Worldwide pesticide usage and its impacts on ecosystem

A Sharma, V Kumar, B Shahzad, M Tanveer… - SN Applied …, 2019 - Springer
Pesticides are extensively used in modern agriculture and are an effective and economical
way to enhance the yield quality and quantity, thus ensuring food security for the ever …

Coral reef conservation in the Anthropocene: Confronting spatial mismatches and prioritizing functions

DR Bellwood, MS Pratchett, TH Morrison… - Biological …, 2019 - Elsevier
The world's coral reefs are rapidly transforming, with decreasing coral cover and new
species configurations. These new Anthropocene reefs pose a challenge for conservation; …

Impacts of 1.5 C global warming on natural and human systems

O Hoegh Guldberg, D Jacob, M Taylor, M Bindi… - 2018 - ri.conicet.gov.ar
This Report responds to the invitation for IPCC?... to provide a Special Report in 2018 on the
impacts of global warming of 1.5° C above pre-industrial levels and related global …

[HTML][HTML] Impacts of nutrient enrichment on coral reefs: new perspectives and implications for coastal management and reef survival

C D'Angelo, J Wiedenmann - Current Opinion in Environmental …, 2014 - Elsevier
Highlights•Nutrient enrichment negatively affects coral physiology and ecosystem
functioning.•Integrative model of reef survival in dependence of direct and indirect nutrient …

Evidence for multiple stressor interactions and effects on coral reefs

SS Ban, NAJ Graham, SR Connolly - Global change biology, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Concern is growing about the potential effects of interacting multiple stressors, especially as
the global climate changes. We provide a comprehensive review of multiple stressor …

How microplastics quantities increase with flood events? An example from Mersin Bay NE Levantine coast of Turkey

S Gündoğdu, C Çevik, B Ayat, B Aydoğan… - Environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
Floods caused by heavy rain carry significant amounts of pollutants into marine
environments. This study evaluates the effect of multiple floods that occurred in the …

Operationalizing resilience for adaptive coral reef management under global environmental change

KRN Anthony, PA Marshall, A Abdulla… - Global change …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Cumulative pressures from global climate and ocean change combined with multiple
regional and local‐scale stressors pose fundamental challenges to coral reef managers …

Towards protecting the Great Barrier Reef from land‐based pollution

FJ Kroon, P Thorburn, B Schaffelke… - Global change …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Great Barrier Reef (GBR) is an iconic coral reef system extending over 2000 km
along the north‐east coast of Australia. Global recognition of its Outstanding Universal Value …

Land use impacts on coral reef health: A ridge-to-reef perspective

RR Carlson, SA Foo, GP Asner - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Over 60% of the world's reefs experience damage from local activities such as overfishing,
coastal development, and watershed pollution. Land-based sources of pollution are a critical …

The central importance of ecological spatial connectivity to effective coastal marine protected areas and to meeting the challenges of climate change in the marine …

MH Carr, SP Robinson, C Wahle… - Aquatic …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The several forms of ecological spatial connectivity–population, genetic, community,
ecosystem–are among the most important ecological processes in determining the …