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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Mangrove ecosystems"”.
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Carbon Sequestration in Tidal Salt Marshes and Mangrove Ecosystems
… carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide, these ecosystems maintain high performance in offsetting significant amounts of atmospheric carbon. This paper investigated the carbon sequestration capacity of coastal wetland ecosystems summarizing the environmental conditions and factors associated …
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Is The Exotic Brazilian Pepper, Schinus Terebinthifolius, A Threat To Mangrove Ecosystems In Florida?
Mangrove ecosystems are critical to Florida, providing economic resources to humans, and untold ecological resources to estuarine organisms. In Florida's estuaries, mangrove ecosystems have suffered significant losses due to natural and human disturbances; these disturbances potentially leave …
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Mangrove ecosystem dynamics and clearance impacts
Despite rapid declines in global mangrove ecosystem area, temperate mangrove ecosystems in New Zealand have increased in area in recent decades. Mangrove clearance is increasingly being used as a strategy to manage this expansion. One of the aims of mangrove clearance is to return sandflat habitats …
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Effects of anthropogenic land use on temperate mangrove forests
Coastal ecosystems worldwide are facing unprecedented challenges due to ever increasing human activities, resulting in increased land-derived stressors that can threaten the health and integrity of these systems. Mangrove forests are unique ecosystems that play a crucial role in filtering …
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Carbon and nitrogen cycling in vegetated coastal ecosystems
Coastal ecosystems comprise a relatively small area of the ocean, yet they play a disproportionate role in greenhouse gas (carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and nitrous oxide (N2O)) and nutrient cycling. Vegetated coastal ecosystems (e.g., mangroves, salt marshes, and seagrasses) are key drivers …
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The role of insect leaf herbivory on the mangroves Avicennia marina and Rhizophora stylosa
… and the insect herbivore community on two common mangrove species – Avicennia marina and Rhizophora stylosa, at two sites near Townsville, northern Queensland. Despite its widely recognised importance in other forested ecosystems, the role of insect herbivory in mangrove ecosystems is often …
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Historical mapping and monitoring of the mangrove forests of Ambergris Caye (Belize) using multi-date Landsat imagery: a twenty-six year history
… Caye has led to an increased pressure on the mangrove ecosystems due to the direct removal of mangrove habitat and replacing it with sewage ponds and infilling for roads, housing units and hotels. Decisions on environmental policies are hard to make and are compounded when there is a lack of …
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Keanekaragaman tumbuhan mangrove di Pantai Selatan Kabupaten Sampang Madura
INDONESIA: Mangrove merupakan karakteristik dari bentuk tanaman pantai, estuari atau muara sungai, dan delta di tempat yang terlindung daerah tropis dan sub tropis. Dengan demikian maka tumbuhan mangrove merupakan ekosistem yang terdapat di antara daratan dan lautan dan pada kondisi yang sesuai …
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Os valores sociais, económicos e ambientais atribuídos aos ecossistemas dos mangais nas zonas urbanas: caso do Mangal da Zona da Costa do Sol, Cidade de Maputo
Esta dissertação estuda os valores sociais, económicos e ambientais atribuídos aos ecossistemas dos mangais nas zonas urbanas. O estudo foi realizado no mangal da Costa do Sol, no Município da cidade de Maputo. Os valores do ecossistema do mangal são manifestados com base nos serviços …