Ordered Mortality of Mangroves under Extreme Flooding in a Tropical Microtidal Estuarine Lagoon in China

Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 109233 - 109233

Published: March 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Ecological connectivity between mangroves and seagrasses increases sediment blue carbon storage

Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 109231 - 109231

Published: March 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Inferring community assembly processes from mangrove species–area relationships

Oikos, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: March 24, 2025

The increasing species–area relationship (SAR) is a nearly universal ecological law. But recent theory has predicted that in systems with low large‐scale diversity the law should be violated and SAR flat at intermediate scales, species richness roughly constant some value typically greater than one. We tested this prediction using global dataset of mangrove trees – species‐poor group. used published tree distributions to construct an spanning local scales. found over large range scales (≈10 −4 10 6 km 2 ) was close flat, stark contrast classical power‐law SAR, which would predict 300‐fold change these Importantly, not simply equal minimum one or maximum either possibilities reconcilable theory, but instead maintained average between two three species. Our theoretical interpretation results there are stabilising niches (i.e. allow stably coexist without substantial immigration) for typical coastal settings immigrant propagule most cases too (because metacommunity diversity) more niches. Only ≈ immigrants sufficient yield speculate other systems, niche may similarly phase hidden by immigration from diverse source pools.

Language: Английский

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Evaluating tree biomass estimation in trans-Atlantic mangrove species: comparing bole diameter measurements for improved accuracy

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: April 22, 2025

Abstract Estimating the biomass of terrestrial forests generally, and mangrove in particular, is an area considerable interest. Most approaches rely on empirically derived allometric models to predict tree biomass. The single parameter with strongest predictive ability most studies diameter at breast height (DBH), however use DBH arose primarily out convenience, not from analysis form. While explains a lot variability other metrics such as or above ground biomass, its utility smaller species uncertain. Here we used measurements 302 destructively sampled trees four test which three bole measurements, basal stem (BSD), 30 cm (D30), DBH, best predictor D30 had highest mean coefficient determination ( R 2 ) lowest root squared error (RMSE) across all site/species combinations. However, improvement over was modest, combinations 1.58 kg RMSE 0.948 for D30, compared 1.63 0.917 DBH. Nevertheless, may have future it allows lower size thresholds has better overall explanatory power than

Language: Английский

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Global Meta-Analysis of Mangrove Primary Production: Implications for Carbon Cycling in Mangrove and Other Coastal Ecosystems

Forests, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 16(5), P. 747 - 747

Published: April 27, 2025

Mangrove forests are among the most productive vascular plants on Earth. The gross (GPP) and aboveground forest net primary production (ANPP) correlate positively with precipitation. ANPP also correlates inversely porewater salinity. main drivers of salinity, rainfall, tidal inundation frequency, light intensity, humidity, species age composition, temperature, nutrient availability, disturbance history, geomorphological setting. Wood temperature rates comparable to tropical humid forests. Litterfall accounts for 55% NPP which is greater than previous estimates. fine root highest in deltas estuaries lowest carbonate open-ocean settings. GPP exhibit large methodological regional differences, but mangroves several times more other coastal blue carbon habitats, excluding macroalgal beds. Mangroves contribute 4 28% fluxes. mean median canopy respiration equate 1.7 2.7 g C m−2 d−1, respectively, higher ecosystem fluxes currently balance. However, global mangrove has increased from 2001 2020 forecast continue increasing at least 2100 due strong fertilization effect rising atmospheric CO2 concentrations.

Language: Английский

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