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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"Mangrove forest"”.
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The Feeding Ecology of Yucatán Black Howler Monkeys (Alouatta pigra) in Mangrove Forest, Tabasco, Mexico
<p>Mangroves are composed of relatively few species of plants specially adapted to tidal inundation and saline conditions. Mangrove communities are not considered ideal environments for most mammals, especially large-bodied arboreal herbivores, because of the low-diversity, and supposedly, …
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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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Characterizing drag and velocity within model mangrove forests of ordered and random tree arrangement
Changes in velocity and drag force on model mangrove trees within 13 different simulated mangrove forest segments in a flume were investigated. The simulated forests were composed of 1/12 scale model Rhizophora mangrove trees placed at three densities: low (3.42 trees/m²), medium (6.34 trees/m²), …
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Linking Local Knowledge and Satellite-Derived Land-Use/Land-Cover Change Information In Krabi Province, Thailand
… between development and sustainability of mangrove forest conversion in three coastal communities in Thailand. It presents a methodology that could potentially aid coastal communities in determining sustainable land use conversion approaches by considering the viewpoint of villagers. A …
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Knowing and Caring for the Mangrove Ecosystem: The epistemic life of a sustainable development NGO in the Saloum Delta (Senegal)
… composed of rivers, islands, wetlands, and mangrove forests, is facing increasing environmental precarity. In response, a plethora of actors (state conservation agencies, international organisations, local associations, and non-governmental organisations) are undertaking multitudinous …
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Modeling gap dynamics, succession, and disturbance regimes of mangrove forests
… marine flora and fauna and the human livelihood mangrove forests suffer a high loss rate mainly due to human activity. Aside from these impacts, natural forest disturbances exist more commonly in mangroves compared to other forests as a direct consequence of their exposed coastal location. Within …
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Spaces of arrival : swamp as a terrain of contestation in Cartagena, Colombia
… citizenship and ecologic vulnerability. The mangrove forest bordering the Virgen Swamp has been considered wasteland, and thus a place to be reclaimed by immigrants who find no other space in the city.
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Keanekaragaman bivalvia dan asosiasinya dengan hutan mangrove di Pantai Talang Kabupaten Pamekasan
… pariwisata pantai yang mempunyai ekosistem hutan mangrove yang menjadi salah satu habitat berbagai flora dan fauna. Penelitian ini dilaksanakan pada bulan Desember 3121-Januari 3122 di Pantai Talang Siring Kabupaten Pamekasan. Sampel diambil dari 7 stasiun pengamatan dan setiap stasiun terdiri …
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Sediment erosion and deposition within mangrove forests
Mangroves are highly productive ecosystems that sequester carbon in their own biomass and by trapping carbon-rich sediment imported from outside the forest and deposited in the forest. Aboveground biomass, like mangrove pneumatophores (i.e., aerial roots), creates conditions that facilitate …
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Classifying and Mapping Diversity in a Species-Poor System: The Mangrove Meta-Community of Laguna Chacahua National Park, Oaxaca, Mexico
… Mapping Diversity in a Species-Poor System: the mangrove meta-community of Laguna Chacahua National Park, Oaxaca, Mexico</strong></p> <p>by</p> <p>Elizabeth Kay Weisgerber</p> <p>Both field transects and imagery grid plots were analyzed with the goal of creating a community classification map for …
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Sediment Erosion and Deposition Within Mangrove Forests
Mangroves are highly productive ecosystems that sequester carbon in their own biomass and by trapping carbon-rich sediment imported from outside the forest and deposited in the forest. Aboveground biomass, like mangrove pneumatophores (i.e., aerial roots), creates conditions that facilitate …
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Using Earth Observation-Informed Modeling to Inform Sustainable Development Decision-Making
… support systems (DSSs) for two applications: (1) mangrove forest management and conservation in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and (2) coronavirus response in six regions around the world. In both cases, the methodology involves the application of the System Architecture Framework, which …
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Transforming the waterfront
… the existing ecological system and utilizes the mangrove forest as a locally produced defense system and a space making opportunity with which to negotiate these tensions. It aims to make visible and accessible a new epistemological space, by incorporating a research center, and incorporating …
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Effects of anthropogenic land use on temperate mangrove forests
… the health and integrity of these systems. Mangrove forests are unique ecosystems that play a crucial role in filtering nutrients, retaining pollutants, and sequestering carbon. However, to what extent they are impacted by an intensification of human pressures is unclear and empirical …
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Mangroves, fisheries and community livelihoods
Mangroves are thought to provide vital ecosystem services to coastal fishing communities through the enhancement of fisheries production. Ongoing loss of mangrove extent globally is therefore of societal concern given that communities living near mangroves rely on mangrove-fishing for income and …
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Effects of pollution on marine crustaceans in Qatari waters : a baseline survey and a case study on genotoxicity indicators in an endemic shrimp
… khori which inhabits the Avicenna marina mangrove forest at Al-Khor, Qatar. The order of the heavy metal concentrations for the three species was Zn > Cu > As > Fe > Mn > Pb > Cr > Cd > Co > Ni > V for P. pelagicus, Zn > Fe > Cu > As > Cd > Mn > Ni > Cr > V > Pb > Co for B. Amphitrite and …
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Keanekaragaman mangrove di Pantai Kecamatan Panggungrejo Kota Pasuruan
INDONESIA: Mangrove mempunyai ciri khas dan unik yang hidup pada daerah yang dipengaruhi oleh pasang surut air laut. Kawasan hutan mangrove sangat berpotensi untuk diteliti keanekaragamannya.Kecamatan Panggungrejo terletak di Kota Pasuruan yang terdapat tempat pelabuhan dan terdapat beberapa …
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Remote sensing for developing an operational monitoring scheme for the Sundarban Reserved Forest, Bangladesh <engl.>
Sundarban Reserved Forest in Bangladesh is playing a significant role in local and national economy and is providing protection to the coastline as well as to the indigenous people. During the past decades and also in recent time this forest was heavily disturbed by human intervention in many …
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The evolution of tidal coastal landscapes and the controls on pathways to equilibrium
… observation of an estuarine shoal covered with mangroves, and a calibrated and validated model with field data in order to explore how different components of tidal environments influence the short and long-term dynamics of tidal lagoons. The idealised modelling specifically focused on the roles …
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