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Stronger increases but greater variability in global mangrove productivity compared to that of adjacent terrestrial forests
Mangrove forests are a highly productive ecosystem with important potential to offset anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. Mangroves are expected to respond differently to climate change compared to terrest...
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Open AccessSources of Particulate Organic Matter across Mangrove Forests and Adjacent Ecosystems in Different Geomorphic Settings
Mangrove forests are among the world’s most productive ecosystems and provide essential ecosystem services such as global climate regulation through the sequestration of carbon. A detailed understanding of the...
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The state of the world’s mangroves in the 21st century under climate change
Concerted mangrove research and rehabilitation efforts over the last several decades have prompted a better understanding of the important ecosystem attributes worthy of protection and a better conservation et...
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Quantifying fisheries ecosystem services of mangroves and tropical artificial urban shorelines
Rapid development has fragmented Singapore’s coastal habitats and converted them into artificial shorelines, with implications for the ecosystem services they provide. This study investigated the impact of urb...
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Characterizing Coastal Ecosystem Service Trade-offs with Future Urban Development in a Tropical City
With rapid urbanization in the coastal zone and increasing habitat losses, it is imperative to understand how urban development affects coastal biodiversity and ecosystem service provision. Furthermore, it is ...
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Growth performance and structure of a mangrove afforestation project on a former seagrass bed, Mindanao Island, Philippines
The Philippines has lost nearly 70% of its natural mangrove cover since the early 1900s. As a result, large investments have been made to restore mangrove forests and the many ecosystem services that they prov...
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Mangrove forests store high densities of carbon across the tropical urban landscape of Singapore
Tropical forested ecosystems provide multiple ecosystem services to rural and urban landscapes, with carbon storage gaining particular attention. Deforestation due to rural-urban transitions may lead to a redu...
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Historical and contemporary cultural ecosystem service values in the rapidly urbanizing city state of Singapore
Cultural ecosystem services are a function of people and place, so may change as a location transitions from rural to urban. Singapore has undergone rapid urbanization after its independence in 1965, with a co...
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World Atlas of Mangroves