The study reported here assessed residents' perception of small, fast-growing coastal community on issues of quality of life, conservation, and growth. Data for the study were collected from an on-site survey in Aransas County, Texas from 2006 to 2007. Results show that the residents are concerned about preserving their natural resources, maintaining a small town atmosphere in their community, ...

The present study was conducted to examine the impact of cage aquaculture on benthic communities in coastal areas (depth 25 to 50 m) from fish farming operations located along the southeastern Black Sea (Ordu-Perşembe, Trabzon-Yomra and Rize central). Sampling was conducted seasonally from April 2007 to 2009. Sediment samples were taken using Ekman Grab (box core- 0.04 m2). Temperature, salinit...

Many of the most vexing problems and challenges of marine resource management and conservation turn on the interaction of human activities and communities with the marine environment. In the case of fisheries, recent management measures, such as habitat protection, fishing restrictions, and alternative area usages, are precipitated by fisheries declines and ecosystem-based management mandates, ...

IntroductIon Rulers of successful highland Mesoamerican cities, such as Teotihuacan and Monte Albán, had good reason for establishing and maintaining ties with coastal Oaxacan communities during the prehispanic era. The climatological and ecological regime of coastal Oaxaca made it a highly valuable and politically important region throughout prehispanic and early Colonial Mesoamerica. The raw ...

Coastal regions are of much importance to human socio-economic activities. As a result much of the world’s population live along, or within 150 km of, coasts. Increasing coastal populations, especially in Small Island Developing States (SIDS), are on a collision course with climate change. Climate change is now considered a very real international threat. Sea level rise and other climate change...

Seasonal changes of zooplankton communities were monitored at two coastal marine areas, Uchiumi and Fukuura Bays located at the Uwa Sea, east side of Bungo Channel. The two sites are close to each other (c.a. 20 km) with similar habitat environments, but receive different environmental stresses from aquaculture activities, pearl oyster farming for Uchiumi Bay and fish farming for Fukuura Bay. S...

This paper explores some key challenges the Mexican government may face when implementing climate change adaptation initiatives in coastal lagoon communities in the Mexican state of Tabasco, in the Gulf of Mexico. I discuss some challenges state initiatives of this type may encounter considering the existence of local contentious political issues among various actors – fishers and the state-own...

Intraguild predation interactions make fish communities prone to exhibit alternative stable states with either piscivore or prey fish dominance. In the Baltic Sea, local declines of coastal piscivores like perch (Perca fluviatilis) have been observed to coincide with high densities of sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus). Mechanisms behind this shift between piscivore and stickleback dominance...

Natural hazards such as extreme coastal events can generate indirect impacts extending far beyond the exposed areas and the direct aftermath of the event. The recognition of such impacts in risk assessment is essential for preparing, mitigating against such events and for increasing the resilience of coastal communities. However the assessment is often limited to the direct impacts. This paper ...

This paper examines the coastal ejido (collectives of peasant landholders) sector’s response to the 1992 amendment to Article 27 of Mexico’s Constitution, which for the first time legalized the sale and rental of ejido lands. Our analysis is based on a case study of southern Sonora, Mexico. The results indicate a shift in land tenure from the ejido to the private sector and a corresponding conv...