The mangroves of Africa: A review

G Naidoo - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2023 - Elsevier
Mangroves are highly productive, dynamic ecosystems that occur in intertidal areas in
tropical and temperate regions. These woody trees or shrubs are important because of their …

Exploring the mangrove fruit: From the phytochemicals to functional food development and the current progress in the Middle East

F Budiyanto, EA Alhomaidi, AE Mohammed… - Marine Drugs, 2022 - mdpi.com
Nowadays, the logarithmic production of existing well-known food materials is unable to
keep up with the demand caused by the exponential growth of the human population in …

Mangrove distribution and afforestation potential in the Red Sea

J Blanco-Sacristán, K Johansen, CM Duarte… - Science of the total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Mangrove ecosystems represent one of the most effective natural environments for fixing
and storing carbon (C). Mangroves also offer significant co-benefits, serving as nurseries for …

Bioturbation intensity modifies the sediment microbiome and biochemistry and supports plant growth in an arid mangrove system

M Fusi, JM Booth, R Marasco, G Merlino… - Microbiology …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
In intertidal systems, the type and role of interactions among sediment microorganisms,
animals, plants and abiotic factors are complex and not well understood. Such interactions …

Mangrove above-ground biomass and carbon stock in the Karimunjawa-Kemujan Islands estimated from unmanned aerial vehicle-imagery

A Wirasatriya, R Pribadi, SB Iryanthony, L Maslukah… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Blue carbon ecosystems in the Karimunjawa Islands may play a vital role in absorbing and
storing the releasing carbon from the Java Sea. The present study investigated mangrove …

Regulatory role of sesarmid crabs in nutrient dynamics and implications for the productivity of mangroves

X Gao, JD Gaitan-Espitia, SY Lee - Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 2024 - Elsevier
The ecological role of brachyuran crabs in mangroves has been extensively studied, but
their role as mediators of biogeochemical processes of essential nutrients remains unclear …

Spatial variations in element concentrations in Saudi Arabian Red Sea Mangrove and Seagrass ecosystems: a comparative analysis for bioindicator selection

C Cai, A Anton, CM Duarte, S Agusti - Earth Systems and Environment, 2024 - Springer
Abstract The Red Sea supports a diverse array of macrophyte species, including mangroves
and seagrasses. Our study quantified the concentrations of 22 common elements, including …

Salinity‐induced limits to mangrove canopy height

S Perri, M Detto, A Porporato… - Global Ecology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Mangrove canopy height is a key metric to assess tidal forests' resilience in the face of
climate change. In terrestrial forests, tree height is primarily determined by water availability …

Insights into the cultivable bacterial fraction of sediments from the Red Sea mangroves and physiological, chemotaxonomic, and genomic characterization of …

FO Sefrji, R Marasco, G Michoud, KA Seferji… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Mangrove forests are dynamic and productive ecosystems rich in microbial diversity; it has
been estimated that microbial cells in the mangrove sediments constitute up to 91% of the …

Nutrient and physicochemical properties as potential causes of stress in mangroves of the central Red Sea

AB Alhassan, MO Aljahdali - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Mangrove ecosystems are some of the most productive and important sinks for sediment
globally. Recently, there has been an increasing interest in possible causes of stress in …