Long-term monitoring projects of Brazilian marine and coastal ecosystems.

ABSTRACT: Biodiversity assessment is a mandatory task for sustainable and adaptive management for the next decade, and long-term ecological monitoring programs are a cornerstone for understanding changes in ecosystems. The Brazilian Long-Term Ecological Research Program (PELD) is an integrated effort model supported by public funds that finance ecological studies at 34 locations. By interviewing and compiling data from project coordinators, we assessed monitoring efforts, targeting biological groups and scientific production from nine PELD projects encompassing coastal lagoons to mesophotic reefs and oceanic islands. Reef environments and fish groups were the most often studied within the long-term projects. PELD projects covered priority areas for conservation but missed sensitive areas close to la

SUBMITTER: Cordeiro CAMM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9653053 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature