title: Global environmental changes: setting priorities for Latin American coastal habitats.
abstract: As the effects of the Global Climate Changes on the costal regions of Central and South Americas advance, there is proportionally little research being made to understand such impacts. This commentary puts forward a series of propositions of strategies to improve performance of Central and South American science and policy making in order to cope with the future impacts of the Global Climate Changes in their coastal habitats.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Oceanografia Biológica, Universiade de São Paulo, Cidade Universitária, Praça do Oceanográfico, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Turra
authors.forename: Aldo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cróquer
authors.forename: Alvar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Carranza
authors.forename: Andrés
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mansilla
authors.forename: Arsenio J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Areces
authors.forename: Camilo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Werlinger
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Martínez-Bayón
authors.forename: Cristina Aparecida Gomes
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Nassar
authors.forename: Estela
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Plastino
authors.forename: Evangelina
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Schwindt
authors.forename: Fabrizio
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authors.lastname: Scarabino
authors.forename: Fungyi
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Chow
authors.forename: Felix Lopes
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authors.lastname: Figueroa
authors.forename: Flávio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Berchez
authors.forename: Jason M
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authors.lastname: Hall-Spencer
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authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Soto
authors.forename: Marcos Silveira
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Buckeridge
authors.forename: Margareth S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Copertino
authors.forename: Maria Tereza Menezes
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: de Széchy
authors.forename: Natalia Pirani
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authors.lastname: Ghilardi-Lopes
authors.forename: Paulo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Horta
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Coutinho
authors.forename: Simonetta
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authors.lastname: Fraschetti
authors.forename: Zelinda Margarida de Andrade Nery
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authors.lastname: Leão
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D059001:Aquatic Organisms / Q000254:growth & development*; D044822:Biodiversity; D057231:Climate Change; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000379:methods*; D017753:Ecosystem; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000379:methods*; D006078:Government Programs; D007843:Latin America; D011057:Politics