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Health Assessment of Nayband National Park Mangroves and Genetic Diversity of Associated Sesarmid Crab Parasesarma Persicum
Mangrove forests as one of the most important coastal ecosystems provide important ecological and economic performance to the world, have been...
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Estuarine floodplains harbor greater diversity of orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini) than mangroves in coastal Amazonia
Variations in vegetation types in a given location, including the availability of floral resources, can directly influence the composition of orchid...
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Mangroves: Types and Importance
Mangroves are of great ecological significance and economic importance. They are of different types—deltaic, estuarine, lagoon, and fringe...
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Allometric model based on dendrometrical measurements in mangroves of western Bay of Bengal
Tree allometric equations are critical tool for understanding carbon storage potential and develop strategic policies to mitigate climate change....
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Mangroves are an overlooked hotspot of insect diversity despite low plant diversity
BackgroundThe world’s fast disappearing mangrove forests have low plant diversity and are often assumed to also have a species-poor insect fauna. We...
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Quantitative Ecological Study of Rhizophoraceae Mangroves of Bhitarkanika Wildlife Sanctuary Regions of Odisha Coast, India
Phytosociological studies were carried out by 1000 m line transects laying perpendicular to the coastline. Line transects were laid with 10 × 10 m 2 ...
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Envisioning the Future of Mangroves Through Map** and Modeling of Mangrove Ecosystem Services
Mangrove forests are among the most diverse tropical forests, and they provide critical ecosystem services indispensable for human well-being. These...
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Cameroon Mangroves: Current Status, Uses, Challenges, and Management Perspectives
Cameroon has mangrove cover of more than 220,000 ha contributing to 6% of African coverage, the sixth largest in Africa and the largest in Central...
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Monitoring Spatial and Temporal Distribution, Pattern, and Trend Prediction of Coastal Mangroves in Pakistan Using Geospatial Techniques
This chapter focused on monitoring spatial and temporal distribution patterns and trend prediction of mangroves along the coastal belt of Pakistan...
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Spatially Well Structured Mangroves Fish Communities of the Persian Gulf; a Functional Perspective
Functional diversity is one of the most important aspects of biodiversity studies. In this work, the functional diversity of two mangrove-associated...
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Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Brachyuran Crabs in Mangroves of the Persian Gulf
The assemblage structure of brachyuran crabs and their relationships with environmental parameters of water and sediment were assessed in the...
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Aquaculture in Mangroves
Ever since man realized the benefits of mangroves, the habitat has been impacted, but peaked in the twentieth century. Approximately 35% of the...
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Green Infrastructures in Megacity Jakarta: Current Status and Possibilities of Mangroves for Flood Damage Mitigation
Jakarta is Southeast Asia’s most disaster-vulnerable city and recently has suffered from severe floods almost every year. Flood events have worsened...
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Cultural Ecosystem Services of Mangroves: A Review of Models and Methods
Mangrove forests are important for sustaining and enhancing ecosystem services that are beneficial for both local and regional communities as well as...
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Mangroves as a Carbon Sink/Stocks
Mangroves are recognized as ecosystem that grow and dominate the coastal areas of tropical and sub-tropical regions across the world. The high...
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Mangroves: Ecology, Biodiversity and Management
Mangroves are one of the most productive and biologically important blue-carbon ecosystems across the coastal intertidal zone of earth. In the...
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Leaf Anatomical Adaptations of Mangroves
The leaf of mangroves is adapted to conserve water and to regulate toxic salt within the cells. Thick cuticle on the leaf surface prevents excessive...
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Prolonged coastal inundation detected with synthetic aperture radar significantly retarded functional recovery of mangroves after major hurricanes
ContextHurricanes are major threats to coastal mangrove ecosystems. Inundation has been implicitly reported to associate with mangrove damages and...
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Role of Mangroves in Pollution Abatement
Mangroves are one of the significant categories of coastal vegetation, distributed in the shorelines of tropical and subtropical regions and...
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Introduced mangroves in the Society Islands, French Polynesia (South Pacific): invasive species or novel ecosystem?
Biotic mixing, where introduced and native species mix into a newly formed ecosystem, is an increasing phenomenon worldwide. It particularly affects...
