Mangrove Dynamics and Management in North Brazil

The Need for a Holistic Approach in Mangrove Research and Management.- MADAM, Concept and Reality.- Geography and Biogeochemistry.- The Geography of the Bragança Coastal Region.- Palaeoenvironmental Reconstruction.- The Biogeochemistry of the Caeté Mangrove-Shelf System.- Floristic and Faunistic Studies in Mangroves.- Mangrove Vegetation of the Caeté Estuary.- Mangrove Infauna and Sessile Epifauna.- Dynamics in the Mangrove System.- Drivers of Temporal Changes in Mangrove Vegetation Boundaries and Consequences for Land Use.- System Processes and Forest Development.- Synoptic Analysis of Mangroves for Coastal Zone Management.- Ecology and Fishery of Fin-Fish in the Mangrove System.- Distribution Pattern of Fish in a Mangrove Estuary.- Dynamics in Mangrove Fish Assemblages on a Macrotidal Coast.- An Evaluation of the Larval Fish Assemblage in a North Brazilian Mangrove Area.- Molecular Phylogenetic and Population Genetic Structuring of Macrodon sp., a Coastal and Estuarine Fish of the Western Atlantic Ocean.- Fisheries and Management.- Ecology and Fishery of Mangrove Crabs.- The Brachyuran Crab Community of the Caeté Estuary, North Brazil: Species Richness, Zonation and Abundance.- Feeding Ecology and Ecological Role of North Brazilian Mangrove Crabs.- Comparative Population Dynamics and Life Histories of North Brazilian Mangrove Crabs, Genera Uca and Ucides (Ocypodoidea).- Artisanal Fishery of the Mangrove Crab Ucides cordatus (Ucididae) and First Steps Toward a Successful Co-Management in Bragança, North Brazil.- Simulating Ucides cordatus Population Recovery on Fished Grounds.- Mangroves and People.- Mangroves and People: A Social-Ecological System.- Data Synthesis and Assessment Tools.- The Mangrove Information System MAIS: Managing and IntegratingInterdisciplinary Research Data.- Coastal Zone Management Tool: A GIS-Based Vulnerability Assessment to Natural Hazards.- Closing Remarks.- Epilog.