Mangrove floristics and biogeography revisited: further deductions from biodiversity hot spots, ancestral discontinuities, and common evolutionary processes

NC Duke - … : a global biogeographic perspective: structure, function …, 2017 - Springer
This treatment provides an updated account of mangrove biodiversity patterns and evolution
based on ancestral biogeography and extant floristics. Mangrove plants occur where they do …

Relationships between meiofaunal biodiversity and prokaryotic heterotrophic production in different tropical habitats and oceanic regions

A Pusceddu, C Gambi, C Corinaldesi, M Scopa… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Tropical marine ecosystems are among the most diverse of the world oceans, so that
assessing the linkages between biodiversity and ecosystem functions (BEF) is a crucial step …

Sandy beaches: state of the art of nematode ecology

TF Maria, J Vanaverbeke, A Vanreusel… - Anais da Academia …, 2016 - SciELO Brasil
In this review, we summarize existing knowledge of the ecology of sandy-beach nematodes,
in relation to spatial distribution, food webs, pollution and climate change. We attempt to …

Land use change impacts on heavy metal sedimentation in mangrove wetlands—a case study in Dongzhai Harbor of Hainan, China

K Xin, X Huang, J Hu, C Li, X Yang, SK Arndt - Wetlands, 2014 - Springer
When human activities change land use patterns, many environment elements are being
changed accordingly. Well understanding the links between various changes could help to …

Study of aquatic ecological regions using fish fauna and geographic archipelago factors

R Itsukushima - Ecological indicators, 2019 - Elsevier
An evaluation of ecological integrity is required for ecosystem conservation and restoration.
The ecological region, or “ecoregion”, has been adopted as a unit of geological area to …

Effects of pollution on nematode assemblage structure and diversity on beaches of the northern Persian Gulf

N Sahraean, TC Bezerra, K Ejlali Khanaghah… - Hydrobiologia, 2017 - Springer
This study is the first to present data on local (= beach) and gamma diversity of beach
nematode assemblages from the Persian Gulf. We investigated four beaches near the city of …

Use of satellite remote sensing for coastal conservation in the Eastern African Coast: advantages and shortcomings

MA Ferreira, F Andrade, RN Mendes… - European Journal of …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Landsat 5 TM imagery from 2005 was used to map (at a coarse descriptive resolution)
coastal habitats along the Tanzania/Mozambique transboundary zone. The map (available …

Community structure and composition of meiofauna over a sea-induced mouth-breaching event in St Lucia Estuary, South Africa

SJ Bownes, R Perissinotto - Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2012 - int-res.com
Mouth state significantly affects the ecology of temporarily open-closed estuaries. Breaching
typically occurs due to river flooding during high rainfall periods, but occasionally a breach …

[PDF][PDF] 福建省4 个主要岛屿沙滩小型底栖动物的丰度与分布差异

陈玉珍, 郭玉清, 刘爱原 - 厦门大学学报(自然科学版), 2019 - jxmu.xmu.edu.cn
于2012—2014 年间按季度对福建省漳州市的东山岛和火山岛, 莆田市湄洲岛,
平潭综合实验区主岛海坛岛沙滩进行小型底栖动物样品的采集调查. 结果表明: 4 …

Meiobenthic assemblages as ecological indicator of natural variability induced by ecosystem engineers

E Baldrighi, C Vasapollo, E Grassi, F Alvisi… - Regional Studies in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Indonesia is biologically one of the most diverse areas in the world. Nevertheless, its
biodiversity is underestimated, and this is particularly evident for meiobenthic assemblages …