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Resonance, 2011
Mangroves are one of the world’s dominant coastal ecosystems comprised chiefly of flowering trees and shrubs uniquely adapted to marine and estuarine tidal conditions (Tomlinson, 1986; Duke, 1992; Hogarth, 1999; Saenger, 2002; FAO, 2007). They form distinctly vegetated and often densely structured habitat of verdant closed canopies cloaking coastal ...
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Mangroves are one of the world’s dominant coastal ecosystems comprised chiefly of flowering trees and shrubs uniquely adapted to marine and estuarine tidal conditions (Tomlinson, 1986; Duke, 1992; Hogarth, 1999; Saenger, 2002; FAO, 2007). They form distinctly vegetated and often densely structured habitat of verdant closed canopies cloaking coastal ...
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Biology of mangroves and mangrove Ecosystems
2001Mangroves are woody plants that grow at the interface between land and sea in tropical and sub-tropical latitudes where they exist in conditions of high salinity, extreme tides, strong winds, high temperatures and muddy, anaerobic soils. There may be no other group of plants with such highly developed morphological and physiological adaptations to ...
K. Kathiresan, B.L. Bingham
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1997
Abstract Mangroves are complex and dynamic coastal evergreen formations, generally restricted to subtropical and tropical regions. Their widest latitudinal distribution occurs in the western Pacific, where they extend from the warm temperate parts of southern Japan through the tropics to New Zealand (Chapman 1977).
Tomas Tomascik +3 more
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Abstract Mangroves are complex and dynamic coastal evergreen formations, generally restricted to subtropical and tropical regions. Their widest latitudinal distribution occurs in the western Pacific, where they extend from the warm temperate parts of southern Japan through the tropics to New Zealand (Chapman 1977).
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Mangroves as Nurseries: Shrimp Populations in Mangrove and Non-mangrove Habitats
Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 1998Abstract A total of 4845 penaeids belonging to nine species— Metapenaeus anchistus , M. ensis , M. moyebi , M. philippinensis , Penaeus merguiensis , P. monodon , P. semisulcatus , P. latisulcatus and Metapenaeopsis palmensis —were collected by pocket seine monthly over 13 months from mangrove and non-mangrove sites in Guimaras, Philippines.
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2011
Mangrove islands are a distinct type of island where the bulk of land area, if not all, is below tidal high water. Since mangrove islands depend on mangrove presence, their occurrence is restricted, as are mangroves, to the tropics and subtropics where sea temperatures rarely drop below 20°C, except in Australia and New Zealand.
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Mangrove islands are a distinct type of island where the bulk of land area, if not all, is below tidal high water. Since mangrove islands depend on mangrove presence, their occurrence is restricted, as are mangroves, to the tropics and subtropics where sea temperatures rarely drop below 20°C, except in Australia and New Zealand.
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1992
Abstract Mangroves are a major feature on many parts of the Australian coast. Although mangrove is one of the few technical terms of vegetation description which is widely recognized by the general public, it is difficult to formulate a simple universally applicable definition.
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Abstract Mangroves are a major feature on many parts of the Australian coast. Although mangrove is one of the few technical terms of vegetation description which is widely recognized by the general public, it is difficult to formulate a simple universally applicable definition.
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Origins of mangrove ecosystems and the mangrove biodiversity anomaly
Global Ecology & Biogeography, 1999ABSTRACT 1. Mangrove species richness declines dramatically from a maximum in the Indo‐West Pacific (IWP) to a minimum in the Caribbean and Western Atlantic. Explaining this ‘anomalous’ biogeographic pattern has been a focus of discussion for most of this century.2. Two hypotheses have been put forward to explain the mangrove biodiversity anomaly. The ‘
Aaron M. Ellison +2 more
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Enhanced mangrove vegetation index based on hyperspectral images for mapping mangrove
ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 2022Gang Yang, Ke Huang, Weiwei Sun
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