Tropical and subtropical coastal flats are shallow regions of the marine environment at the
intersection of land and sea. These regions provide myriad ecological goods and services …

Economic impact assessments (EIAs) have long been used to estimate the economic
benefits of human activities. More recently, environmental economists have applied EIAs to …

Nitrogen (N) loading can affect estuarine food webs through alteration of primary producers.
In the Indian River Lagoon (IRL), Florida there has been long-term N enrichment, worsening …

Coastal marine fisheries and the habitats that support them are under extensive and
increasing pressures from numerous anthropogenic stressors that occur at multiple spatial …

Abstract The Indian River Lagoon (IRL) on Florida's east-central coast is a highly developed
eutrophic estuary, experiencing harmful algal blooms (HABs). Beginning in 2011, the IRL …

Abstract The European flounder (Platichthys flesus) is a marine flatfish with high plasticity in
several life-history traits, including spawning sites and habitat use patterns. With the …

Catastrophic losses (ca. 95%) of seagrass and increased environmental degradation have
occurred during the past decade in the Indian River Lagoon (IRL) estuary on the US Atlantic …

Effective modern conservation depends on active stakeholder participation. Although
stakeholder engagement is increasing, the extent of this engagement and the successful …

Anthropogenic impacts to estuaries are increasing globally, and often exceed the capacity of
resource managers to effectively quantify environmental changes, design and implement …

Under the best circumstances, achieving or sustaining optimum ecological conditions in
estuaries is challenging. Persistent information gaps in estuarine data make it difficult to …