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Such sea-level-rise induced expansion has also been documented along the coasts of the Gulf of Mexico, southeast Australia, and the Pacific coast of Mexico (Rogers et al., 2006; Saintilan et al., 2009; López-Medellín et al., 2011). A comparison of sampling techniques in the assessment of burrowing crab abundance in saltmarsh and mangrove environments. However, in an analysis of historical aerial photographs and recent satellite imagery of the coastal marshes near the range edge of mangroves in northeast Florida from 1942 to 2014, Rodriguez et al. Hydrobiologia. Mangroves are tropical trees that thrive in conditions most timber could never tolerate — salty, coastal waters, and the interminable ebb and flow of the tide. International Journal of Remote Sensing: Vol. Funding was provided by NASA’s Climate and Biological Response Program (NNX11AO94G, NNX12AF55G) and New Investigator Program (NNX16AN04G), and NSF (EF 1065821). Version 3. Rodriguez, W., I. C. Feller & K. C. Cavanaugh, 2016. Wetlands (Australia) 21: 1–15. Article  "Considering that mangroves have been fast depleting due to shore … Conservation Biology 30: 933–949. Mangroves are also expanding into coastal saltmarshes along the Gulf of Mexico (Comeaux et al., 2012; Osland et al., 2013; Guo et al., 2017; Yando et al., 2016) and throughout the Americas with historical evidence of similar large-scale contractions in the past as a result of severe freeze events (Sherrod & McMillan, 1985; Everitt & Judd, 1989). It was found that the best practical results were produced by the Maximum Likelihood and Mahalanobis classifications although some limitations remain unsolved, especially in open ecosystems, which are common in arid areas. Tomlinson.' The impact of climate change on mangrove forests. In addition, the ability of mangroves to encroach on saltmarshes depends on their ability to successfully disperse and establish, which depend on hydrologic forces and species-specific tolerances to light levels and floatation times (Alleman & Hester, 2011; Simpson et al., 2016). Hydrobiologia. Near the southern edge of the current mangrove-saltmarsh ecotone along the east coast of Florida, a 69% increase in mangrove cover in seven years resulted in a 25% increase in aboveground carbon storage but no difference in belowground storage (Doughty et al., 2016). Mounting evidence suggests that mangrove forests protect coastal communities during tropical storm events. Hydrobiologia. (2016) determined that mangroves have both expanded and contracted over the past 70 years, resulting in recurrent shifts from saltmarsh to mangrove and back again multiple times. Ecological Economics 35: 91–106. investigated the likely effects of this increasing rate of rise on coastal mangrove forest, a tropical ecosystem of key importance for coastal protection (see the Perspective by Lovelock). Wetlands Ecology and Management 20: 197–211. Ball, M. C., 1988. At the regional scale, Richards & Friess (2016) systematically quantified proximate drivers of deforestation for the whole of Southeast Asia. doi:10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-16-00108.1. Dangremond, E. M. & I. C. Feller, 2016. Conversion and recovery of Puerto Rican mangroves: 200 years of change. Wetlands Ecology and Management 16: 345–358. These places are habitat to many aquatic organisms. Firstly, mangroves may respond to sea-level rise in at least three ways: by submerging, by building vertically, and if vertical building is sufficient and corridors exist, by migrating into adjacent wetlands (Krauss et al., 2014). Saintilan, N., K. Rogers & K. L. McKee, 2009. 3099067 Concerted mangrove research and rehabilitation efforts over the last several decades have prompted a better understanding of the important ecosystem attributes worthy of protection and a better conservation ethic toward mangrove wetlands globally. Mar 10, 2020. Mangrove forests aren’t moving fast enough to escape rising sea levels and could disappear by 2050, according to new research. Germination of seeds was examined at 15, 25 and 35°C in light/dark over a NaCl gradient. Nutrient enrichment increases mortality of mangroves. 