Coastal zone is of great importance in the provision of various valuable ecosystem services.
However, it is also sensitive and vulnerable to environmental changes due to high human …

Tropical coastal waters are highly dynamic and amongst the most biogeochemical active
zones in the ocean. This review compares nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) cycles in …

Mangrove ecosystems store large amounts of'Blue Carbon', in particular in the sediment.
Research in the past decade has emphasized the quantitative significance of carbon …

This chapter assesses the response of mangrove ecosystems to possible outcomes of
climate change, with regard to the following categories:(i) distribution, diversity, and …

Mangrove forests suffer from large-scale conversion into pond aquaculture worldwide.
However, rarely can the detailed development of these changes and the consequences for …

Efficient nutrient cycling through decomposition of leaf litter often regulates the high
productivity and subsequent carbon sequestration of mangrove ecosystems along the land …

Abstract The Marapanim River estuary (MRE) is part of the Amazon estuarine system
located in northern Brazil, which is characterized as having extensive mangrove forests …

As with other emerging economies, the rapid economic development of Indonesia has led to
a migration towards the cities. The coastal megacity Jakarta is one of the largest urban …

Nutrient dynamics based on field observations made along the eastern Hainan Island during
the period 2006–2009 were investigated to understand nutrient biogeochemical processes …

In times of strongly increasing human uses of coastal zones estuaries deserve and do gain
more attention in science and the public because of their extraordinary character in terms of …