Mangrove ecosystems are being increasingly threatened by human activities. Their biotic productivity supplies food and other resources to the human populations that inhabit or make use of them. This volume highlights the results of a ten-year German / Brazilian research project, called MADAM, in one of the largest continuous mangrove areas of the world, located in northern Brazil. Based on the analysis of the ecosystem dynamics, management strategies for the conversation and sustainable use of mangroves are presented and discussed. Beyond the scientific results, this book also provides guidelines for the development of international cooperation projects.
Author(s): U. Saint-Paul, H. Schneider (auth.), Ulrich Saint-Paul, Horacio Schneider (eds.)
Series: Ecological Studies 211
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2010
Language: English
Pages: 402
Tags: Plant Ecology; Tree Biology; Ecosystems; Conservation Biology/Ecology; Freshwater & Marine Ecology; Environmental Management
Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Need for a Holistic Approach in Mangrove Research and Management....Pages 3-8
MADAM, Concept and Reality....Pages 9-15
Front Matter....Pages 17-17
The Geography of the Bragança Coastal Region....Pages 19-34
Palaeoenvironmental Reconstruction....Pages 35-44
The Biogeochemistry of the Caeté Mangrove-Shelf System....Pages 45-67
Front Matter....Pages 69-69
Mangrove Vegetation of the Caeté Estuary....Pages 71-107
Mangrove Infauna and Sessile Epifauna....Pages 109-123
Front Matter....Pages 125-125
Drivers of Temporal Changes in Mangrove Vegetation Boundaries and Consequences for Land Use....Pages 127-141
System Processes and Forest Development....Pages 143-151
Synoptic Analysis of Mangroves for Coastal Zone Management....Pages 153-167
Front Matter....Pages 169-169
Distribution Pattern of Fish in a Mangrove Estuary....Pages 171-188
Dynamics in Mangrove Fish Assemblages on a Macrotidal Coast....Pages 189-207
An Evaluation of the Larval Fish Assemblage in a North Brazilian Mangrove Area....Pages 209-220
Molecular Phylogenetic and Population Genetic Structuring of Macrodon sp., a Coastal and Estuarine Fish of the Western Atlantic Ocean....Pages 221-232
Fisheries and Management....Pages 233-248
Front Matter....Pages 249-249
The Brachyuran Crab Community of the Caeté Estuary, North Brazil: Species Richness, Zonation and Abundance....Pages 251-263
Feeding Ecology and Ecological Role of North Brazilian Mangrove Crabs....Pages 265-273
Comparative Population Dynamics and Life Histories of North Brazilian Mangrove Crabs, Genera Uca and Ucides (Ocypodoidea)....Pages 275-285
Artisanal Fishery of the Mangrove Crab Ucides cordatus (Ucididae) and First Steps Toward a Successful Co-Management in Bragança, North Brazil....Pages 287-297
Simulating Ucides cordatus Population Recovery on Fished Grounds....Pages 299-303
Front Matter....Pages 305-305
Mangroves and People: A Social-Ecological System....Pages 307-351
Front Matter....Pages 353-353
The Mangrove Information System MAIS: Managing and Integrating Interdisciplinary Research Data....Pages 355-364
Coastal Zone Management Tool: A GIS-Based Vulnerability Assessment to Natural Hazards....Pages 365-385
Front Matter....Pages 387-387
Epilog....Pages 389-393
Back Matter....Pages 395-402
