Salt marshes are highly productive intertidal wetlands providing important ecological
services for maintaining coastal biodiversity, buffering against oceanic storms, and acting as …

Advective flows rapidly transport water, solutes, and particles into and out of permeable
sand beds and significantly affects the biogeochemistry of coastal environments. In this …

Abstract The term 'Blue Carbon'was coined about a decade ago to highlight the important
carbon sequestration capacity of coastal vegetated ecosystems. The term has paved the …

Aim To reassess the capacity of mangroves for ecosystem services in the light of recent data.
Location Global mangrove ecosystems. Methods We review four long‐standing roles of …

The term 'bioturbation'is frequently used to describe how living organisms affect the
substratum in which they live. A closer look at the aquatic science literature reveals …

Mangroves are defined by the presence of trees that mainly occur in the intertidal zone,
between land and sea, in the (sub) tropics. The intertidal zone is characterised by highly …

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 benthic fauna in mangrove forests is usually dominated by burrowing sesarmid
(Grapsidae) and fiddler crabs (Ocypodidae). They are herbivores that retain, bury, macerate …

The last 20 years witnessed a real paradigm shift concerning the impact of biotic factors on
ecosystem functions as well as on vegetation structure of mangrove forests. Before this small …

Mangrove‐and saltmarsh‐dominated estuaries have high rates of organic carbon burial.
Here, we estimate soil, pore water, and surface‐water carbon fluxes in an Australian …