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Robert J. Weaver and Abigail L. Stehno
Mangroves offer vital ecological advantages including air and water filtration, coastal and estuarine habitat provision, sediment stabilization, and wave energy dissipation. Their intricate root systems play a key role in safeguarding shorelines from tsu...
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Qianwen Ye, Cuicui Hou, Qiang Wang, Changjun Gao, Kay Stefanik, Feng Li and Bingbing Jiang
For decades in China, carbon neutrality policies have spurred the establishment of northern margin mangroves as artificial blue carbon ecosystems. However, there has been limited research on the impact of plantation and invasion on the stocks and sources...
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Yidi Wei, Yongcun Cheng, Xiaobin Yin, Qing Xu, Jiangchen Ke and Xueding Li
Detailed information about mangroves is crucial for ecological and environmental protection and sustainable development. It is difficult to capture small patches of mangroves from satellite images with relatively low to medium resolution. In this study, ...
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Stephen C. Medeiros
Mangroves are a natural feature that enhance the resilience of natural and built coastal environments worldwide. They mitigate the impacts of hurricanes by dissipating energy from storm surges and waves, as well as reducing wind speeds. To incorporate ma...
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Jinling Liu, Zhihua Chen, Yunhui Li, Danying Chen, Yulin He, Benliang Zhao, Yuexin Liao and Jing Guo
Invasive species have had substantial impacts on global mangrove forests. Apple snails (Pomacea canaliculata) have invaded mangrove forests in China. To clarify the potential detritivorous diet of P. canaliculata, the growth and feeding indicators of inv...
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Mohamed Khalfan Mohamed, Elhadi Adam and Colbert M. Jackson
Mangroves in Zanzibar have a high value for biodiversity and scenic beauty. However, mangroves are susceptible to anthropogenic and natural environmental disturbances. Although global mangrove monitoring systems exist, it is the practitioners focused on ...
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Wataru Nakamura, Kangnian Wang, Kenji Ono, Toru Endo, Shin Watanabe, Taiki Mori, Keita Furukawa, Kiyoshi Fujimoto and Jun Sasaki
Carbon export from mangrove forests to the oceans partly acts as a sink for atmospheric CO2, exceeding the rate of carbon burial in mangrove soils. Primary production in ecosystems adjacent to mangroves may prevent degassing and enhance further carbon ex...
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Che Abd Rahim Mohamed, Aqilah Nur Shahruddin, Siriporn Pradit, Pei Sun Loh, Thongchai Nitiratsuwan, Thawanrat Kobkeatthawin, Prakrit Noppradit, Thi Phuong Quynh Le, Chantha Oeurng, Ty Sok, Choon Weng Lee, Chui Wei Bong, Xixi Lu, Gusti Z. Anshari, Selvaraj Kandasamy and Jianjun Wang
Microplastics are widespread in coastal and marine environments, and sediments serve as a sink for microplastics. In this study, four sediment cores were collected from the Kuala Gula Mangrove area. The abundance of microplastics in mangrove sediments ra...
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Ming-Cheng Hu, Yu-Qing Guo, Yi-Jia Shih, Kai Liu, Chun-Xue Li, Fen-Fen Ji and Ta-Jen Chu
The invasion of Spartina alterniflora is one of the main threats faced by mangrove wetlands in Quanzhou Bay, Fujian. To effectively manage S. alterniflora, mangrove plants (Kandelia obovata, Aegiceras corniculatum, Bruguiera gymnorhiza, Rhizophora stylos...
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Rahul Dev Raju and Madasamy Arockiasamy
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. The concept involves towing of a barge ...
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