Terrestrial amphipod crustaceans from two ecological groups, the coastal group and the forest group, were collected along two transects at right angles to the shoreline at Cox Bight, southwestern Tasmania. The transects were placed on either side of Point Eric ro ensure that one was more sheltered from seaspray, in order to examine the hypothesis that the distribution of coastal group landhoppe...

The European Integrated Project “Science and Policy Integration for Coastal Systems Assessment” (SPICOSA) started in 2007 with the aim to develop a selfevolving, holistic research approach for integrated assessment of Coastal Systems. Aim is to support the implementation of Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) policies. The result is a series of manuals containing guidelines. Our objective...

Based on a spatial model, the Martinique beaches and coastal wetlands are examined to identify the risks of coastal squeeze. In many cases coastal development prevents coasts from adapting by shifting landward. Also tourism infrastructure augments the vulnerability of beach reduction and mangrove squeeze. More than 70% of all Martinique beaches and 29% of mangrove forests are highly endangered ...

Nitrous oxide (N2O) has 265 times greater greenhouse potential than carbon dioxide and its atmospheric concentration has increased by about 20% since industrialization; however, N2O production and emissions from aquatic systems are poorly constrained. To evaluate N2O fluxes associated with meteoric groundwater discharge to coastal zones, we measured N2O concentrations in May and October 2011 fr...

Community involvement and empowerment are central to the notion of environmental democracy. In contrast to decide-announce-defend modes of centralised decision making, planning and management, decisions built on inclusive participation and knowledge sharing are more likely to be supported during implementation, mobilise resources and support, and facilitate social learning. Collaborative modes ...

Coastal marine environment is a complex system and its management requires adequate information. Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are considered pilot sites useful to define innovative tools for the Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM). Their management requires however acquaintance with the relationships between the protected site and the status of the coastal neighbouring areas in order to ...

Queensland's new State Planning Policy for Coastal Protection, released in March and approved in April 2011 as part of the Queensland Coastal Plan, stipulates that local governments prepare and implement adaptation strategies for built up areas projected to be subject to coastal hazards between present day and 2100. Local governments with lands within the delineated coastal high hazard zone (as...

In the past 25 years, rising of the Caspian Sea level, part of a natural treat to the sea, has inundated and destroyed many buildings and arable lands and threatened many inhabitations in coastal areas. The main reason for these damages is that the law-setback has lost its efficiency and human activities have proceeded seaward. The goal of this study is to introduce a proper setback line for th...

The lernaeopodids are highly specialized copepods which are widely distributed worldwide. In this paper the first record of Clavellisa ilishae Pillai, 1962 in the Neotropical region is documented parasitizing Sardinella brasiliensis from coastal zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.