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Commentary: Macrofaunal key species as useful tools in management and assessment practices on sandy beaches
| datacite.subject.fos | Ciências Naturais::Ciências da Terra e do Ambiente | |
| datacite.subject.sdg | 12:Produção e Consumo Sustentáveis | |
| datacite.subject.sdg | 13:Ação Climática | |
| datacite.subject.sdg | 14:Proteger a Vida Marinha | |
| dc.contributor.author | Gonçalves, Sílvia | |
| dc.contributor.author | João C. Marques | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-07-02T15:49:13Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-07-02T15:49:13Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014-05 | |
| dc.description | https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Pecequilo-Brigitte/publication/292655461_The_influence_of_environmental_aspects_in_the_variation_of_natural_radioactivity_levels_in_selected_Brazilian_beach_sand_samples/links/57b357fa08aeac3177849644/The-influence-of-environmental-aspects-in-the-variation-of-natural-radioactivity-levels-in-selected-Brazilian-beach-sand-samples.pdf#page=49 | |
| dc.description | EISBN - 978-163117240-3 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Sandy beaches are the most abundant coastal systems worldwide, representing approximately 3/4 of the worlds' coastlines. In the last decades, these sensitive and dynamic ecosystems have been a target of an increasing human pressure, associated with an unbridled urbanization of coastal areas, caused by the high human population growth, but also associated with recreational activities and tourism. Together with global climatic changes and coastal erosion, these processes lead to detrimental impacts and an environmental quality decline of sandy beach ecosystems, imposing an increasing need for adequate assessment and management practices. In the majority of sandy beaches, the macrofauna is a key element in ecosystem functioning, occupying a central position in the food webs. Some species exhibit abundant populations, representing the bulk of the macrofaunal communities and functioning as key species in these conditions. In this commentary we discuss the relevance and utility of macrofaunal key species as tools in beaches integrity assessment, planning of management practices and restoration projects. We start by exposing the reasons behind the selection and use of these organisms as potential tools in assessment and management practices of beaches. Several and alternative methodologies, at the population and at the community ecological levels of organization, are afterwards discussed and their advantages and drawbacks evaluated. Finally, the most relevant key species in worldwide sandy beaches, known in the literature, and with potential as assessment and management tools, are identified. Since several manmade disturbances (e.g., intense human and mechanical trampling, beach grooming with heavy mechanical equipment), and even natural disturbances (e.g., abnormal temperature regimes, frequency and intensity of storms) may cause variations in key species bioecology, with negative impacts perpetuated to the higher ecological levels, monitoring, assessment and management actions focused on this indicator species hold large potential in the fast changing scenario of nowadays, and should be encouraged. | eng |
| dc.identifier.citation | Gonçalves, Sílvia C. and Marques, João C.. (2014). Commentary: Macrofaunal key species as useful tools in management and assessment practices on sandy beaches. In: Beaches: Erosion, Management Practices and Environmental Implications. pp. 35-52. | |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 978-1-63117-239-7 | |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 978-163117240-3 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/13514 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.peerreviewed | yes | |
| dc.publisher | Nova Science Publishers | |
| dc.relation.hasversion | https://novapublishers.com/shop/beaches-erosion-management-practices-and-environmental-implications/ | |
| dc.rights.uri | N/A | |
| dc.subject | Sandy beaches | |
| dc.subject | coastlines | |
| dc.subject | ecosystems | |
| dc.subject | management practices | |
| dc.subject | macrofauna | |
| dc.subject | key species | |
| dc.title | Commentary: Macrofaunal key species as useful tools in management and assessment practices on sandy beaches | eng |
| dc.type | book part | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| oaire.citation.endPage | 52 | |
| oaire.citation.startPage | 35 | |
| oaire.citation.title | Beaches: Erosion, Management Practices and Environmental Implications | |
| oaire.version | http://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85 | |
| person.familyName | Gonçalves | |
| person.givenName | Sílvia | |
| person.identifier.ciencia-id | 6E19-0C5D-6398 | |
| person.identifier.orcid | 0000-0003-1970-0181 | |
| person.identifier.scopus-author-id | 16205308900 | |
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