Made available in DSpace on 2021-06-25T12:25:57Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2021-01-01; Louisiana Sea Grant Program; Mangroves fringe the coastlines of 54% of the world's nations but convey ecosystem services, such as carbon sequestration, that span administrative boundaries. Despite their high carbon sequestration efficiency and longterm storage capacity, few countries have assembled deta...
Made available in DSpace on 2021-06-25T12:27:35Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2020-11-19; Univ Libre Bruxelles ULB, Dept Biol Organismes, Syst Ecol & Resource Management Res Unit, Brussels, Belgium; Vrije Univ Brussel VUB, Biol Dept, Lab Plant Biol & Nat Management, Ecol & Biodivers, Brussels, Belgium; Species Survival Commiss, Int Union Conservat Nat, Mangrove Specialist Grp, London, Englan...
For those in the eastern hemisphere, the most striking characteristic of New World mangroves must be their low diversity. However, this apparent simplicity is deceptive, New World mangrove species are extraordinarily plastic in their adaptations to their environment. On a geographic basis mangroves attain their greatest development where rainfall and tidal subsidies are abundant. These conditions occur in the n...