What is it about?

This work analyzes changes in the biological community (fishes and crustaceans) before and after the opening of a sea-lagoon canal.

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Why is it important?

It shows how management actions in coastal systems may cause non predictable effects in communities.

Perspectives

This is an important coastal lagoon system that is under anthropogenic pressure for decades. Several management actions have been taken without evaluation of their unpredictable results. Monitoring such systems is an important aspect of coastal zone management.

Dr Cassiano Monteiro-Neto
Universidade Federal Fluminense

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This page is a summary of: Before-after environmental impact assessment of an artificial channel opening on a south-western Atlantic choked lagoon system, Journal of Fish Biology, June 2016, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/jfb.13012.
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