Ecosystem services and disservices of mangrove forests and salt marshes

DA Friess, ES Yando, JB Alemu, LW Wong… - … and marine biology, 2020 - library.oapen.org
Coastal wetlands such as mangrove forests and saltmarshes provide a range of important
benefits to people, broadly defined as ecosystem services. These include provisioning …

The habitat function of mangroves for terrestrial and marine fauna: a review

I Nagelkerken, SJM Blaber, S Bouillon, P Green… - Aquatic botany, 2008 - Elsevier
Mangroves are defined by the presence of trees that mainly occur in the intertidal zone,
between land and sea, in the (sub) tropics. The intertidal zone is characterised by highly …

Vulnerability of coral reef fisheries to a loss of structural complexity

A Rogers, JL Blanchard, PJ Mumby - Current Biology, 2014 - cell.com
Coral reefs face a diverse array of threats, from eutrophication and overfishing to climate
change. As live corals are lost and their skeletons eroded, the structural complexity of reefs …

High connectivity of Indo-Pacific seagrass fish assemblages with mangrove and coral reef habitats

RKF Unsworth, PS De León, SL Garrard… - Marine Ecology …, 2008 - int-res.com
Marine ecosystems throughout the Indo-Pacific region are highly threatened by
anthropogenic stressors, yet the faunal interaction between different component habitats …

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 …

Evaluation of nursery function of mangroves and seagrass beds for tropical decapods and reef fishes: patterns and underlying mechanisms

I Nagelkerken - Ecological connectivity among tropical coastal …, 2009 - Springer
Shallow-water tropical coastal habitats, such as mangroves and seagrass beds, have long
been associated with high primary and secondary productivity. The ubiquitous presence of …

Distributions of Indo-Pacific lionfishes Pterois spp. in their native ranges: implications for the Atlantic invasion

M Kulbicki, J Beets, P Chabanet, K Cure… - Marine Ecology …, 2012 - int-res.com
Lionfish (Pterois volitans and P. miles) have become a major concern in the western Atlantic
and Caribbean since their introduction in the 1980s. Invasive lionfish can reach very high …

Context dependence: a conceptual approach for understanding the habitat relationships of coastal marine fauna

M Bradley, I Nagelkerken, R Baker, M Sheaves - Bioscience, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Coastal habitats, such as seagrasses, mangroves, rocky and coral reefs, salt marshes, and
kelp forests, sustain many key fish and invertebrate populations around the globe. Our …

Context is more important than habitat type in determining use by juvenile fish

M Bradley, R Baker, I Nagelkerken, M Sheaves - Landscape Ecology, 2019 - Springer
Context Habitat characteristics are often equated with habitat function for animals. However,
in heterogeneous landscapes, similar habitat types occur in different environmental …

Reassessing the nursery role of seagrass habitats from temperate to tropical regions: a meta-analysis

JM McDevitt-Irwin, JC Iacarella, JK Baum - Marine Ecology Progress …, 2016 - int-res.com
Identifying and protecting coastal nursery habitats is imperative as human impacts to these
areas accelerate. Nursery habitats support higher juvenile (1) density,(2) growth, or (3) …