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Fostering the ecosystem-based approach in beach spatial planning and conservation

Grant number: 18/19776-2
Support Opportunities:BIOTA-FAPESP Program - Regular Research Grants
Start date: June 01, 2019
End date: November 30, 2022
Field of knowledge:Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Oceanography - Biological Oceanography
Principal Investigator:Alexander Turra
Grantee:Alexander Turra
Host Institution: Instituto Oceanográfico (IO). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
Associated researchers:Antonia Cecília Zacagnini Amaral ; Bruna Rodrigues Debastiani ; Daniel Gorman ; Guilherme Nascimento Corte ; Hélio Hermínio Checon ; Ivan Rodrigo Abrão Laurino ; Luis Americo Conti ; Marilia Nagata Ragagnin ; Nicole Malinconico ; Thaís Fonseca Rech ; Thiago Gonçalves Souza ; Yasmina Michel Liliane Shah Esmaeili
Associated scholarship(s):21/06932-9 - Fauna characterization of Ilha das Couves beaches, Ubatuba city, São Paulo State: inputs to calculate support capacity, BP.TT

Abstract

Sandy beaches provide key goods and ecosystem services for human populations around the world. Unfortunately, virtually all sandy beaches are threatened nowadays due to impacts of tourism, urbanization and climate change, which can compromise ecosystem functioning. To successfully protect sandy beach ecosystems in the long term, conservation strategies should be based on sound and integrated scientific knowledge. Nevertheless, sandy beaches are the least studied coastal ecosystem and the information available on their biodiversity and ecosystem processes is insufficient to support ecosystem-based decision-making. Worsening this scenario, almost all studies done so far considered only one component of the sandy beach ecosystem (e.g., intertidal or supralittoral region, benthic or pelagic systems), therefore compromising a full understanding of beach structure and functioning. Additionally, sandy beach management and conservation efforts are mainly focused on physical or socioeconomic aspects, disregarding fundamental ecological characteristics such as functional biodiversity, trophic relationships and ecosystem services provided. We intend to advance in the ecosystem-based approach for beach conservation by combining exploratory field research and complementary methods (e.g., Baited Remote Underwater Videos, stable isotope analysis and habitat suitability modeling) to better understand sandy beach ecosystem structure, functioning, and services. Furthermore, the sampling design will not be limited to a particular group, habitat or process, but will include all sandy beach compartments, from the surf zone to the supralittoral, and will consider benthic and pelagic assemblages and their interactions. This study will be done in 24 non-urbanized beaches encompassing different environmental characteristics, located on the Northern Coast of the state of São Paulo, a 'model area' that contains sandy beaches with distinct morphodynamics on a relatively small spatial scale. This holistic approach will allow the investigation of overlooked topics in sandy beach ecology, the understanding of the main ecological components and processes, including the criteria used to define Ecologically or Biologically Significant Areas (EBSAs, sensu the Convention on Biological Diversity), and the identification of the environmental characteristics that best explain the beach biodiversity and ecosystem services. With such information, we will run habitat suitability models to project the results to all sandy beaches along the whole Northern Coast of São Paulo and elaborate a EBSAs map, which will be available to be incorporated into further beach management discussions. As a final step, the above scientific principles and the leaning process to adapt them to sandy beaches will be then translated into a framework to foster the use of the ecosystem-based approach in beach spatial planning and conservation. (AU)

