USES: Fisheries and Aquaculture: Ecosystems: Coastal and Marine Ecosystems -

Deep Sea Ecosystems

Mitigation of the Impact of Tropical Cyclones in Northern Australia through Community Capacity Enhancement (Documents) (3%)

Article about Disaster Mitigation Policy Planning with focus on tropical cyclones

Tsunamis

Sea-level rise at tropical Pacific and Indian Ocean islands (Documents) (3%)

The analysis clearly indicates that sea-level in the tropical Indo/Pacific region is rising. The authors expect that this will cause serious problems for the inhabitants of some of these islands during the 21st century.

Island Ecosystems

Coastal Resources: Productivity and Impacts on Food Security (Documents) (3%)

Special issue of the magazine <a href=http://pemsea.org/publications/tropical-coasts-magazine/tropical-coasts-magazine>Tropical Coasts</a> devoted to food security in the seas of East Asia.

Coasts and Coral Reefs

Recent disturbances augment community shifts in coral assemblages in Moorea, French Polynesia (Documents) (3%)

In Moorea, French Polynesia, frequent disturbances between 1979 and 2003 caused marked shifts in taxonomic composition of coral assemblages.

French Polynesia

Good Practices in Governance (Documents) (3%)

Available free from PEMSEA, this issue of Tropical Coasts expounds on the challenges and good practices in Ocean and Coastal Governance; Habitat Protection, Restoration and Management; and Food Security and Livelihood Management.

Ecosystem Approaches to Governance

From Anchovies to Sardines and Back: Multidecadal Change in the Pacific Ocean (Documents) (3%)

Large scale naturally occurring variations in Pacific ecosystems

Ecosystems

Decline in Whale Shark size and abundance at Ningaloo Reef over the past decade: The world's largest fish is getting smaller (Documents) (3%)

This study suggests unsustainable mortality in parts of their range outside Australian waters, where they are totally protected.

Fishes, Mollusks and Crustaceans