Preserving sandy beaches: biodiversity, goods and services, and impacts on a neglected ecosystem

• Grant number: 17/17071-9
• Support type: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctorate
• Effective date (Start): December 01, 2017
• Effective date (End): February 28, 2021
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Ecology - Ecosystems Ecology
• Principal researcher: Alexander Turra
• Grantee: Guilherme Nascimento Corte
• Home Institution: Instituto Oceanográfico (IO). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 15/03804-9 - Environmental governance of macrometropolis paulista in face of climate variability, AP.PFPMCG.TEM

Abstract

Sandy beaches provide key ecosystem goods and services, such as shoreline protection and capture fisheries, and are essential for human populations around the world. Nevertheless, virtually all sandy beaches are threatened nowadays due to impacts of urbanization and climate change. These threats are expected to significantly, and perhaps irreversibly, impact the functioning and stability of sandy beach ecosystem, thereby compromising its supply of essential ecosystem goods and services. To successfully protect sandy beach ecosystem in the long term, conservation strategies should be based on sound scientific knowledge and include both ecological and social dimensions. The small number of studies done on sandy beaches (thus far the least studied coastal ecosystem), however, compromises a full understanding of this ecosystem. As a consequence, sandy beach management and conservation efforts consider mainly its social characteristics, disregarding fundamental ecological aspects such as functional biodiversity and provided ecosystem services. In this project, we aim to understand sandy beach ecosystems functioning and benefits provided by sandy beach biodiversity, considering physical and biological features and how they can be affected by anthropogenic impacts. We thereby expect to provide important information to be used in the development of effective conservation and management plans that can help protect sandy beach ecosystems.

Scientific publications

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(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)

TURRA, ALEXANDER; CORTE, GUILHERME N.; AMARAL, ANTONIA CECILIA Z.; YOKOYAMA, LEONARDO Q.; DENADAI, MARCIA R.. Non-linear curve adjustments widen biological interpretation of relative growth analyses of the clam Tivela mactroides (Bivalvia, Veneridae). PeerJ, v. 6, JUN 27 2018. (17/17071-9)

CORTE, GUILHERME N.; YOKOYAMA, LEONARDO Q.; TARDELLI, DANIEL T.; CHECON, HELIO H.; TURRA, ALEXANDER. Spatial patterns of the gastropod Olivella minuta reveal the importance of tide-dominated beaches and the subtidal zone for sandy beach populations. REGIONAL STUDIES IN MARINE SCIENCE, v. 39, SEP 2020. (17/17071-9, 18/22036-0, 09/15893-5, 09/17585-6, 15/03804-9)

CHECON, HELIO H.; SILVA, MARIANA; CORTE, GUILHERME N.; YOKOYAMA, LEONARDO Q.; TEODOSIO, M. ALEXANDRA; TURRA, ALEXANDER. Night underwater rides: the activity of a sandy beach gastropod is affected by interactive effects of light availability and water level. MARINE BIOLOGY RESEARCH, v. 17, n. 5-6, OCT 2021. (09/15893-5, 17/17071-9, 09/17585-6, 18/22036-0)

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, JUN 10 2021. (18/19776-2, 15/03804-9, 17/17071-9, 18/22036-0)

CHECON, HELIO H.; SILVA, MARIANA O.; CORTE, GUILHERME N.; YOKOYAMA, LEONARDO Q.; TEODOSIO, M. ALEXANDRA; TURRA, ALEXANDER. Full stomachs at empty tides: tidal cycle affects feeding activity and diet of the sandy beach gastropod Olivella minuta. Journal of Molluscan Studies, v. 86, n. 3, p. 219-227, AUG 2020. (09/17585-6, 18/22036-0, 09/15893-5, 17/17071-9)

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, AUG 2021. (18/22036-0, 18/19776-2, 15/03804-9, 17/17071-9)

CHECON, HELIO H.; CORTE, GUILHERME N.; SILVA, CAMILA F.; BICEGO, MARCIA C.; AMARAL, A. CECILIA Z.. Using the Capitella complex to investigate the effects of sympatric cryptic species distinction on ecological and monitoring studies in coastal areas. MARINE BIODIVERSITY, v. 51, n. 3, JUN 2021. (11/50317-5, 17/17071-9, 18/22036-0)

CORTE, GUILHERME N.; GONCALVES-SOUZA, THIAGO; CHECON, HELIO H.; SIEGLE, EDUARDO; COLEMAN, ROSS A.; AMARAL, A. CECILIA Z.. When time affects space: Dispersal ability and extreme weather events determine metacommunity organization in marine sediments. MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH, v. 136, p. 139-152, MAY 2018. (17/17071-9, 11/50317-5, 16/10810-8, 11/10130-3)

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, DEC 2021. (17/17071-9, 18/19776-2, 18/22036-0, 15/03804-9)

VIEIRA, DANILO CANDIDO; GALLUCCI, FABIANE; CORTE, GUILHERME NASCIMENTO; CHECON, HELIO HERMINIO; ZACAGNINI AMARAL, ANTONIA CECILIA; FONSECA, GUSTAVO. The relative contribution of non-selection and selection processes in marine benthic assemblages. MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH, v. 163, JAN 2021. (18/22036-0, 16/10810-8, 17/17071-9, 11/50317-5)

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, 2020-06-08. (19/13851-5, 18/22036-0, 18/19776-2, 15/03804-9, 17/17071-9, 19/04481-0, 17/21797-5)

CORTE, GUILHERME N.; CHECON, HELIO H.; SHAH ESMAEILI, YASMINA; LEFCHECK, JONATHAN S.; AMARAL, A. CECILIA Z.. Mangrove fragments as key coastal reservoirs of taxonomic and functional biodiversity. BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION, v. 30, n. 5, p. 1573-1593, APR 2021. (16/10810-8, 11/50317-5, 17/17071-9, 18/22036-0, 18/05099-9)

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, OCT 30 2020. (17/17071-9, 15/03804-9, 18/19776-2, 18/22036-0)

CORTE, GUILHERME N.; YOKOYAMA, LEONARDO Q.; CHECON, HELIO H.; TURRA, ALEXANDER. Spatial and temporal variation in the diet of the sandy beach gastropod Olivella minuta. Invertebrate Biology, NOV 2019. (17/17071-9, 09/17585-6, 09/15893-5, 15/03804-9)

CORTE, GUILHERME N.; YOKOYAMA, LEONARDO Q.; DENADAI, MARCIA R.; BESSA, EDUARDO; SALLES, MARIA CLAUDIA Z.; TURRA, ALEXANDER. Egg-capsule deposition of the marine gastropod Olivella minuta: the importance of an interspecific relationship with the soft-bottom bivalve Tivela mactroides. Journal of Molluscan Studies, v. 85, n. 1, p. 126-132, FEB 2019. (17/17071-9, 09/15893-5, 98/07090-3)