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Extracellular Enzyme Activity and Stoichiometry Across Vegetated and Non-Vegetated Coastal Ecosystems
The conversion of organic matter by extracellular enzymes can reveal important insights into carbon and nutrient cycling. The activity and...
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Evaluation of Soil Microbial and Enzymatic Activity in Ecosystems in a Coastal Region of Brazil
The enormous soil carbon pool stored by mangroves depends upon microbial respiratory activities and enzymes associated with carbon breakdown in...
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Spatial Distribution of Carbon Stocks Along Protected and Non-protected Coastal Wetland Ecosystems in the Gulf of Mexico
Coastal wetland ecosystems in the Gulf of Mexico provide a variety of services including high rates of carbon sequestration and storage, making their...
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Mangrove Forests as Semi-closed Systems in Coastal Ecosystems
Tropical coastal zones with mangrove forests as semi-closed ecosystems have recently been damaged by human pressures. Therefore, reforestation of...
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A systematic review of indicators and methods used to assess coastal to offshore marine ecosystems in the western Canadian Arctic
Integration and coordination among monitoring programs are needed to better assess the impacts of climate change on Arctic marine ecosystems. The use...
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Terrestrial Coastal Ecosystems in Germany and Climate Change
Climate change is one of the most severe dangers for mankind worldwide. Beside the temperature increase, the sea level will rise and flood wide...
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The effects of land-based change on coastal ecosystems
The rapid increase in coastal urbanization profoundly impacts various environmental components and significantly transforms coastal ecosystems to the...
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Coastal Ecosystems from a Social-Ecological Perspective
This Chapter has the function of introducing the different starting positions of the authors and to provide a first list of viewpoints on...
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Applying the concept of liquid biopsy to monitor the microbial biodiversity of marine coastal ecosystems
Liquid biopsy (LB) is a concept that is rapidly gaining ground in the biomedical field. Its concept is largely based on the detection of circulating...
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Nutrient and Limitation Regimes in Coastal Water Ecosystems
Phytoplankton blooms are an ongoing issue in coastal waters, especially if the catchment area is under strong anthropogenic pressure and nutrient...
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Coastal Habitats
Coastal habitatsCoastal habitat are amongst the jewels of the ocean, connecting life on land with the nutrient-rich waters of the ocean. For many...
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Soil and Plant Cover and Microbial–Biomorphic Assessment of Ecosystems in Coastal Depressions of Highly Mineralized Drainless Pulsating Lakes of Dauria (Southeastern Transbaikalia)
AbstractThe soils, vegetation cover, and microbiota of coastal depressions of highly mineralized drainless chloride lakes in southeastern...
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Wetland Ecosystems
Wetlands are a major biogeographic unit in the global landscape and are broadly distributed across the continents in areas with humid climates,...
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Coastal Lagoons (Khors) of the Emirates
Coastal lagoons represent one of the most productive and diverse ecosystems in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) due to their position at the dynamic...
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Coastal Ecosystems of India and Their Management to Enhance Blue Carbon Storage
Coastal ecosystems, covering 440,000 km long shoreline globally and 7517 km in India, are the source of numerous ecosystem services for nature...
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Compensatory Mechanisms Absorb Regional Carbon Losses Within a Rapidly Shifting Coastal Mosaic
Coastal landscapes are naturally shifting mosaics of distinct ecosystems that are rapidly migrating with sea-level rise. Previous work illustrates...
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Contrasting drivers of abundant phage and prokaryotic communities revealed in diverse coastal ecosystems
Phages (viruses of bacteria and archaea) are a ubiquitous top-down control on microbial communities by selectively infecting and killing cells. As...
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The trophic basis of fish assemblages in temperate estuarine and coastal ecosystems
More than half of the fish biomass of coastal rocky reefs depends on zooplankton; however, the trophic basis of estuarine fish assemblages remains...
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Community-Based Conservation and Restoration in Coastal Wetlands: A Review
Research has shown that conservation and restoration efforts that engage local communities are often more successful at meeting stated goals than...
