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Diet of the Invasive Atlantic Blue Crab Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896 (Decapoda, Portunidae) in the Guadalquivir Estuary (Spain)
The Atlantic blue crab Callinectes sapidus (Decapoda, Portunidae) Rathbun, 1896 is native to the east coasts of North and South America and has...
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Elevation Changes in Restored Marshes at Poplar Island, Chesapeake Bay, MD: II. Modeling the Importance of Marsh Development Time
Tidal marshes in the Chesapeake Bay are vulnerable to the accelerating rate of sea-level rise (SLR) and subsidence. Restored and created marshes face...
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Elevation Dynamics Between Polders and the Natural Sundarbans of the Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta Plain
The Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta (GBD) in Bangladesh exists at a nexus of stability and vulnerability, as the rivers annually carry ~ 800–1000 MT of...
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Eutrophication Saturates Surface Elevation Change Potential in Tidal Mangrove Forests
Coastal mangrove forests are at risk of being submerged due to sea-level rise (SLR). However, mangroves have persisted with changing sea levels due...
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Measuring and Interpreting the Surface and Shallow Subsurface Process Influences on Coastal Wetland Elevation: A Review
A century ago, measuring elevation in tidal wetlands proved difficult, as survey leveling of soft marsh soils relative to a fixed datum was error...
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Seasonal Changes of Surface-Active Beach Invertebrate Assemblages in Southern Central Victoria, Australia
Invertebrates play a critical role in beach ecosystems, and seasonal variation in their occurrence and abundance likely influences food webs. We...
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The Effect of Location, Time, and Environmental Conditions on Fish Use of Southern Temperate Saltmarshes
Fish use of saltmarsh varies spatially, temporally, and with environmental conditions. The specific impact of these effects on fish assemblages in...
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A Review of Seagrass Cover, Status and Trends in Africa
The recognition of the benefits that seagrasses contribute has enhanced the research interest in these marine ecosystems. Seagrasses provide critical...
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Global Diversity and Distribution of Rhizosphere and Root-Associated Fungi in Coastal Wetlands: A Systematic Review
Coastal wetlands have been long recognized for their importance to biodiversity and many biogeochemical processes including carbon sequestration;...
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Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise Varies Among Estuaries and Habitat Types: Lessons Learned from a Network of Surface Elevation Tables in Puget Sound
Estuarine systems that provide valuable ecosystem services to society and important foraging and rearing habitat for fish and wildlife species...
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Improving Satellite Chlorophyll-a Retrieval in the Turbid Waters of the Bay of Fundy, Canada
The Bay of Fundy is a highly productive ecosystem within the Northwest Atlantic where extreme tides and strong currents result in a large gradient of...
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Salt Marsh Morphological Evolution Under Plant Species Invasion
Species invasion in salt marsh wetlands is known to disturb the balance of biotic and abiotic ecosystems (e.g., changing material exchange cycles and...
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Abundance and Distribution of Blue Swimmer Crab in Response to Environmental Variation Across Two Contrasting Estuaries
Portunid crabs are an iconic, high value species in NSW, but catches are highly variable in space and time. Substantial variation in biomass is...
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Atoll Mangrove Progradation Patterns: Analysis from Jaluit in the Marshall Islands
Low-lying islands are vulnerable to coastal erosion, and mangroves, which can mitigate erosion, have suffered enormous losses in recent decades owing...
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Potential Residence and Coexistence Strategy of Tursiops truncatus in a Coastal Lagoon in the Southern Gulf of Mexico: Ecological Inferences Using Stable Isotopes
The Terminos Lagoon Flora and Fauna Protection Area is the largest coastal lagoon in the southern Gulf of Mexico and has the largest population of...
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Assessing Southern Gulf of Mexico Resilience: Least Tern Nesting Failure During the COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 lockdown opened an opportunity to assess the response of animal populations to diminished human activities. As coastal dunes face many...
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Influence of the Keystone Grazer, Sesarma reticulatum, on the Hydrology and Organic Matter Cycling in Salt Marshes of the Southeastern USA
In salt marshes of the Southeastern USA, purple marsh crabs ( Sesarma reticulatum ), hereafter Sesarma , aggregate in grazing and burrowing fronts at...
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Interactions Between Bacteria and Several Redox-Sensitive Metals (Fe, Mn, U) in the Sediments of the Yellow River Estuary Wetland, China
Estuarine wetlands are characterized by high biodiversity and active fluctuations in redox-sensitive metals (RSMs). In this study, sediment samples...
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The Microphytobenthos are Abundant and Mediate Key Carbon Fluxes in Tropical Mangroves
The microphytobenthos (MPB) are known to play important ecological roles in estuarine ecosystems. While tidal flat MPB are widely studied, mangrove...
