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The Value of Coastal Wetlands for Hurricane Protection

AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment, 2008
Coastal wetlands reduce the damaging effects of hurricanes on coastal communities. A regression model using 34 major US hurricanes since 1980 with the natural log of damage per unit gross domestic product in the hurricane swath as the dependent variable and the natural logs of wind speed and wetland area in the swath as the independent variables was ...
Costanza, Robert, Perez-Maqueo, Octavio, Martínez, M Luisa, Sutton, Paul, Anderson, Sharolyn J., Mulder, Kenneth   +5 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Extent, characteristics and policy applications of Key Biodiversity Areas

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A global standard for the identification of Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) was published 10 years ago to provide a unified set of criteria for identifying ‘sites of significance for the global persistence of biodiversity’. We review the initiative's origins, the KBA identification process, characteristics of the current network, threats, policy
Stuart H. M. Butchart, Olivia Crowe, Tom Scott, Andrew J. Plumptre, Megan Eldred, Ellen McKee, Zoltan Waliczky, Ibrahim Al Hasani, Adrián B. Azpiroz, Daniele Baisero, Fred Barasa, Alison E. Beresford, Bezeng S. Bezeng, Charlotte Boyd, Thomas M. Brooks, Graeme Buchanan, Gill Bunting, Sofia Capellan, Neil Cox, Tim R. B. Davenport, Tammy E. Davies, Gina Della Togna, Wendy Elliott, Matt Foster, Jo Gilbert, Jonathan M. Handley, Diego Juffe‐Bignoli, Victoria R. Jones, Naomi Kingston, Jeannot Kivono, John Lamoreux, Penny F. Langhammer, James Lewis, Bruce Liggitt, Daniel Marnewick, Paul Matiku, Erin McCreless, Rachel A. Neugarten, Catherine Numa, Mark O'Brien, Madhu Rao, Ciara Raudsepp‐Hearne, Justina C. Ray, Samridhi Rijal, Jon Paul Rodríguez, Jurgis Sapijanskas, Wes Sechrest, Martin Sneary, Andrew Snyder, Konstantina Spiliopoulou, Thomas Starnes, Cecilia Tobar, Gautam Surya, Marcelo F. Tognelli, Andrew W. Tordoff, Maria G. Toscano, Yongyut Trisurat, Amy Upgren   +57 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biogeomorphic Feedbacks Triggered by Mangrove Degradation at the Seaward Margin Accelerate Persistent Vegetation Decline

Ecology and Evolution
Mangrove ecosystems are vulnerable to extreme events and sea‐level rise. The present study examined how biological and geomorphological processes interact at mangrove seaward margins (MSM) using remote sensing, field surveys, and elevation monitoring ...
Longlong Du, Yijuan Deng, Lin Zhang, Zifeng Luo, Mao Wang, Wenqing Wang   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comprehensive genomic profiling and expression dynamics of the HSP gene family in Cipangopaludina chinensis under temperature stress

Genomics Communications
Heat shock proteins (HSPs) play a crucial role in the survival of organisms by facilitating their response to various stress conditions. Cipangopaludina chinensis is an important aquaculture species in China that is highly resistant to temperature ...
Xiaoxiao Wu, Wenqi Yang, Rui Chen, Sisi Chen, Quanqing Sun, Qiuting Ji, Yiqi Sun, Siyao Zhao, Zhongcheng Wei, Fujun Xuan, Wu Jin, Daizhen Zhang, Boping Tang, Gang Wang   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Illumina sequencing of complete chloroplast genome of Avicennia marina, a pioneer mangrove species

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2020
Mangrove tree Avicenna marina has great ecological significance in maintaining coastal ecosystem, but its unique potential for gene functions and genetic diversity underlying ecological adaptation remains investigation.
Huan Li, Dongna Ma, Jing Li, Mingyue Wei, Hailei Zheng, Xueyi Zhu   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

North Campus Open Space Restoration Project Restoration Plan [PDF]

, 2016
This Restoration Plan is the result of a collaborative effort between UCSB’s Cheadle Center for Biological Diversity and Ecological Restoration (CCBER) and a team of consultants lead by Environmental Science Associates (ESA).
Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration, Environmental Science Associates   +1 more
core  

How wildlife respond to tropical cyclones: short‐term tactics and long‐term impacts

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT From butterflies to lizards and from sharks to seabirds, wildlife exhibit tactics to survive the impacts of tropical cyclones, also known as hurricanes, cyclones, or typhoons depending on where they occur. Some species seek refuge during the storm by moving, some remain in place and ride it out, and others move longer distances, avoiding the ...
Erin L. Koen, Mohamed Khalil Meliane, Zachery B. Holmes, Karl E. Miller, William J. Barichivich, Emilie Dedeban, Alex Furst, Miranda Imeri, Peyton E. Niebanck, Samantha Nunn, Kailee Pearson, Nicole Rita, Brier Ryver, Dakotah Shaffer, Susan C. Walls, E. Hance Ellington   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Does a Large-Ear Wheat Cultivar Benefit More from Elevated CO₂ than a Multiple-Ear Wheat for the Utilization of Non-Structural Carbohydrates?

Plants
The effects of elevated CO2 concentration (eCO2) on the utilization of carbohydrates in wheat cultivars with different ear types remain poorly understood, despite the critical role of wheat ears as major carbohydrate sinks and the importance of ear type ...
Yuting Li, Han Yu, Yuqiao Xia, Zhenhua Zhang, Qiufeng Wang, Bingjian Sha, Han Xue   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Synthetic Mudscapes: Human Interventions in Deltaic Land Building [PDF]

, 2015
In order to defend infrastructure, economy, and settlement in Southeast Louisiana, we must construct new land to mitigate increasing risk. Links between urban environments and economic drivers have constrained the dynamic delta landscape for ...
Basyal, G., Cantrell, B., Carney, J., Cox, S., Durbak, K., Guida, V., Hartman, B., Michaels, P., Miller, I., Powell, E., Seibert, M., Tucker, C., Williams, E.A.   +12 more
core  

Waders in a sea of debris: a global overview

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The impact of plastic pollution on ecosystems and marine fauna is well documented, although research into its effects on waders (also known as shorebirds) remains limited. Given that waders are exposed to coastal marine litter, this exposure could be a significant factor in the decline of their populations. This study aims to assess the global
Yada Trapletti‐Lanti, Mónica Expósito‐Granados, Elizabeth Znidersic, Marga L. Rivas   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source