Mangrove Dynamics and Management in North Brazil

Ulrich Saint-Paul, Horacio Schneider (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

XVIII, 402 Seiten

2010
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
9783642134562 (ISBN)

Infos

This volume is based on the MADAM Project, which has been carried out over a period of ten years in the mangroves of north Brazil. It is of interest for both, academics of all areas of natural and social science and planers for the implementation of the results.

Inhalt

The Need for a Holistic Approach in Mangrove Research and Management.- MADAM, Concept and Reality.- Geography and Biogeochemistry.- The Geography of the Bragança Coastal Region.- Palaeoenvironmental Reconstruction.- The Biogeochemistry of the Caeté Mangrove-Shelf System.- Floristic and Faunistic Studies in Mangroves.- Mangrove Vegetation of the Caeté Estuary.- Mangrove Infauna and Sessile Epifauna.- Dynamics in the Mangrove System.- Drivers of Temporal Changes in Mangrove Vegetation Boundaries and Consequences for Land Use.- System Processes and Forest Development.- Synoptic Analysis of Mangroves for Coastal Zone Management.- Ecology and Fishery of Fin-Fish in the Mangrove System.- Distribution Pattern of Fish in a Mangrove Estuary.- Dynamics in Mangrove Fish Assemblages on a Macrotidal Coast.- An Evaluation of the Larval Fish Assemblage in a North Brazilian Mangrove Area.- Molecular Phylogenetic and Population Genetic Structuring of Macrodon sp., a Coastal and Estuarine Fish of the Western Atlantic Ocean.- Fisheries and Management.- Ecology and Fishery of Mangrove Crabs.- The Brachyuran Crab Community of the Caeté Estuary, North Brazil: Species Richness, Zonation and Abundance.- Feeding Ecology and Ecological Role of North Brazilian Mangrove Crabs.- Comparative Population Dynamics and Life Histories of North Brazilian Mangrove Crabs, Genera Uca and Ucides (Ocypodoidea).- Artisanal Fishery of the Mangrove Crab Ucides cordatus (Ucididae) and First Steps Toward a Successful Co-Management in Bragança, North Brazil.- Simulating Ucides cordatus Population Recovery on Fished Grounds.- Mangroves and People.- Mangroves and People: A Social-Ecological System.- Data Synthesis and Assessment Tools.- The Mangrove Information System MAIS: Managing and IntegratingInterdisciplinary Research Data.- Coastal Zone Management Tool: A GIS-Based Vulnerability Assessment to Natural Hazards.- Closing Remarks.- Epilog.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 19.9.2010
• Reihe/Serie: Ecological Studies
• Zusatzinfo: XVIII, 402 p. 85 illus.
• Verlagsort: Berlin
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 155 x 235 mm
• Gewicht: 866 g
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Botanik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Schlagworte: biogeochemistry • Biome • Development • Ecology • ecosystem dynamics • Ecosystems • Environment • Fauna • fisheries • floristics • Geochemistry • Habitat • Mangrove • Monitoring • Plankton • Population • Socio-economy • tropical coasts • wetland
• ISBN-13: 9783642134562 / 9783642134562
• Zustand: Neuware