5. When mangroves are not able to build surface elevations commensurate with the rate of sea-level rise, they are submerged and subsequently lost (Krauss et al., 2014). This is due in large part to anthropogenic impacts on mangroves, including conversion to aquaculture and agriculture, urbanization, and pollution (UNEP, 2014). Hydrobiologia. Yet, contrary to expectations, dramatic increases in the genetic diversity of mangrove trees colonizing the northeast coast of Florida have been observed as a result of increased long-distance dispersal of propagules by strong poleward-flowing ocean currents (Kennedy et al., 2016). New research shows protective value of mangroves for coastlines. In addition to all of the important ecological functions, this new research shows that mangroves are one of the largest natural sources of alkalinity to tropical coastal oceans. Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory. Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, 647 Contees Wharf Road, Edgewater, MD, 21037, USA, Department of Geography, National University of Singapore, 1 Arts Link, Singapore, 117570, Singapore, U.S. Geological Survey, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center, 700 Cajundome Blvd., Lafayette, LA, 70506, USA, Lewis Environmental Services, Inc., P.O. Mangrove species, seedling age, salinity, and the presence/absence of marsh grass can influence mangrove survival outcomes to such events (Coldren & Proffitt, 2017). Ecosystems 13: 129–143. Mangroves categorized as secretors, including species in the black mangrove genus Avicennia, push salt from the ocean water out through special pores or salt glands within their leaves. The main objective of this research was to study the effect of salinity on seed germination of selected mangrove species and the application of a hydrotime model to explain the relationship between water potential of the medium and rate of seed germination. Anthropogenic mangrove loss has traditionally been due to aquaculture throughout much of the tropics, especially in Southeast Asia (e.g., Primavera, 2006). The mangroves have long been a lifeline for the coastal communities of Colombia. Hydrobiologia. Hidden founders? Similar to the spatial distribution of loss rates, drivers are also spatially heterogeneous in Southeast Asia. Miriam Jones, also a research geologist at USGS, says since the … Box 5430, Salt Springs, FL, 32134, USA, You can also search for this author in Mangrove are woody trees or shrubs that grow in coastal habitats for which the term mangrove swamp also would apply. Five Steps to Successful Ecological Restoration of Mangroves. Although several studies have documented poleward range expansion by mangroves at their latitudinal limits in response to global warming, more evidence is needed to show whether mangrove forests in the tropics may experience range contraction in response to increasing temperatures and drought. Modeling trophic flows in the wettest mangroves of the world: the case of Bahía Málaga in the Colombian Pacific coast. Lewis, R. R., 2005. Research and surveys to assess destruction of Indonesian and Nigerian mangroves should be a priority. Saintilan, N. & D. Mazumder, 2017. doi:10.1007/s10750-017-3231-2. Donnelly, M., M. Shaffer, S. Connor, P. Sacks & L. Walters, 2017. In Laffoley, D. & J. M. Baxter (eds), Explaining Ocean Warming: Causes, scale, effects and consequences. Estuaries and Coasts 34: 1068–1077. doi:10.1007/s10750-017-3300-6. The biocomplexity of mangrove ecosystems. How mangrove forests adjust to rising sea level. (2017) regarding the importance of good engineering to achieve these successes. Healthy mangroves can help fight the consequences of climate change on coral reef fisheries, according to a new study. Project facilitates the natural reseeding of mangrove forests (Florida). As climate change is driving the encroachment of mangroves into saltmarsh habitat around the world, the ability of mangroves to displace saltmarsh is likely due to a combination of biotic and abiotic factors in addition to increases in temperature (Coldren & Proffitt, 2017). The climate-driven expansion of mangroves has been hypothesized to reduce gene diversity and cause founder effects or a genetic bottleneck at the range edge (Triest, 2008; Pil et al., 2011; Sandoval-Castro et al., 2012). Research on mangroves has yielded many insights into their ecological Mass spawning of crabs: ecological implications in subtropical Australia. Reproductive ecology of black mangrove (Avicennia germinans) along the Louisiana coast: propagule production cycles, dispersal limitations, and establishment elevations. Vegetatio 3: 213–265. On a larger scale, climate change may promote some positive gains, especially at the northern and southern latitudinal limits of mangroves, as mangroves encroach on and replace saltmarsh species in some localities, which was a major theme of the 4th Mangrove and Macrobenthos Meeting (MMM4) held in St. Augustine, Florida in 2016. Sun & M. Sambridge, 2014. Mangroves are often nutrient limited and show tight coupling between nutrient availability and tree photosynthesis. Mangroves among the most carbon-rich forests in the tropics. RESEARCH ARTICLES CURRENT SCIENCE, VOL. MMM4 represented the very first of the MMM series held in the Americas. The distributional history and ecology of mangrove vegetation along the northern Gulf of Mexico coastal region. