The Ecology of Mangroves

Lugo, Ariel E.; Snedaker, Samuel C.

doi:10.1146/annurev.es.05.110174.000351

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“…At this point the water displaces horizontally while a fraction of it is discharged through sinkholes and fractures known locally as "petenes" Surface water is reduced significantly in the dry season, confined to pools and saturated soils adjacent to the sinkholes [51]. Based on tidal patterns and surface drainage (geomorphology and hydrology), Lugo and Snedaker [52] proposed a classification scheme for mangrove forest. According to their framework, six well-defined physiognomic types are distinguishable: fringe, riverine, overwashed, basin, scrub, and hammock.…”

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“…Fringe mangroves reach 12-14 m in height and are exposed to daily tidal inundation [54]. On the contrary, dwarf mangroves develop in highly saline environments with limited nutrient input and generally they do not exceed 4 m; dwarf mangroves are composed mainly by R. mangle, followed by A. germinans and L. racemosa [52,54,55]. Basin mangroves distribute inland, north of the study area, along drainage depressions.…”

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Spatiotemporal Variation in Mangrove Chlorophyll Concentration Using Landsat 8

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There is a need to develop indicators of mangrove condition using remotely sensed data. However, remote estimation of leaf and canopy biochemical properties and vegetation condition remains challenging. In this paper, we (i) tested the performance of selected hyperspectral and broad band indices to predict chlorophyll concentration (CC) on mangrove leaves and (ii) showed the potential of Landsat 8 for estimation of mangrove CC at the landscape level. Relative leaf CC and leaf spectral response were measured at 12 Elementary Sampling Units (ESU) distributed along the northwest coast of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. Linear regression models and coefficients of determination were computed to measure the association between CC and spectral response. At leaf level, the narrow band indices with the largest correlation with CC were Vogelmann indices and the MTCI (R 2 > 0.5). Indices with spectral bands around the red edge (705-753 nm) were more OPEN ACCESSRemote Sens. 2015, 7 14531 sensitive to mangrove leaf CC. At the ESU level Landsat 8 NDVI green, which uses the green band in its formulation explained most of the variation in CC (R 2 > 0.8). Accuracy assessment between estimated CC and observed CC using the leave-one-out cross-validation (LOOCV) method yielded a root mean squared error (RMSE) = 15 μg·cm −2 , and R 2 = 0.703. CC maps showing the spatiotemporal variation of CC at landscape scale were created using the linear model. Our results indicate that Landsat 8 NDVI green can be employed to estimate CC in large mangrove areas where ground networks cannot be applied, and mapping techniques based on satellite data, are necessary. Furthermore, using upcoming technologies that will include two bands around the red edge such as Sentinel 2 will improve mangrove monitoring at higher spatial and temporal resolutions.

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Spatiotemporal Variation in Mangrove Chlorophyll Concentration Using Landsat 8

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“…Reduced secondary production in coastal fisheries could be mediated through reductions in primary production and subsequent export of nutrients and carbon from mangroves to nearshore area ecosystems (e.g. Lugo and Snedaker, 1974;Odum and Heald, 1975;Conacher et al, 1996), or through a reduced value of the habitat in providing protection from predators and / or an abundant food source for juvenile fishes and crustaceans (Robertson, 1988;Hatcher et al, 1989;Robertson and Blaber, 1992).…”

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Effects of habitat modification in mangroves on the structure of mollusc and crab assemblages

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Warren

2000

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

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The abundance and species richness of mollusc and crab assemblages were examined in a subtropical mangrove forest in Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia, which has been disturbed and damaged by the construction of a wooden boardwalk and a path. Sections of the forest immediately adjacent to the boardwalk and path were compared with reference areas to determine whether changes to the small-scale structural complexity within the forest affected the benthic fauna. The disturbed area was characterised by having 65-80% fewer pneumatophores, significantly fewer species and individuals of molluscs, but significantly more species and individuals of crabs than the reference areas.The abundance of mangrove pneumatophores and the attached epiphytic algae were manipulated at two sites to determine whether observed differences in these features could account for the differences in the assemblage of molluscs in the disturbed area of the forest compared with reference areas. Five experimental treatments were used: undisturbed controls, pneumatophore removals (abundance reduced by ca. 65%), epiphytic algal removals (algae removed from ca. 65% of pneumatophores), pneumatophore disturbance controls and algal disturbance controls. The experimental reduction of the abundance of mangrove pneumatophores and the associated epiphytic algae led to significant declines (by as much as 83%) in the number of molluscs utilising the substratum in the modified plots. There was no significant difference in the abundance of molluscs in the pneumatophore and algal removal plots suggesting any effect was primarily related to removal of the epiphytic algae from the surface of the pneumatophores.The responses by the biota to the changes in the physical environment demonstrate that even relatively small-scale modifications to the physical structure of subtropical mangrove forests can lead to significant effects on the diversity and abundance of macrobenthic organisms in these habitats. Such modifications have the potential to cause cascading effects at higher trophic levels with a deterioration in the value of these habitats as nursery and feeding grounds. Future efforts at conservation of these estuarine environments must focus on the prevention or reduction of modifications to the physical structure and integrity of the system, rather than just on the prevention of loss of entire patches of habitat.

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“…A great portion of this area has been deforested to establish farms. The remaining mangrove areas present in this zone correspond to the basin [18]. Three sampling zones were selected (P1, P2, and P3), which were located inland, with minimum ground slope and slow water renewal.…”

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