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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Sandy beach ecosystems: Key features, sampling issues, management challenges and climate change impacts
Marine Ecology, Volume 29, No. SUPPL. 1, Year 2008
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Escalating pressures caused by the combined effects of population growth, demographic shifts, economic development and global climate change pose unprecedented threats to sandy beach ecosystems worldwide. Conservation of beaches as functional ecosystems and protection of their unique biodiversity requires management interventions that not only mitigate threats to physical properties of sandy shores, but also include ecological dimensions. Yet, beach management remains overwhelmingly focused on engineering interventions. Here we summarise the key outcomes of several workshops, held during the 2006 Sandy Beach Ecology Symposium in Vigo, Spain, that addressed issues of climate change, beach management and sampling methodology. Because efficient communication between managers and ecologists is critical, we summarise the salient features of sandy beaches as functional ecosystems in 50 'key statements'; these provide a succinct synopsis of the main structural and functional characteristics of these highly dynamic systems. Key outcomes of the workshops include a set of recommendations on designs and methods for sampling the benthic infaunal communities of beaches, the identification of the main ecological effects caused by direct and indirect human interventions, the predicted consequence of climate change for beach ecosystems, and priority areas for future research. © Journal compilation © 2008 Blackwell Publishing.
Authors & Co-Authors
Schlacher, Thomas Alfred
Australia, Sippy Downs
University of the Sunshine Coast
Schoeman, David S.
South Africa, Durban
University of Kwazulu-natal
Dugan, J. E.
United States, Santa Barbara
University of California, Santa Barbara
Lastra, Mariano C.
Spain, Vigo
Universidade de Vigo
Jones, Alan R.
Australia, Sydney
Australian Museum
Scapini, F.
Italy, Florence
Università Degli Studi Di Firenze
McLachlan, Anton
Oman, Muscat
Sultan Qaboos University
Statistics
Citations: 393
Authors: 7
Affiliations: 7
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1111/j.1439-0485.2007.00204.x
ISSN:
01739565
e-ISSN:
14390485
Research Areas
Environmental
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study