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 96: 81–96. Although climate change is generally considered to pose a threat to mangroves across the tropics and sub-tropics, interactions with climate change processes may also lead to increases in mangrove area through at least two mechanisms. Save the mangroves. PubMed  Mangroves act as a form of defence against floods, storms, cyclones, erosion and tsunamis. In addition to sea-level rise, climate change is expected to result in increased frequency and intensity of rainfall and associated flooding that can discharge massive amounts of sediment into nearshore environments, which then provide favorable new substrate for rapid seaward expansion of mangroves, as has been observed in Northern Australia along the Gulf of Carpentaria (Ashbridge et al., 2016). We undertook a systematic review to examine the influence of LULCC on mangrove carbon stocks and soil greenhouse gas (GHG) effluxes. Nevertheless, mangrove forests are considered one of the most threatened ecosystems across the tropics (Duke et al., 2007). Saintilan, N., N. C. Wilson, K. Rogers, A. Rajkaran & K. W. Krauss, 2014. Mangroves are often nutrient limited and show tight coupling between nutrient availability and tree photosynthesis. doi:10.1007/s10750-017-3282-4. Field, C. D., 1995. PubMed  2. Contributions in Marine Science 28: 129–140. Mangroves look almost alien, with their barnacle-covered roots arching out of the ground to suspend the trees above dense mud and water. doi:10.1007/s10750-017-3155-x. Raw, J. L., R. Perissinotto, M. S. Bird, N. A. F. Miranda & N. Peer, 2017. Winter climate and coastal wetland foundation species: salt marsh versus mangrove forests in the southeastern United States. No doubt, future MMM themes will continue to tackle human and climate-change influences on mangroves through well-grounded biological studies. Global Change Biology 14: 971–984. "Mangroves are the understated habitat heroes of the coast," says Jock Mackenzie, director of the MangroveWatch research group. Sherrod, C. L. & C. McMillan, 1985. To learn about our use of cookies and how you can manage your cookie settings, please see our Cookie Policy. Establishing relative sea level trends where a coast lacks a long term tide gauge. Using models that incorporated both coastal hydrodynamics and mangrove species characteristics, Hamilton et al. Luther D, Greenburg R (2009) Mangroves: a global perspective on the evolution and conservation of their terrestrial vertebrates. National aquaculture and agriculture policies drive patterns of mangrove loss, with aquaculture being the main driver of mangrove loss in Indonesia (49%) due to food export policies. Ecoengineering with ecohydrology: successes and failures in estuarine restoration. Lambeck, K., H. Rouby, A. Purcell, Y. As a counter-balance, some successful large-scale rehabilitation initiatives are apparent, as well as natural regeneration from up-slope migration and climate range expansion. In general, this is an area between latitudes of 25 degrees north and 25 degrees south, however, geographical limits are highly variable depending upon the area of the world and local climates. Based on species-specific cold tolerances coupled with climate models, Cavanaugh et al. Rising seas will drown mangrove forests. Everitt, J. H. & F. W. Judd, 1989. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. Global Change Biology 22: 1097–1109. (2016) found that mangrove encroachment into saltmarshes caused an increase in belowground carbon sequestration that varied with precipitation, with the greatest impact observed in hypersaline, arid systems. Benzeev, R., N. Hutchinson & D. A. Friess, 2017. Effects of competition and nutrient enrichment on Avicennia germinans in the salt marsh-mangrove ecotone. Krauss, K. W., K. L. McKee, C. E. Lovelock, D. R. Cahoon, N. Saintilan, R. Reef & L. Chen, 2014. Lewis III, R. R., E. C. Milbrandt, B. All drivers are expected to increase in magnitude in the future (UNEP, 2014). These papers serve not only to highlight on-going global research advancements, but also provide an overview of the vast amount of data on mangrove ecosystem ecology, biology and rehabilitation that emphasizes the uniqueness of the mangrove community. Journal of Plant Ecology 2: 45–54. Registered in England & Wales No. Njisuh Z. Feka1, 2, George B. Chuyong2, Gordon N. Ajonina3, 1 Department of Environme ntal Science and Policy, Central European University, Nador u 9 1051 Budapest. An in-depth review on Chinese mangrove research was conducted by Li and Lee (1997). Matsui, N., J. Suekuni, M. Nogami, S. Havanond & P. Salikul, 2010. (2014a, b) and Lewis & Brown (2014). Goecke, S. D. & S. Carstenn, 2017. Hydrobiologia. B. Kauffman, D. Murdiyarso, S. Kurnianto, M. Stidham & M. Kanninen, 2011. Policy challenges and approaches for the conservation of mangrove forests in Southeast Asia. Scientific Reports 7: 1680. 