Coastal urbanization leads to remarkable seaweed species loss and community shifts along the SW Atlantic

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 76, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 106-115

  Scherner, Fernando ^a   Horta, Paulo Antunes ^b   de Oliveira, Eurico Cabral ^c   Simonassi, José Carlos ^b   Hall Spencer, Jason M ^d   Chow, Fungyi ^c   Nunes, José Marcos C ^e   Pereira, Sonia Maria Barreto ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Calcareous algae; Macroalgae; Marine biodiversity loss; Phycogeographycal regions; South West Atlantic; Urbanization metrics

Indexed keywords

MACRO-ALGAE; MARINE BIODIVERSITY; PHYCOGEOGRAPHYCAL REGIONS; SOUTH-WEST ATLANTIC; URBANIZATION METRICS;

BIODIVERSITY; POPULATION STATISTICS; URBAN GROWTH; VEGETATION;

SEAWEED;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CHLOROPHYLL A;

BIODIVERSITY; CALCAREOUS ALGA; COASTAL DEVELOPMENT; DIVERSITY INDEX; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; MACROALGA; POPULATION DENSITY; SEAWEED; SPECIES RICHNESS; URBANIZATION; VEGETATION COVER;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIODIVERSITY; BROWN ALGA; CALCAREOUS ALGA; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ESTUARY; GREEN ALGA; LEISURE; MANGROVE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEAWEED; SEDIMENT; SUMMER; URBANIZATION; VEGETATION; WATER QUALITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST);

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; PHAEOPHYCEAE;

CALCAREOUS ALGAE; MACROALGAE; MARINE BIODIVERSITY LOSS; PHYCOGEOGRAPHYCAL REGIONS; SOUTH-WEST ATLANTIC; URBANIZATION METRICS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIODIVERSITY; CHLOROPHYTA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; PHAEOPHYTA; SEAWEED; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84886099253     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.09.019     Document Type: Article

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