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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
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Identify and Report Water Pollution: An Interpretive Guide to Surface Water Conditions of the New Hampshire Coastal Watershed, 2nd edition [PDF]

, 2007
This gude was designed to help people who work or recreate outdoors to interpret surface water conditions so that they would recognize a pollution incident and know how to report it.
New Hampshire Estuaries Project
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Residential Docks and Piers: Inventory of laws, regulations, and policies for the New England region [PDF]

, 2006
While the homes threatened by erosion and the developer illegally filling in marshlands are the projects that make the headlines, for many state regulatory programs, it’s the residential docks and piers that take up the most time. When is a dock too long?

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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
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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

Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Antioxidant Defense Mechanisms in the Silkworm Bombyx mori after Exposure to Lead

Animals
Lead (Pb) is a major source of heavy metal contamination, and poses a threat to biodiversity and human health. Elevated levels of Pb can hinder insect growth and development, leading to apoptosis via mechanisms like oxidative damage.
Yang Ye, Yan-Xia Shi, Qi Jiang, Ye Jin, Fan-Xing Chen, Wen-Hui Tang, Qin Peng, Qiu-Ning Liu, Bo-Ping Tang, Jia-Lian Wang   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Spatial variation of coastal wetland vulnerability to oil spill stress in the Bohai Sea

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022
Due to their position at the land–sea interface, coastal wetlands are extremely vulnerable to oil spills. However, few studies have focused on the vulnerability of coastal wetlands to oil spill hazards. In this study, we developed a spatial vulnerability
Yebao Wang, Peipei Du, Jiaqi Liu, Chuntao Chen   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Lateral Marsh Edge Erosion as a Source of Sediments for Vertical Marsh Accretion [PDF]

, 2018
With sea level rise accelerating and sediment inputs to the coast declining worldwide, there is concern that tidal wetlands will drown. To better understand this concern, sources of sediment contributing to marsh elevation gain were computed for Plum ...
Barbier, Bauer, Blum, Blum, Cahoon, Cavatorta, Claessens, Cook, Costanza, Day, Day, Dhillon, Donnelly, Donnelly, Engelhart, Eyre, Fagherazzi, Fagherazzi, Foley, Forbrich, French, Ganju, Ganju, Geyer, Gittman, Gosselink, Hayden, Hein, Hobbs, Hopkinson, Hughes, Kirwan, Kirwan, Kirwan, Koch, Lane, Leonardi, Leonardi, Leonardi, Levin, Magirl, Marcus, Mariotti, Mariotti, Mariotti, Mattheus, McGeehin, McKee, Meade, Meade, Megonigal, Millette, Milliman, Mineau, Morris, Morris, Morris, Morris, Morris, Mudd, Pasternack, Pavich, Priestas, Rahmstorf, Raymond, Redfield, Redfield, Redfield, Reed, Rovere, Schmidt, Schwimmer, Sholkovitz, Stuiver, Swales, Syvitski, Townsend, Trimble, Vallino, Vallino, Walsh, Warrick, Warrick, Watson, Weston, Wilson, Wollheim, Wollheim, Worm, Yarbro, Zhao   +90 more
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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

Hydrodynamics of coastal wetlands in Dakshina Kannada and their importance for avian fauna [PDF]

, 2016
Coastal wetlands, which act as buffer zones between the marine and upstream land area, are increasingly under pressure due to an array of activities by multiple users. The wetlands are under the influence of both fresh and saline water.
Kripa, V, Lavanya, S, Rohit, Prathibha, Sulochanan, Bindu   +3 more
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