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Scientific publications (15)
(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)
ABRAO LAURINO, IVAN RODRIGO; CHECON, HELIO HERMINIO; CORTE, GUILHERME NASCIMENTO; TURRA, ALEXANDER. Flooding affects vertical displacement of intertidal macrofauna: A proxy for the potential impacts of environmental changes on sandy beaches. ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE, v. 245, . (17/17071-9, 15/03804-9, 18/19776-2, 18/22036-0)
LAURINO, IVAN R. A.; CHECON, HELIO H.; CORTE, GUILHERME N.; TURRA, ALEXANDER. Does coastal armoring affect biodiversity and its functional composition on beaches?. MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH, v. 181, p. 13-pg., . (18/19776-2, 18/22036-0, 15/03804-9, 17/17071-9)
LUCIANA YOKOYAMA XAVIER; LEANDRA REGINA GONÇALVES; HELIO HERMÍNIO CHECON; GUILHERME CORTE; ALEXANDER TURRA. ESTAMOS OLHANDO PARA O LADO CERTO? ANÁLISE DA CONTRIBUIÇÃO DA CIÊNCIA PARA UMA ABORDAGEM BASEADA EM ECOSSISTEMAS PARA A GESTÃO DE PRAIAS NA MACROMETRÓPOLE PAULISTA. Ambiente & Sociedade, v. 23, . (17/17071-9, 17/21797-5, 19/04481-0, 15/03804-9, 18/22036-0, 18/19776-2, 19/13851-5)
CORTE, GUILHERME NASCIMENTO; SHAH ESMAEILI, YASMINA; MARIA, TATIANA FABRICIO; COSTA, LEONARDO LOPES; MATTOS, GUSTAVO; CHECON, HELIO HERMINIO; MALINCONICO, NICOLE; PAIVA, PAULO CESAR; DEBIASI, PAULA; CABRINI, TATIANA; et al. The science we need for the beaches we want: frontiers of the flourishing Brazilian ecological sandy beach research. FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE, v. 10, p. 8-pg., . (18/19776-2)
CHECON, HELIO HERMINIO; XAVIER, LUCIANA YOKOYAMA; GONCALVES, LEANDRA REGINA; CARRILHO, CAUE D.; DA SILVA, ANELISE GOMES. each market: what have we been computing in Brazil. Ocean and Coastal Research, v. 69, n. 1, . (18/22036-0, 17/21797-5, 18/00462-8, 15/03804-9, 18/19776-2)
SHAH ESMAEILI, YASMINA; N. CORTE, GUILHERME; CHECON, HELIO H.; G. BILATTO, CARLA; LEFCHECK, JONATHAN S.; ZACAGNINI AMARAL, ANTONIA CECILIA; TURRA, ALEXANDER. Revealing the drivers of taxonomic and functional diversity of nearshore fish assemblages: Implications for conservation priorities. DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS, . (17/17071-9, 18/19776-2, 18/22036-0, 15/03804-9)
HELIO HERMINIO CHECON; LUCIANA YOKOYAMA XAVIER; LEANDRA REGINA GONÇALVES; CAUÊ D CARRILHO; ANELISE GOMES DA SILVA. Beach market: what have we been computing in Brazil?. Ocean and Coastal Research, v. 69, . (17/21797-5, 15/03804-9, 18/22036-0, 18/19776-2, 18/00462-8)
LAURINO, IVAN RODRIGO ABRAO; LIMA, TAMIRIS PEREIRA; TURRA, ALEXANDER. Effects of natural and anthropogenic storm-stranded debris in upper-beach arthropods: Is wrack a prey hotspot for birds?. Science of The Total Environment, v. 857, p. 11-pg., . (18/19776-2, 15/03804-9)
CORTE, GUILHERME N.; CHECON, HELIO H.; ESMAEILI, YASMINA SHAH; DEFEO, OMAR; TURRA, ALEXANDER. Evaluation of the effects of urbanization and environmental features on sandy beach macrobenthos highlights the importance of submerged zones. Marine Pollution Bulletin, v. 182, p. 12-pg., . (18/19776-2, 18/22036-0, 15/03804-9, 17/17071-9)
ESMAEILI, YASMINA SHAH; CORTE, GUILHERME NASCIMENTO; CHECON, HELIO HERMINIO; CRUZ GOMES, TAUANE RAISSA; LEFCHECK, JONATHAN S.; ZACAGNINI AMARAL, A. CECILIA; TURRA, ALEXANDER. Comprehensive assessment of shallow surf zone fish biodiversity requires a combination of sampling methods. MARINE ECOLOGY-PROGRESS SERIES, v. 667, p. 131-144, . (18/19776-2, 15/03804-9, 17/17071-9, 18/22036-0)
ESMAEILI, YASMINA SHAH; CHECON, HELIO H.; CORTE, GUILHERME N.; TURRA, ALEXANDER. Parasitism by isopods in sandy beach fish assemblages: role of urbanization and environmental characteristics. Hydrobiologia, v. 848, n. 20, . (18/22036-0, 18/19776-2, 15/03804-9, 17/17071-9)
CHECON, HELIO HERMINIO; ESMAEILI, YASMINA SHAH; CORTE, GUILHERME N.; MALINCONICO, NICOLE; TURRA, ALEXANDER. Locally developed models improve the accuracy of remotely assessed metrics as a rapid tool to classify sandy beach morphodynamics. PeerJ, v. 10, p. 26-pg., . (17/17071-9, 15/03804-9, 18/22036-0, 18/19776-2)
CHECON, HELIO H.; CORTE, GUILHERME N.; ESMAEILI, YASMINA SHAH; MUNIZ, PABLO; TURRA, ALEXANDER. The efficacy of benthic indices to evaluate the ecological quality and urbanization effects on sandy beach ecosystems. Science of The Total Environment, v. 856, p. 11-pg., . (18/19776-2, 18/05099-9, 18/22036-0, 17/17071-9, 15/03804-9)