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Ecosystems Forests Mangroves Marine and Coastal

Ecosystem carbon stocks of mangroves across broad environmental gradients in West-Central Africa: Global and regional comparisons

Study Number 96 Author J. Boone Kauffman, Rupesh K. Bhomia Abstract Globally, it is recognized that blue carbon ecosystems, especially mangroves, often seques-ter large quantities of carbon and are of interest for inclusion in climate change mitigation strategies. While 19%…

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October 26, 2023

Ecosystems Forests Mangroves Marine and Coastal

Ecological status and sources of anthropogenic contaminants in mangroves of the Wouri River Estuary (Cameroon)

Study Number 95 Author Marco Fusi, Gian Maria Beone, Nicoleta Alina Suciu, Angela Sacchi, Marco Trevisan, Ettore Capri, Daniele Daffonchio, Ndongo Din, Farid Dahdouh-Guebas, Stefano Cannicci Abstract Mangroves are critically threatened by human activities, despite the important ecosystem functions and…

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October 26, 2023

Mangroves Marine and Coastal

Decadal stability of Red Sea mangroves

Study Number 94 Author Hanan Almahasheer, Abdulaziz Aljowair, Carlos M. Duarte, Xabier Irigoien Abstract Across the Earth, mangroves play an important role in coastal protection, both as nurseries and carbon sinks. However, due to various human and environmental impacts, the…

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October 26, 2023

Mangroves Marine and Coastal

Global carbon stocks and potential emissions due to mangrove deforestation from 2000 to 2012

Study Number 93 Author Stuart E. Hamilton, Daniel A. Friess Abstract Mangrove forests store high densities of organic carbon, which, when coupled with high rates of deforestation, means that mangroves have the potential to contribute substantially to carbon emissions. Consequently,…

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October 26, 2023

Mangroves Marine and Coastal

Are mangroves drivers of buffers of coastal acidification? Insights from alkalinity and dissolved inorganic carbon export estimates across a latitudinal transect

Study Number 92 Author James Z. Sippo, Damien T. Maher, Douglas R. Tait, Ceylena Holloway, Isaac R. Santos Abstract Mangrove forests are hot spots in the global carbon cycle, yet the fate for a majority of mangrovenet primary production remains…

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October 26, 2023

Ecosystems Forests Mangroves Marine and Coastal

Buried Alive or Washed Away; The Challenging Life of Mangroves in the Mekong Delta

Study Number 92 Author Sergio Fagherazzi, Karin R. Bryan, and William Nardin Abstract Mangroves colonize tropical shorelines, protecting coastal communities and providing valuable ecosystem services. Mangroves associated with deltas cope with a very dynamic environment characterized by strong gradients in…

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October 26, 2023

Mangroves Marine and Coastal

Rehabilitating mangrove ecosystem services: A case study on the relative benefits of abandoned pond reversion from Panay Island, Philippines

Study Number 91 Author: Clare Duncan, Jurgenne H. Primavera, Nathalie Pettorelli, Julian R. Thompson, Rona Joy A. Loma, Heather J. Koldewey Abstract Mangroves provide vital climate change mitigation and adaptation (CCMA) ecosystem services (ES), yet have suffered extensive tropics-wide declines.…

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October 26, 2023

Fisheries Mangroves Marine and Coastal

Contribution of Mangroves to Marine Fisheries in India

Study Number 90 Author Lavanya Ravikanth Anneboina and K. S. Kavi Kumar Abstract Mangroves support and enhance fisheries by serving as a breeding ground and nursery habitat for marine life. The mangrove-fishery link has been well established in the ecological…

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October 26, 2023

Mangroves Marine and Coastal

Ecological biogeography of mangroves in Sri Lanka

Study Number 89 Author M.D. Amarasinghe, K.A.R.S. Perera Abstract The relatively low extent of mangroves in Sri Lanka supports 23 true mangrove plant species. In the last few decades, more plant species that naturally occur in terrestrial and freshwater habitats…

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October 26, 2023

Aquaculture Ecosystems Forests Mangroves Marine and Coastal

The jumbo carbon footprint of a shrimp: Carbon losses from mangrove deforestation

Study Number 88 Author J. Boone Kauffman, Virni B. Arifanti, Humberto Hernández Trejo, Maria Del Carmen Jesús García, Jennifer Norfolk, Miguel Cifuentes, Deddy Hadriyanto, Daniel Murdiyarso Abstract Scientists have the difficult task of clearly conveying the ecological consequences of forest…

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October 26, 2023