Global production of farmed fish and shellfish has more than doubled in the past 15 years.
Many people believe that such growth relieves pressure on ocean fisheries, but the opposite …

Mangroves are woody plants that grow at the interface between land and sea in tropical and
sub-tropical latitudes where they exist in conditions of high salinity, extreme tides, strong …

Mangrove species are uniquely adapted to tropical and subtropical coasts, and although
relatively low in number of species, mangrove forests provide at least US $1.6 billion each …

Global surface temperature has increased≈ 0.2° C per decade in the past 30 years, similar
to the warming rate predicted in the 1980s in initial global climate model simulations with …

There is growing research interest in the ethnobiology, socio-economics and management
of mangrove forests. Coastal residents who use mangroves and their resources may have …

Aim The long‐term stability of coastal ecosystems such as mangroves and salt marshes
depends upon the maintenance of soil elevations within the intertidal habitat as sea level …

The wide variety of goods and services provided by the coastal zone (food, medicines,
nutrient recycling, control of flooding, typhoon protection) account for its many uses …

Research on the large array of tropical estuarine fishes has increased markedly in recent
years and hence scientific knowledge about most aspects of these important fishes' biology …

In 2011 humans caught and consumed 78.9 million tonnes of fish, crustaceans, molluscs
and other species groups from the world's oceans, accounting for 16.6% of the world's …

Mangrove islands in Belize are characterized by a unique switching from nitrogen (N) to
phosphorus (P) limitation to tree growth from shoreline to interior. Fertilization has previously …