The Energetics of Mangrove Forests
The Energetics of Mangrove Forests
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10.1007/978-1-4020-4271-3
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2009-01
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D. Alongi
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D. Alongi
尽管热带红树林对生活在世界上人口最多的一些沿着海岸线上的许多人维持生计至关重要，但它们正在以惊人的速度消失。这些潮汐生态系统位于陆地和海洋之间的重要位置，提供了宝贵的生态和经济资源，是许多生物体的重要育苗场和繁殖地，也是木材和传统食品和药物的可再生来源。也许最重要的是，它们是沉积物、污染物、碳和营养物的积聚场所，并为防止海岸侵蚀提供了重要的保护。这本书介绍了红树林森林生态系统的功能概述;他们如何生活和生长在热带海洋的边缘，他们如何发挥关键作用，沿着世界上大多数热带海岸，以及他们的未来可能会在一个受气候变化影响的世界。为了进一步了解这些动态森林在生态系统功能中的作用，并作为制定养护和可持续利用及管理这些森林的适当战略的第一步，这种注重进程的办法是必要的。该书将为红树林生态学研究者提供宝贵的资源，也为资源管理者提供参考。
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 rate. Occupying a crucial place between land and sea, these tidal ecosystems provide a valuable ecological and economic resource as important nursery grounds and breeding sites for many organisms, and as a renewable source of wood and traditional foods and medicines. Perhaps most importantly, they are accumulation sites for sediment, contaminants, carbon and nutrients, and offer significant protection against coastal erosion. This book presents a functional overview of mangrove forest ecosystems; how they live and grow at the edge of tropical seas, how they play a critical role along most of the world’s tropical coasts, and how their future might look in a world affected by climate change. Such a process-oriented approach is necessary in order to further understand the role of these dynamic forests in ecosystem function, and as a first step towards developing adequate strategies for their conservation and sustainable use and management. The book will provide a valuable resource for researchers in mangrove ecology as well as reference for resource managers.