7 www.biosciencemag.org M angroves are salt-tolerant, woody plants that form low-diversity forests with complex food webs and ecosys-tem dynamics (Macnae 1968, Tomlinson 1986). Vero Beach, Florida. doi:10.1007/s10750-017-3175-6. Conference attendees presented original research on mangrove and associated ecosystems covering all elements of the system from the top of the canopy to the bottom of the sea, including the flora, fauna, biogeochemical cycles, climate change, human impacts, economics, and management. Lovelock, C. E., I. C. Feller, R. Reef, S. Hickey & M. C. Ball, 2017b. Hydrobiologia. Reversing the decline of these habitats isn’t just a science—it’s an art, says marine biologist Octavio Aburto. Hydrobiologia 295: 75–81. doi:10.1007/s10750-017-3319-8. Surface elevation change and susceptibility of different mangrove zones to sea-level rise on Pacific high islands of Micronesia. Doughty, C. L., J. Growth performance of planted red mangroves in the Philippines: revisiting forest management strategies. Samson, M. S. & R. N. Rollon, 2008. Word Atlas of Mangroves. McKee, K. L., 2011. Langston, A. K., D. A. Kaplan & C. Angelini, 2017. Guest editors: K. W. Krauss, I. C. Feller, D. A. Friess, R. R. Lewis III / Causes and Consequences of Mangrove Ecosystem Responses to an Ever-Changing Climate, Feller, I.C., Friess, D.A., Krauss, K.W. The World’s Mangroves 1980-2005. (2017) predicted that the rates of spread for mangroves were <1 km y−1 for the >200 km-long Indian River Lagoon (IRL) along Florida’s east coast, which were less than half the expansion rate predicted by general circulation models that incorporated climate and species-specific freeze tolerances (Cavanaugh et al., 2015). Rogers, K., K. M. Wilton & N. Saintilan, 2006. This venue now amasses the largest collection of mangrove specialists working across disciplines, from benthic invertebrate ecology and soil biogeochemistry to macroclimatic drivers, latitudinal limits, and ecophysiological constraints to regional and local mangrove expansion. Michener, W. K., E. R. Blood, K. L. Bildstein, M. M. Brinson & L. R. Gardner, 1997. Predicting the retreat and migration of tidal forests along the northern Gulf of Mexico under sea-level rise. But new research suggests sea levels may rise faster than mangroves can adapt. 115, NO. Mangroves grow in sheltered tropical and subtropical coastal areas across the globe. Through this dedicated focus on faunal and ecological processes occurring in mangroves, the mangrove community as a whole gained a wider stance among marine ecological systems in subsequent years. 5).Asia encompasses the largest land area of mangroves and the U.S. has been the focus of many decades of published research on mangrove … The distribution of mangroves stretches north to Cedar Key on the Gulf Coast and Ponce de Leon Inlet on the Atlantic Coast, both at … Postglacial north-south expansion of populations of Rhizophora mangle (Rhizophoraceae) along the Brazilian coast revealed by microsatellite analysis. New Phytologist 202: 19–34. Story: Mangrove forests are natural protectors, shielding coasts from storms, sheltering species, and soaking up carbon. FAO Forestry Paper 153, Food and Agriculture Organization, Rome. Mangroves thus have superpowers: They help remove carbon while mitigating the effects of sea level rise. Mapping of mangrove extent and zonation using high and low tide composites of Landsat data. RESEARCH ARTICLES CURRENT SCIENCE, VOL. We use cookies to improve your website experience. Development and conservation of Philippine mangroves: institutional issues. The role of surface elevation in the rehabilitation of abandoned aquaculture ponds to mangrove forests, Sulawesi, Indonesia. