Mangrove Dynamics and Management in North Brazil

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xviii

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2. Introduction

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. The Need for a Holistic Approach in Mangrove Research and Management

      • U. Saint-Paul, H. Schneider

      Pages 3-8

   3. MADAM, Concept and Reality

      • U. Saint-Paul

      Pages 9-15

3. Geography and Biogeochemistry

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17

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   2. The Geography of the Bragança Coastal Region

      • G. Krause

      Pages 19-34

   3. Palaeoenvironmental Reconstruction

      • H. Behling, M. Cohen, R. J. Lara, V. Vedel

      Pages 35-44

   4. The Biogeochemistry of the Caeté Mangrove-Shelf System

      • B. P. Koch, T. Dittmar, R. J. Lara

      Pages 45-67

4. Floristic and Faunistic Studies in Mangroves

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 69-69

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   2. Mangrove Vegetation of the Caeté Estuary

      • U. Mehlig, M. P. M. Menezes, A. Reise, D. Schories, E. Medina

      Pages 71-107

   3. Mangrove Infauna and Sessile Epifauna

      • C. R. Beasley, M. E. B. Fernandes, E. A. G. Figueira, D. S. Sampaio, K. R. Melo, R. S. Barros

      Pages 109-123

5. Dynamics in the Mangrove System

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 125-125

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   2. Drivers of Temporal Changes in Mangrove Vegetation Boundaries and Consequences for Land Use

      • R. J. Lara, M. Cohen, C. Szlafsztein

      Pages 127-141

   3. System Processes and Forest Development

      • U. Berger, M. Wolff

      Pages 143-151

   4. Synoptic Analysis of Mangroves for Coastal Zone Management

      • G. Krause, M. Bock

      Pages 153-167

6. Ecology and Fishery of Fin-Fish in the Mangrove System

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 169-169

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   2. Distribution Pattern of Fish in a Mangrove Estuary

      • M. Barletta, U. Saint-Paul

      Pages 171-188

   3. Dynamics in Mangrove Fish Assemblages on a Macrotidal Coast

      • U. Krumme, U. Saint-Paul

      Pages 189-207

   4. An Evaluation of the Larval Fish Assemblage in a North Brazilian Mangrove Area

      • A. Barletta-Bergan

      Pages 209-220

   5. Molecular Phylogenetic and Population Genetic Structuring of Macrodon sp., a Coastal and Estuarine Fish of the Western Atlantic Ocean

      • I. Sampaio, S. Santos, H. Schneider

      Pages 221-232

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 conservation 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.

• Ecology
• Fauna
• Geochemistry
• Habitat
• Mangrove
• Monitoring
• Plankton
• Population
• biome
• development
• ecosystem dynamics
• ecosystems
• environment
• floristics
• wetland

• Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecolo, Bremen, Germany

  Ulrich Saint-Paul

• , Instituto de Estudos Costeiros, Universidade Federal do Pará, Bragança/PA, Brazil

  Horacio Schneider

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