Revista da Gestão Costeira Integrada / Journal of Integrated Coastal Zone Management 15(3) – September 2015 Table of Contents Articles Maria Adelaide Mansini Maia João Wagner de Alencar Castro 293 Methodological proposal for characterization of marine geodiversity in the South Atlantic: Vitória-Trindade Ridge and adjacent areas, southeast of Brazil Leonardo Azevedo Klumb-Oliveira Raquel Dezidério Souto 311 Integrated coastal management in Brazil: analysis of the National Coastal Management Plan and selected tools based on international standards Gerson Fernandino Carla I. Elliff Iracema R. Silva Abílio C.S.P. Bittencourt 325 How many pellets are too many? The pellet pollution index as a tool to assess beach pollution by plastic resin pellets in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil Isaac Azuz-Adeath César García-Gutiérrez Humberto Alonso-Peinado Carlos Torres-Navarrete Salomón Díaz-Mondragón 333 Design and evaluation of marine and coastal governance indicators for the Southern Mexican region Nair Emmanuela da Silveira Pereira Leonardo Azevedo Klumb-Oliveira 353 Analysis of the influence of ENSO phenomena on wave climate on the central coastal zone of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Z. Bouraoui J. Ghedira H. Boussetta 371 Biomarkers responses in different body regions of the polychaeta Hediste diversicolor (Nereidae, Polychaete) exposed to copper Juan Pablo Lozoya Alvar Carranza Javier Lenzi et allia 377 Management and research on plastic debris in Uruguayan Aquatic Systems: update and perspectives Nilton Gomes Ramiro Neves Isabella Ascione Kenov Francisco Javier Campuzano Ligia Pinto 395 Tide and Tidal Currents in the Cape Verde Archipelago Revista de Gestão Costeira Integrada / Journal of Integrated Coastal Zone Management, 15(3) – September 2015 Chinedum Onyemechi 409 Benefit maximizing criteria from the Nigerian Coastal and Inland Shipping Cabotage Policy Diego Andre Rodrigues Alberto Geraldo Carleti Júnior Wagner Cezario Balista Rodrigo Randow de Freitas 417 Animal welfare concerns at a fish farming operation in southeastern Brazil João Carlos de Pádua Andrade Alexandre Schiavetti 425 Artisanal fishing and local conflicts: the case of the ‘Pedras de Una’ fishing community, Bahia, Brazil