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website. Rates and drivers of mangrove deforestation in Southeast Asia, 2000-2012. Mangrove species are uniquely adapted to tropical and subtropical coasts, and although relatively low in number of species, mangrove forests provide at least US $1.6 billion each year in ecosystem services and support coastal livelihoods worldwide. Salt marsh-mangrove ecotones: using structural gradients to investigate the effects of woody plant encroachment on plant-soil interactions and ecosystem carbon pools. This article is brought to you by the International League of Conservation Photographers (iLCP).Read our other articles on the National Geographic Voices blog featuring the work of our iLCP Fellow Photographers all around the world. Research article . In the Tampa Bay estuary of South Florida, mangrove creation has been widely successful, with most techniques using a combination of heavy equipment to grade the intertidal platform to an acceptable sea-level datum, followed by planting of nurse species (Lewis et al., 2005; Begam et al., 2017). In Santiago-Fandino, V., Y. Chinese scientists have conducted a great deal of research on mangroves since 1950s (Lin 1997a). Elliott, M., L. Mander, K. Mazik, C. Simenstad, F. Valesini, A. Whitfield & E. Wolanski, 2016. Ecological engineering for successful management and restoration of mangrove forests. Much opportunity exists in the natural resource community to facilitate mangrove habitat protection and rehabilitation through various techniques (Begam et al., 2017; Donnelly et al., 2017; Sharma et al., 2017), at potentially even larger scales. Lewis, R. R. & Brown, B., 2014. The aim of this article is first to describe the MMM4 conference that was held in 2016 and its focus, and then to assess the true state of the world’s mangroves early in the 21st century, including some of the potentially positive messages discussed during MMM4. Ultimately, the most appropriate working scale for mapping coastal habitats, compatible with pixel size, is in the order of 1/25 000. His research group is also looking into drivers of mangrove loss around the world. Forest Ecology and Management 257: 75–84. Fulltext Access 15 Pages 2019. Earthscan, London: 319. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 14: 307–316. Climate change, hurricanes and tropical storms, and rising sea level in coastal wetlands. UNEP. Some of this apparent reduction may be due to methodological differences between surveys and studies, though improved conservation successes can be an important factor as a number of countries have introduced conservation and sustainable forest-management laws and pursued community-based management (e.g., Chen et al., 2009; Friess et al., 2016), which may explain some of the reduction in deforestation rates. The morphology and development of tropical coastal wetlands. Aquatic Botany 89: 138–154. In Florida, rare severe freeze events have led to large-scale contractions of the mangrove range edge and killed mangroves as far south as the Everglades (Bidlingmayer & McCoy, 1978; Wade et al., 1980). Approximately 270 scientists from 32 countries attended MMM4. In Perillo, G. M. E., E. Wolanski, D. R. Cahoon & M. M. Brinson (eds), Coastal Wetlands: An Integrated Ecosystem Approach. Ambio 37: 234–240. Sediment distribution in shallow estuaries at fine scale: in situ evidence of the effects of three-dimensional structural complexity of mangrove pneumatophores. Mangrove Action Project Indonesia, Blue Forests, Canadian International Development Agency, and OXFAM. A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on September 19, 2020, with the headline 'NParks' research shines light on 'mother' of northern mangroves'. Brown, K. W. Krauss, A. S. Rovai, J. W. Beever III & L. L. Flynn, 2016. SAPIENS 7: 53–64. Simpson et al. The scale of mangrove conversion to aquaculture has been historically dramatic, with an estimated 140,000 ha of mangrove lost to conversion in the 1950s–1980s (Primavera, 2000). CAS  With the advancement of remote sensing technologies (sensu Rogers et al., 2017), it is now also possible to identify large mangrove areas undergoing chronic stress before widespread mortality becomes an acute indicator. Marine Pollution Bulletin 109: 764–771. The Caribbean islands and parts of Central America and northern Australia are forecast to lose more mangrove species than other parts of the world (Record et al., 2013). RESEARCH PAPER Ecological role and services of tropical mangrove ecosystems: a reassessment Shing Yip Lee1*, Jurgene H. Primavera2,3, Farid Dahdouh-Guebas4, Karen McKee 5, Jared O. Bosire6, Stefano Cannicci7, Karen Diele8, Francois Fromard9, Nico Koedam10, Cyril Marchand11, Irving Mendelssohn12, Nibedita Mukherjee4 and Sydne Record13 1Australian Rivers Institute and School of Hydrobiologia Current Climate