Biology of mangroves and mangrove ecosystems

K Kathiresan, BL Bingham - 2001 - Elsevier
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 …

Organic matter exchange and cycling in mangrove ecosystems: recent insights from stable isotope studies

S Bouillon, RM Connolly, SY Lee - Journal of sea research, 2008 - Elsevier
Mangrove ecosystems are highly productive tropical coastal ecosystems which have a
potentially high impact on the carbon budget of the tropical and global coastal zone. The …

[KSIĄŻKA][B] Tropical estuarine fishes: ecology, exploitation and conservation

SJM Blaber - 2008 - books.google.com
Research on the large array of tropical estuarine fishes has increased markedly in recent
years and hence scientific knowledge about most aspects of these important fishes' biology …

Trophic transfers from seagrass meadows subsidize diverse marine and terrestrial consumers

KL Heck, TJB Carruthers, CM Duarte, AR Hughes… - Ecosystems, 2008 - Springer
In many coastal locations, seagrass meadows are part of a greater seascape that includes
both marine and terrestrial elements, each linked to the other via the foraging patterns of …

Methanotrophic symbionts provide carbon for photosynthesis in peat bogs

AA Raghoebarsing, AJP Smolders, MC Schmid… - Nature, 2005 - nature.com
Wetlands are the largest natural source of atmospheric methane, the second most important
greenhouse gas. Methane flux to the atmosphere depends strongly on the climate; however …

[KSIĄŻKA][B] The biology of mangroves and seagrasses

PJ Hogarth - 2015 - books.google.com
Mangroves and seagrasses form extensive and highly productive ecosystems that are both
biologically diverse and economically valuable. This book, now in its third edition and fully …

The central role of grazing in seagrass ecology

AWD LARKUM, RJ ORTH, CM DUARTE… - Seagrasses: Biology …, 2006 - Springer
Abstract “[F] or most of the past 50 My, Caribbean seagrass communities have had to
withstand heavy, sustained grazing pressure from several sympatric lineages of large …

Trophic importance of epiphytic algae in subtropical seagrass beds: evidence from multiple stable isotope analyses

CA Moncreiff, MJ Sullivan - Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2001 - int-res.com
Multiple stable isotope analyses were employed to examine food web dynamics in a
northern Gulf of Mexico seagrass system in which epiphytic algae were the single most …

Primary producers sustaining macro-invertebrate communities in intertidal mangrove forests

S Bouillon, N Koedam, A Raman, F Dehairs - Oecologia, 2002 - Springer
In contrast to the large number of studies on the trophic significance of mangrove primary
production to the aquatic foodweb, there have been few attempts to provide an overview of …

Movements of marine fish and decapod crustaceans: process, theory and application

SJ Pittman, CA McAlpine - Advances in marine biology, 2003 - books.google.com
Many marine species have a multi-phase ontogeny, with each phase usually associated
with a spatially and temporally discrete set of movements. For many fish and decapod …