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 …

Organic matter (OM) tracing is critical for understanding the processes of soil redistribution
and global carbon cycling. It effectively supports ecological management and global climate …

Despite their importance in sustaining livelihoods for many people living along some of the
world's most populous coastlines, tropical mangrove forests are disappearing at an alarming …

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 …

We recently reported that decomposition (as a carbon source) of organic matter (OM) is the
dominant process in coastal waters after typhoons, which is contrary to phytoplankton …

This chapter aims to characterize the ecology and management of mangrove wetlands in the
Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea relative to human impacts and resource utilization. The …

Mangrove sediments from three different mangrove ecosystems (Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary
in the Godavari Delta, Andhra Pradesh, India, and Galle and Pambala, south-west Sri …

Increased algal blooms and loss of aquatic vegetation are critical environmental issues
associated with shallow lakes worldwide. The increase in organic matter (OM) in both …

Mangrove ecosystems may be a source of organic carbon and nutrients to adjacent coastal
systems on one hand and provide a sedimentary sink for organic carbon on the other. The …

Total organic carbon (TOC), total nitrogen (TN) and their δ13C and δ15N values were
determined for 42 surface sediments from coastal Bohai Bay in order to determine the …