Change Report 1: 30–39. doi:10.1007/s10750-017-3320-2. Mangrove forests and communities are distributed worldwide in tropical and warm temperate coastal areas. Generally, the success of mangrove rehabilitation is considered to be very low (Primavera, 2000; Lewis, 2005, 2009; Brown & Lewis, 2006; Samson & Rollon, 2008) due to a variety of physical-ecological factors being ignored, such as planting inappropriate species in sub-tidal locations where the physical environment is less suitable for mangroves to colonize and grow (Sharma et al., 2017). volume 803, pages1–12(2017)Cite this article. Global Ecology and Biogeography 23: 726–743. Modeling local effects on propagule movement and the potential expansion of mangroves and associated fauna: testing in a sub-tropical lagoon. Doughty, C. L., K. C. Cavanaugh, C. R. Hall, I. C. Feller & S. K. Chapman, 2017. The vulnerability of Indo-Pacific mangrove forests to sea-level rise. doi:10.1007/s10750-017-3201-8. Google Scholar. 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Global Ecology and Biogeography 35: 519–528. 275 p. Lewis, R. R., A. Pérez, A., D. Gutiérrez, M. Saldarriaga & C. Sanders, 2017. Egler, F. E., 1952. Because Florida contains the greatest spatial extent of mangroves and greatest research emphasis in the U.S., it is the focus here . (2013) documented that greater phenotypic plasticity in mangroves compared to saltmarsh in response to increased nutrient availability allowed mangroves to outcompete co-occurring saltmarsh plants in the mangrove-saltmarsh ecotone. Global Ecology and Conservation 7: 245–261. Stress in mangrove forests: early detection and preemptive rehabilitation are essential for future successful worldwide mangrove forest management. Pil, M. W., M. R. T. Boeger, V. C. Muschner, M. R. Pie, A. Ostrensky & W. A. Boeger, 2011. The rate of sea level rise has doubled from 1.8 millimeters per year over the 20th century to ∼3.4 millimeters per year in recent years. 24, No. Hydrological controls on the biogeochemical dynamics in a Peruvian mangrove forest. Sea level rise could lead to the demise of mangrove forests by 2050 in a future with high greenhouse gas emissions, new research finds. The rate of sea level rise has doubled from 1.8 millimeters per year over the 20th century to ∼3.4 millimeters per year in recent years. Pestana, D. F., N. Pülmanns, I. Nordhaus, K. Diele & M. Zimmer, 2017. PLoS ONE 12: e0179302. Creation of a high spatio-temporal resolution global database of continuous mangrove forest cover for the 21st century (CGMFC-21). The state of the world’s mangroves in the 21st century under climate change, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-017-3331-z. Climate Change May Wipe Out Large Mangrove Forests, New Research Suggests Mangroves help protect coastal areas from flooding and sequester more carbon than … The Importance of Mangroves to People: a Call to Action. While the average rate of mangrove loss is lower globally, this masks substantial variation in deforestation rates among regions and countries as well as the continual decline in general mangrove condition through degradation of existing habitats or replacement of mature diverse forests by monospecific plantations. For the period 1996-2010, we provide the first indication of the drivers behind mangrove land cover and land use change across the (pan-)tropics using time-series Japanese Earth Resources Satellite (JERS-1) Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS) Phased Array-type L-band SAR (PALSAR) data. They are also a lifeline for the world, sucking carbon out of the atmosphere and storing it … Climate change and the temperature-driven displacement of saltmarsh plants by mangrove trees in the mangrove-saltmarsh ecotone are predicted to increase carbon sequestration in coastal wetlands (Megonigal et al., 2016), though results vary. An inventory of the saltmarsh mosquito control impoundments in Florida. Cavanaugh, K. C., J. D. Parker, S. Cook-Patton, I. C. Feller, A. Williams & J. R. Kellner, 2015. Alleman, L. K. & M. W. Hester, 2011. Poleward expansion of mangroves is a threshold response to decreased frequency of extreme cold events. Meynecke, J. Pawlik, H. M. Penrose, A. Sasekumar & P. J. Somerfield, 2008. Answer questions on topics like where mangrove trees grow and one … Google Scholar. (2014) showed that a doubling in mangrove abundance in northeastern Florida was closely tied to a decrease in the number of freeze events, but not to changes in sea-level rise, precipitation, or other hypothesized drivers. While it is true that mangroves have the ability in some cases to migrate