Mangroves are woody plants that grow at the interface between land and sea in tropical and
sub-tropical latitudes where they exist in conditions of high salinity, extreme tides, strong …

Our current knowledge on production, composition, transport, pathways and transformations
of organic carbon in tropical mangrove environments is reviewed and discussed. Organic …

Mangrove forests are highly productive but globally threatened coastal ecosystems, whose
role in the carbon budget of the coastal zone has long been debated. Here we provide a …

Mangrove communities are recognized as highly productive ecosystems that provide large
quantities of organic matter to adjacent coastal waters in the form of detritus and live animals …

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 …

The benthic fauna in mangrove forests is usually dominated by burrowing sesarmid
(Grapsidae) and fiddler crabs (Ocypodidae). They are herbivores that retain, bury, macerate …

The last 20 years witnessed a real paradigm shift concerning the impact of biotic factors on
ecosystem functions as well as on vegetation structure of mangrove forests. Before this small …

Recent research on Indo–Pacific mangroves has confirmed the significant role played by
grapsid crabs in the structure and function of these ecosystems. Through the feeding …

This paper is a review of recent (≤ 10 years) information on litterfall, standing stock of
benthic organic matter, breakdown rates, and fungal colonization of organic matter in …

Because mangroves store greater amounts of carbon (C) per area than any other terrestrial
ecosystem, conservation of mangrove forests on a global scale represents a potentially …