastal wetlands: Key challenges

JMM Vélez, SB García, AE Tenorio - Environmental science & policy, 2018 - Elsevier
The role of public policies in protecting coastal wetlands is gaining in prominence. The goal
of this paper is to review the research themes and the key challenges of coastal wetlands …