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What are urban mangroves?

open access: yesEDIS, 2022
Urban mangroves are mangroves located in cities and residential areas. While urban mangroves may be highly impacted by humans, they continue to provide important ecosystem services, or benefits to society. In fact, due to their location, more people may
Gabriela Reyes   +2 more
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Ecological Role of Bacteria Involved in the Biogeochemical Cycles of Mangroves Based on Functional Genes Detected through GeoChip 5.0

open access: yesmSphere, 2022
Mangroves provide a variety of ecosystem services and contribute greatly to the global biogeochemical cycle. Microorganisms play important roles in biogeochemical cycles and maintain the dynamic balance of mangroves. However, the roles of bacteria in the
Shanshan Meng   +6 more
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Coastal Protection Using Integration of Mangroves with Floating Barges: An Innovative Concept

open access: yesJournal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2022
Mangroves and moored barges are used individually for coastal protection and beach restoration. This conceptual paper discusses about the integration of mangroves with moored floating barges for coastal protection.
Rahul Dev Raju, Madasamy Arockiasamy
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Brazilian Mangroves: Blue Carbon Hotspots of National and Global Relevance to Natural Climate Solutions

open access: yesFrontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2022
Mangroves are known for large carbon stocks and high sequestration rates in biomass and soils, making these intertidal wetlands a cost-effective strategy for some nations to compensate for a portion of their carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.
Andre S. Rovai   +3 more
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Utilization of Sentinel-2 Imagery in Mapping the Distribution and Estimation of Mangroves' Carbon Stocks in Bengkulu City

open access: yesGeosfera Indonesia, 2022
The mangroves' aboveground biomass significantly contributes to the global carbon cycle or economic and ecological values. This makes knowledge about the spatial extent of the mangroves indispensable for policymakers. The sequence of mangroves’ condition
Ayub Sugara   +9 more
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MAPPING SPATIOTEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION OF MANGROVES IN MAFIA ISLAND IN TANZANIA USING LANDSAT IMAGERY [PDF]

open access: yesThe International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2018
Mangroves are important for survival of coastal communities as they provide ecosystem services that support coastal population and their livelihoods. Most coastal communities largely depend on ecosystem services provided by mangroves such as fuel wood ...
J. S. Mayunga, G. A. Uhinga
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Ruminant keeping around mangrove forests in Benin (West Africa): herders’ perceptions of threats and opportunities for conservation of mangroves

open access: yesDiscover Sustainability, 2022
In the Republic of Benin, mangroves are an essential resource for the coastal populations who use them for firewood, salt production, and ruminant feeding. However, little information exists on livestock keepers’ particular threats to mangroves.
Bidossessi Syntiche Chiméi Mérimée Ahouangan   +5 more
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Carbon stock in different ecological types of mangroves in a karstic region (Yucatan, México): an opportunity to avoid site scale emissions

open access: yesFrontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2023
Mangroves are coastal ecosystems recognized by their capacity to store organic carbon, even more so than tropical and temperate forests. Therefore, they contribute to the local adaptation and mitigation of climate change.
Siuling Cinco-Castro   +7 more
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Sediment Carbon Stock in Natural and Transplanted Mangroves in Bahrain, Arabian Gulf

open access: yesLand, 2023
Mangroves in the Arabian Gulf provide several biological, ecological, and environmental services. They are also considered among the largest carbon sinks. However, mangroves along the coastlines of the Arabian Gulf have degraded in recent decades, mainly
Humood Abdulla Naser
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Mapping and Identification of Mangrove in Coastal Area of Wongsorejo District

open access: yesJournal of Aquaculture Science, 2021
The northern to southern of Banyuwangi there have the stretches of mangrove, nevertheless  only a few of mangrove locations have been identified and mapped based the type and extent of the mangroves.
Shinta Hiflina Yuniari
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