The Yangtze River estuary is an important ecoregion. However, Spartina alterniflora, native
to North America, was introduced to the estuary in the 1990s through both natural dispersal …

The marine areas of South America (SA) include almost 30,000 km of coastline and
encompass three different oceanic domains—the Caribbean, the Pacific, and the Atlantic …

Many coastal habitats are being substantially altered by introduced plants. In San Francisco
Bay, California, USA, a hybrid form of the eastern cordgrass Spartina alterniflora is rapidly …

Estuaries are threatened coastal ecosystems that support relevant ecological functions
worldwide. The predicted global climate changes demand actions to understand, anticipate …

Past studies have focused primarily on the effects of invasive plants on litter decomposition
at soil surfaces. In natural ecosystems, however, considerable amounts of litter may be at …

Distribuída ao longo de uma costa que compreende mais de 37 de latitude, a fauna
brasileira de poliquetas marinhos reflete a diversidade de habitats característicos das …

The composition and abundance of the meiofauna and macrofauna were studied in a survey
carried out within 6 locations in a mangrove at the Island of Santa Catarina, South Brazil …

Despite over 21,000 ha of mangrove forests being removed per year in Brazil, ecological
changes following mangrove deforestation have been overlooked. Here we evaluated …

The present study aims to identify relationship between the structural and ecological
characteristics of mangrove ecosystem and mollusc communities. Bivalve and gastropod are …

Mangrove forests worldwide are threatened environments considered vulnerable to chronic
contamination by hydrophobic contaminants such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons …