Caribbean coral reefs are in rapid decline and artificial reefs are increasingly often deployed to restore lost three-dimensional structure. The majority of artificial reefs and other marine infrastructure is built from concrete, with Ordinary Portland Cement (CEM I) as the most important ingredient. …

With coral reefs in global decline and further threatened by growing anthropogenic impacts, effective strategies for restoring these critical ecosystems are increasingly sought after. In Caribbean reefs, where disease outbreaks and fishing pressure have reduced herbivore abundances and facilitated widespread …

The Compassberg Protected Environment (CPE) in South-Africa suffers severely from erosion in the form of gullies. Herbivory, bare soil, little water capture and lack of vegetation are the most important factors that contribute to erosion in the CPE. Grazing lawns are a vegetation type that is only found …

Hoge stikstofdepositie leidt in voedselarme ecosystemen nog steeds tot een overschrijding van de maximum tolerantiegrens. De overmatige stikstofdepositie werkt niet alleen in op planten(gemeenschappen) en herbivoren maar de grotere hoeveelheid beschikbare stikstof werkt door op het gehele ecosysteem. …