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Leaf-burying crabs : their influence on energy flow and export from mixed mangrove forests (Rhizophora spp.) in northeastern Australia
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The results show that an earlier attempt to measure detrital export from mangrove forests in northeastern Australia over-estimated export by at least 22% by ignoring leaf removal by crabs, and indicate that current models of energy flow in mangroves must be altered to include the leaf litter → crab trophic link in order to describe accurately the food chains of mangroVE forests in the Indo-West Pacific region.About:
This article is published in Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology.The article was published on 1986-11-28. It has received 321 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Rhizophora & Rhizophora stylosa.read more
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Organic carbon dynamics in mangrove ecosystems : a review
TL;DR: Knowing on mangrove carbon dynamics has improved considerably in recent years, but there are still significant gaps and shortcomings, and relevant research directions are suggested.
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Mangrove Production and Carbon sinks: A revision of global budget estimates
Steven Bouillon,Alberto Borges,Edward Castañeda-Moya,Karen Diele,Thorsten Dittmar,Norman C. Duke,Erik Kristensen,Shing Yip Lee,Cyril Marchand,Jack J. Middelburg,Victor H. Rivera-Monroy,Thomas J. Smith,Robert R. Twilley +12 more
TL;DR: The unaccounted carbon sink is conservatively estimated at 112 ± 85 Tg C a 1, equivalent in magnitude to 30-40% of the global riverine organic carbon input to the coastal zone as mentioned in this paper.
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Mangrove production and carbon sinks : a revision of global budget estimates - art. no. GB2013
Steven Bouillon,Alberto Borges,E. Castaneda Moya,Karen Diele,Thorsten Dittmar,Norman C. Duke,Erik Kristensen,Shing Yip Lee,Cyril Marchand,Jack J. Middelburg,V. H. Rivera Monroy,Thomas J. Smith,Robert R. Twilley +12 more
TL;DR: The unaccounted carbon sink is conservatively estimated at 112 ± 85 Tg C a 1, equivalent in magnitude to 30-40% of the global riverine organic carbon input to the coastal zone.
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The Function of Marine Critical Transition Zones and the Importance of Sediment Biodiversity
Lisa A. Levin,Donald F. Boesch,Alan P. Covich,Cliff Dahm,Christer Erséus,Katherine C. Ewel,Ronald T. Kneib,Andy Moldenke,Margaret A. Palmer,Paul V. R. Snelgrove,David L. Strayer,Jan Marcin Węsławski +11 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors hypothesized that diversity is indeed important to ecosystem function in marine CTZs because high diversity maintains positive interactions among species (facilitation and mutualism), promoting stability and resistance to invasion or other forms of disturbance.
Different kinds of mangrove forests provide different goods and services
TL;DR: The goods and services that mangrove forests provide to society are widely understood but may be too generally stated to serve as useful guidelines in decision-making as mentioned in this paper, and understanding the differences between fringe, riverine and basin forests may help to focus these guidelines and to determine the best use of a particular forest.
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A General Account of the Fauna and Flora of Mangrove Swamps and Forests in the Indo-West-Pacific Region
TL;DR: Mangroves are trees or bushes growing between the level of high water of spring tides and a level close to but above mean sea-level and the land animals found in mangrove forests include roosting flocks of fruit bats, fishing and insectivorous birds, and many insects are conspicuous.
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Seed predation in relation to tree dominance and distribution in mangrove forests
TL;DR: The pattern of differences in seed predation among forests across theintertidal region indicates that seed predators may play a significant role in determining the intertidal distribution of the mangrove species studied.
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The exchange of organic carbon in basin mangrove forests in a southwest Florida estuary
TL;DR: In this article, the magnitude and seasonality of organic carbon exchange was estimated for two basin mangrove forests in Rookery Bay, Florida, where runoff and tidal inundation in the forests were seasonal with half the annual total of each occurring from August to October.
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Tidal export of particulate organic matter from a Northern Australian mangrove system
Kevin Boto,JS Bunt +1 more
TL;DR: Particulate carbon and nitrogen exports from a north Queensland mangrove system are estimated in this paper, where the authors described the nature of the microparticulate matter with particular reference to the variation of total organic carbon, adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and chlorophyll during a tidal cycle.