Sónia Cristina

TL;DR: In this article, an overview of some of the large, shallow, semi-enclosed coastal systems (SECS) in Europe is given, which are important both from the ecological and the economic perspective (socio-ecological systems) and provide many valuable ecosystem goods and services.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors assessed, quantified and valued the ecosystem services of 32 coastal lagoons and found that the definitions of ecosystem services are still not generally accepted, and the quantification of ecosystem service is made in many different ways, using different units.

TL;DR: Several recently developed methodologies and technologies to improve marine biodiversity indicators and monitoring methods can present clear advantages in accuracy, efficiency and cost.

TL;DR: In this article, the main economic sectors and activities in and around the coastal wetlands and their catchments exert multiple pressures that affect the state of the wetlands and the delivery of valuable ecosystem services.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compared sea surface temperature (SST) to the upwelling conditions off the southwest coast of Portugal using statistical analyses of publically available data and found that a statistically significant incremental increase in SST was more pronounced during the last decade.