High mangrove productivity is sustained by rapid utilization, high retention efficiency and
maximum storage of nutrients in leaves, roots, and soils. Rapid microbial transformations …

This chapter uses a literature review to advance our understanding of the biogeochemical
functioning of mangrove wetlands and to elucidate biogeographic differences. We identify …

The cycling of essential nutrients is central to mangrove productivity. A mass balance shows
that mangroves rely on soil ammonification, nitrification, and dissimilatory reduction to …

Mangrove forests function as a link between marine and terrestrial ecosystems; are
important for the stability and maintenance of various adjoining ecosystems such as …

Mangrove forests are highly productive coastal ecosystems confined to the intertidal zones.
They are considered to be major conduits for tidal exchange of dissolved and particulate …

Stoichiometry of dissolved nutrients in five important mangrove ecosystems of India
(Sundarban, Bhitarkanika, Coringa, Pichavaram and Mangalavanam) was analyzed to …

Our current knowledge on production, composition, transport, pathways and transformations
of organic carbon in tropical mangrove environments is reviewed and discussed. Organic …

Mangrove wetlands support numerous ecosystem services including nutrient cycling and
carbon sequestration and storage (blue carbon). Mangrove sediments may serve as a …

Mangrove forests dominate the world's tropical and subtropical coastlines. Similar to other
plant communities, nutrient availability is one of the major factors influencing mangrove …

Many of the ecological and physiological mechanisms that permit the mangrove ecosystem
to thrive in intertidal coastal environments that are influenced by freshwater inflow from …