The role of seagrass meadows, mangrove forests, salt marshes and reed beds as nursery areas and food sources for fishes in estuaries

AK Whitfield - Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 2017‏ - Springer
Each year millions of larval and 0+ juvenile fishes are recruited into estuarine fish
populations around the world. For several decades the roles of littoral aquatic and emergent …

Quantifying the conservation value of seascape connectivity: a global synthesis

AD Olds, RM Connolly, KA Pitt… - Global Ecology and …, 2016‏ - Wiley Online Library
Aim Connectivity structures populations, communities and ecosystems in the sea. The extent
of connectivity is, therefore, predicted to also influence the outcomes of conservation …

Ecological role and services of tropical mangrove ecosystems: a reassessment

SY Lee, JH Primavera… - Global ecology and …, 2014‏ - Wiley Online Library
Aim To reassess the capacity of mangroves for ecosystem services in the light of recent data.
Location Global mangrove ecosystems. Methods We review four long‐standing roles of …

The seascape nursery: a novel spatial approach to identify and manage nurseries for coastal marine fauna

I Nagelkerken, M Sheaves, R Baker… - Fish and …, 2015‏ - Wiley Online Library
Coastal marine and estuarine ecosystems are highly productive and serve a nursery
function for important fisheries species. They also suffer some of the highest rates of …

Macroalgal meadow habitats support fish and fisheries in diverse tropical seascapes

CJ Fulton, C Berkström, SK Wilson… - Fish and …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Canopy‐forming macroalgae can construct extensive meadow habitats in tropical
seascapes occupied by fishes that span a diversity of taxa, life‐history stages and ecological …

[PDF][PDF] The role of mangroves in fisheries enhancement

J Hutchison, M Spalding… - The Nature …, 2014‏ - conservationgateway.org
In 2011 humans caught and consumed 78.9 million tonnes of fish, crustaceans, molluscs
and other species groups from the world's oceans, accounting for 16.6% of the world's …

Mangrove habitat use by juvenile reef fish: meta-analysis reveals that tidal regime matters more than biogeographic region

MM Igulu, I Nagelkerken, M Dorenbosch, MGG Grol… - PloS one, 2014‏ - journals.plos.org
Identification of critical life-stage habitats is key to successful conservation efforts. Juveniles
of some species show great flexibility in habitat use while other species rely heavily on a …

Mangroves enhance local fisheries catches: a global meta‐analysis

M Carrasquilla‐Henao, F Juanes - Fish and Fisheries, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
Mangroves are among the most productive ecosystems in tropical and subtropical regions.
Historically, mangroves are assumed to support artisanal fisheries, leading decision‐makers …

What makes nearshore habitats nurseries for nekton? An emerging view of the nursery role hypothesis

SY Litvin, MP Weinstein, M Sheaves… - Estuaries and Coasts, 2018‏ - Springer
Estuaries and other coastal habitats are considered essential for the survival of early life
stages of commercial, recreational, and other ecologically important species. While early …

Beyond the reef: The widespread use of non‐reef habitats by coral reef fishes

K Sambrook, AS Hoey, S Andréfouët… - Fish and …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Marine ecology seeks to understand the factors that shape biological communities. Progress
towards this goal has been hampered by habitat‐centric approaches that ignore the …