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Among coastal ecosystems, mangrove forests are of great importance as they account for three quarters of the tropical coastline and provide different ecosystem services. [43] [44] Mangrove ecosystems generally act as a net sink of carbon, although they release organic matter to the sea in the form of dissolved refractory macromolecules, leaves ...
Jurgenne Honculada-Primavera (born 22 February) is a widely cited Filipina marine scientist. [1] [2] For her research in mangrove ecosystem conservation she was honored as one of Time magazine's Heroes of the Environment for 2008. [3]
2000 Ecological study of mangrove forest in Can Gio, Ho Chi Minh C City, Vietnam 2002 Mangrove Ecosystem in the Red River Coastal Zone –Biodiversity, Ecology, Socio-Economics, Management and Education 2006 The role of mangroves and coral reef ecosystems in natural disaster mitigation and coastal life improvement
Seventy-five percent of the game fish and ninety percent of the commercial species in South Florida are dependent on mangrove ecosystems. [5] An estimated 75 percent of the commercially caught prawns and fish in Queensland, Australia, depend on mangroves for part of their life cycles and on nutrients exported from the mangroves to other ecosystems.
Mangroves are hardy shrubs and trees that thrive in salt water and have specialised adaptations so they can survive the volatile energies of intertidal zones along marine coasts. A mangrove is a shrub or tree that grows mainly in coastal saline or brackish water. Mangroves grow in an equatorial climate, typically along coastlines and tidal ...
His academic works include a range of highly cited papers covering desert plant ecology, [8] mangroves, [9] island biogeography, [10] sea birds, [11] fisheries, oceanography, and deep sea ecosystems. One of the principal strengths and contributions of Ezcurra's ecological research is the ability to document the individual components of an ...
This is a list of mangrove ecoregions ordered according to whether they lie in the Afrotropical, Australasian, Indomalayan, or Neotropical realms of the world. Mangrove estuaries such as those found in the Sundarbans of southwestern Bangladesh are rich productive ecosystems which serve as spawning grounds and nurseries for shrimp, crabs, and many fish species, a richness which is lost if the ...
There is also a difference in perception from one community to another regarding the valuation of mangrove ecosystems. For example, in Mexico, local communities in one area give importance to mangrove ecological services like fisheries and storm protection while the other community give importance to traditional wood-based activities.