Over recent decades, coral reefs worldwide have experienced substantial declines in coral cover as a result of interacting global and local stressors. On Florida’s coral reef, coral cover has declined by over 70%, in recent decades, coinciding with pronounced shifts in benthic community composition. One increasingly common feature of these reefs is long sediment-laden algal turfs (LSATs), which form a turf–sediment matrix that...

Given the lack of studies focusing on the economic aspects of pine forests with resin production objectives, this study has analysed the economically optimal rotation age and profitability of two forest plantations that are commonly used for resin production in their respective countries: Slash pine in Brazil and Maritime pine in Spain. The scope of the two case studies encompassed resin, timber production and carbon sequestra...