Contrasting effects in tidal inundation under varying sea levels on the ecological structure and functions of tropical marsh ecosystems

The Science of The Total Environment, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 980, С. 179500 - 179500

Опубликована: Май 2, 2025

Coastal managers continue to be confronted with making management decisions few data available and insight of the outcomes. Practical tools that can used inform on effects different scenarios changes are particularly important assist decision-making. This study has applied a Bayesian Belief Network (BBN) investigate contrasting Sea Level Rise (SLR) reduction in tidal inundation tropical wetland mosaic including saltmarshes, mangroves, intertidal mudflats. We investigated: 1) habitability site for vegetation under associated inundation; 2) probability ecological values export crab zoea blue carbon supported scenarios. The highlights that, without ability adjust future SLR scenarios, saltmarshes here likely lost open water, scenario 0.8 m SLR. Tidal decreased mangrove cover but increased terrestrial subtidal herbaceous saltmarshes. is positively affect value decreases likelihood holding high zoeae saltmarsh areas. In contrast, declined both values. findings highlight importance "whole-of-system" approach assessing inundation. Focusing only one habitat single targeted may structure functions other components coastal ecosystem mosaic. BBNs useful summarise preliminary assessments potential ecosystems, which make most informed decision conserve restore transitional

Язык: Английский

Resilience to changes in salinity and predator diversity in representative Gulf of Mexico estuarine fish predator-prey interactions

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 580, С. 152053 - 152053

Опубликована: Авг. 24, 2024

Язык: Английский

Diurnal and semidiurnal movements of two commercially important fish in a tropical bay

Marine Biology, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 171(9)

Опубликована: Авг. 22, 2024

Язык: Английский