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Mangrove Forests and Seagrass Meadows

2020
This chapter discusses mangrove forests and seagrass meadows. These represent two of the most valuable marine habitats in the world, important for providing a high level of productivity and physical structure that support a considerable biodiversity of associated animals. However, both systems are remarkable in that they are based on higher plants more
Michel J. Kaiser, Martin J. Attrill, Simon Jennings, David N. Thomas, David K. A. Barnes, Andrew S. Brierley, Nicholas A. J. Graham, Jan Geert Hiddink, Kerry L. Howell, Hermanni Kaartokallio   +9 more
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Mangrove Forests in Thailand

2013
Thailand’s coastal zone is covered by rich mangrove forests that support a vital ecosystem. The mangrove system provides food for the local people and nutrients to the surrounding seas. Further, these forests protect the local environment by acting like a green wall that reduces coastal erosion and helps reduce effects of heavy waves and strong winds ...
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Carbon Cycling and Storage in Mangrove Forests

Annual Review of Marine Science, 2014
Mangroves are ecologically and economically important forests of the tropics. They are highly productive ecosystems with rates of primary production equal to those of tropical humid evergreen forests and coral reefs. Although mangroves occupy only 0.5% of the global coastal area, they contribute 10–15% (24 Tg C y
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Mangroves: Unusual Forests at the Seas’ Edge

2015
Mangroves form distinct sea-edge forested habitat of dense, undulating canopies in both wet and arid tropic regions of the world. These highly adapted, forest wetland ecosystems have many remarkable features, making them a constant source of wonder and inquiry. This chapter introduces mangrove forests, the factors that influence them, and some of their
Duke, Norman C., Schmitt, Klaus
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Tree Mortality in Mangrove Forests

Biotropica, 1985
Twenty-eight worldwide reports of massive mangrove tree mortalities are reviewed. Massive mortality is defined as tree mortalities that occur in response to rapid environmental change and affect all size dasses. Massive mortality occurs in addition to normal tree mortality.
Jorge A. Jimenez, Ariel E. Lugo, Gilberto Cintron   +2 more
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Mangrove forest resources in Indonesia

Forest Ecology and Management, 1990
Abstract Mangrove forests are widely distributed throughout the tropics where they grow abundantly along the coasts. The estimated total area of mangrove forests in Indonesia is 4.25 million ha, which represents about 20% of the world's mangroves. Of this, 2.94 million ha are stretched along the coastal line of Irian Java and are still relatively ...
Elvin T. Choong, R.Sambas Wirakusumah, Suminar S. Achmadi   +2 more
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Plastic litter is rapidly bioeroded in mangrove forests

Marine Environmental Research
Mangrove forests are global hotspots for plastic sequestration, particularly those surrounding coastal cities. Plastic substrata are colonized by metazoans, but the consequences of this interaction are unknown. We hypothesized that plastics are differentially colonized and transformed in urban vs. wild mangrove forests. For this, four types of plastics 
Levy D. Obonaga, Alejandra Ortiz, Thomas Wilke, José M. Riascos   +3 more
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Mangrove forests and human security.

CABI Reviews, 2008
Abstract This paper reviews concepts and theories of 'environment and security' and examines their relevance in understanding human-mangrove interactions. Scientists and decision-makers are increasingly interested in the relationship between environmental change and human security. Research on human-mangrove interactions suggests that
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MANGROVE FORESTS:

2021
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Mangrove Forests

2014
Ariel E. Lugo, Ernesto Medina
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