landward and invade adjacent wetlands in response to sea-level rise, net loss or gain of mangrove area has been shown to vary by region as a function of the local rates of sea-level rise and coastal subsidence (Ellison & Strickland, 2015), landform slope and tidal forcing (Doyle et al., 2010), vertical accretion (Lovelock et al., 2015), sedimentation rates (Krauss et al., 2010), and the absence or presence of actual migration corridors (Enwright et al., 2016). Research and surveys to assess destruction of Indonesian and Nigerian mangroves should be a priority. Mangroves shift from carbon sinks to sources when affected by anthropogenic land‐use and land‐cover change (LULCC). Mangroves are tropical trees that thrive in conditions most timber could never tolerate — salty, coastal waters, and the interminable ebb and flow of the tide. The habitat function of mangroves for terrestrial and marine fauna: a review. Feller, I. C., C. E. Lovelock, U. Berger, K. L. McKee, S. B. Joye & M. C. Ball, 2010. FAO. Proc Nat Acad Sci 106: 7357–7360. Google Scholar. Alongi (2015) predicted that the impact of climate change would be felt most acutely by mangroves along arid coasts as salinities increase, freshwater supplies decrease, and critical temperature thresholds are reached. Ashbridge, E., R. Lucas, C. Ticehurst & P. Bunting, 2016. Mangrove forest distributions and dynamics (1975–2005) of the tsunami-affected region of Asia. What are mangroves? Mangrove timber use as an ecosystem service in Colombian Pacific. Nature Geoscience 4: 293–297. Ecophysiology of mangroves. Large-scale dieback of mangroves in Australia’s Gulf of Carpentaria: a severe ecosystem response, coincidental with an unusually extreme weather event. As a transitional intertidal ecosystem, mangrove forests are also considered to be particularly vulnerable to climate change stressors, such as sea-level rise (Lovelock et al., 2015) and drought (Duke et al., 2017), where changing environmental conditions push mangroves beyond species-specific thresholds of tolerance (Ball, 1988). Annual Review of Marine Science 2: 395–416. In both examples, mangrove planting was a secondary concern; instead, these schemes focused on hydrologic restoration methods (Lewis, 2009; Lewis & Brown, 2014; Lewis et al., 2017) using the Ecological Mangrove Rehabilitation (EMR) model first outlined by Lewis (2005) and later modified as a Community Based Ecological Mangrove Rehabilitation (CBEMR) model by Brown et al. (2017) and Oh et al. Community based ecological mangrove rehabilitation (CBEMR) in Indonesia. More information: Cheryl L. Doughty et al. Ilka C. Feller. Article  Introduction. Isotopic signatures of stem water reveal differences in water sources accessed by mangrove tree species. Hendy, I. W. & S. M. Cragg, 2017. Brown, B., R. Fadilla, Y. Nurdin, I. Soulsby & R. Ahmad, 2014b. doi:10.1007/s10750-017-3149-8. doi:10.1007/s10750-017-3197-0. Triest, L., 2008. Kennedy, J. P., L. G. Aravelli, N. Truelove, D. J. Devlin, S. Box, L. Cherubin & I. C. Feller, 2016. Restoration Ecology. (2012), for example, report successful restoration of 12,000 ha of mangroves and tidal marshes in the IRL, Florida, USA, over 25 years. Begam, M. M., T. Sutradhar, R. Chowdhury, C. Mukherjee, S. K. Basak & K. Ray, 2017. Mangrove trees provide crucial environmental services including habitat for birds, fish and invertebrates. PLoS One 4: e5600. Hydrobiologia. Journal of Biogeography 44: 335–347. In Perillo, G. M. E., E. Wolanski, D. R. Cahoon & M. M. Brinson (eds), Coastal Wetlands: An Integrated Ecosystem Approach, 2nd ed. Mangrove losses as a result of climate change are attributed mainly to increased rates of sea-level rise, high water events, storms, and precipitation as well as altered ocean circulation patterns, health of functionally linked ecosystems, and socio-economic activities (Field, 1995; Gilman et al., 2008). Mangrove loss may not always be attributable to a single driver like agriculture; instead, many natural and anthropogenic stressors often interact additively or synergistically, leading to rapid and large-scale die-offs in some locales, exemplified by recent (2016) events in Australia (Duke et al., 2017; Lovelock et al., 2017a). We also thank the mangrove scientists who volunteered their time during MMM4 to work the registration and information desks, serve as guides, arrange poster sessions, lead field trips, and run errands during the main conference and workshop. Although mangrove encroachment may increase nutrient storage and improve storm protection (Sheng & Zou, 2017), Kelleway et al. Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 64 pp. In Puerto Rico, mangrove area has successively decreased and increased since the 1800s, but has expanded since 1972 as legal protections were given to mangroves (Martinuzzi et al., 2009). The state of the world’s mangroves in the 21st century under climate change. Predictions suggest that 30–40% of coastal wetlands (IPCC, Global Change Biology. 281 pp. doi:10.1007/s10750-017-3118-2. Impacts and effects of ocean warming on tidal marsh and tidal freshwater forest ecosystems. Article  Sea-level rise and landscape change influence mangrove encroachment onto marsh in the Ten Thousand Islands region of Florida, USA. As a result of decreasingly cold winters and sea-level rise, the distribution of mangroves is expanding northward and landward along this part of the Florida peninsula into coastal wetlands that have historically been dominated by saltmarsh plants. What are the ecosystem service implications of mangrove encroachment into salt marshes? doi:10.1007/s10750-017-3150-2. Mangroves have been lost and disturbed due to human use for centuries, though most assessments of mangrove area and rates of change originate from estimates from the second half of the 20th century onwards. Ecology and Evolution 6: 5087–5092. For example, recent studies have reported an increase in the occurrence of precocious reproduction by mangrove seedlings and saplings at the leading edge of their ranges, which can accelerate population growth and hasten the expansion of mangroves into saltmarshes (Dangremond & Feller, 2016). Estuaries and Coasts 39: 385–396. PubMed  Kelleway, J. J., K. Cavanaugh, K. Rogers, I. C. Feller, E. Ens, C. Doughty & N. Saintilan, 2017. Your name. In Australia’s Botany Bay, both above- and belowground biomass increased dramatically with mangrove encroachment into saltmarsh over 70 years, with the highest rates of increase in a mesohaline riverine location (Kelleway et al., 2016). However, such techniques would not be responsible for substantial mangrove area gains just yet, but a combination of better protections and rehabilitation efforts have demonstrated some positive gains globally, and greater potential in the future. Fish communities and juvenile habitat associated with non-native Rhizophora mangle L. in Hawai’i. Sea level and global ice volumes from the last glacial maximum to the Holocene. Southeast saline Everglades vegetation, Florida, and its management. Lovelock, C. E., M. C. Ball, K. Martin & I. C. Feller, 2009. Google Scholar. Marine and Freshwater Research. Giri, C., Z. Zhu, L. L. Tieszen, A. Singh, S. Gillette & J. Lovelock, C. E., D. R. Cahoon, D. A. Friess, G. R. Guntenspergen, K. W. Krauss, R. Reef, K. Rogers, M. L. Saunders, F. Sidik, A. Swales, N. Saintilan, A. X. Thuyen & T. Triet, 2015. Modelling above ground biomass accumulation of mangrove plantations in Vietnam. The cycling of essential nutrients is central to mangrove productivity. Mangrove loss in the early 21st century has declined from expected highs in the mid- to late 20th century (Spalding et al., 2010), with a global-scale remote sensing study showing that annual rates of mangrove deforestation averaged 0.2–0.7% between 2000 and 2012 (Hamilton & Casey, 2016). (2017) found that propagules and seedlings experienced mild to fatal herbivory, which suggested that biotic interaction may also play an important role in the ability of mangroves to expand into saltmarshes. Elsevier, Amsterdam: 65–88. Yet, the magnitude and temporal scale of these impacts are largely unknown. Papers published as part of this Special Issue of Hydrobiologia, entitled “Causes and Consequences of Mangrove Ecosystem Responses to an Ever-Changing Climate” highlight specific papers presented at MMM4. (2016) following the sedimentation event may have made the mangroves along that coast more sensitive to the drought conditions that followed (Lovelock et al., 2009). Hydrobiologia. Hydrobiologia. The future success of restoration attempts over hundreds of thousands of hectares of abandoned fish and shrimp aquaculture ponds around the world may be possible if the basic principles outlined in Brown & Lewis (2006), Brown et al. McKee, K. L. & J. E. Rooth, 2008. Journal of Coastal Research 5: 737–745. Ecological Applications 7: 770–801. 8, 25 OCTOBER 2018 1525 *For correspondence. The term ‘mangrove’ also applies to thickets and forests of such plants. Coastal regime shifts: rapid responses of coastal wetlands to changes in mangrove cover. Primavera, J. H. & J. M. Esteban, 2008. Elsevier, Amsterdam: 855–883. Mangrove systems are recognized as one of the most fragile ecosystems, hence they are amongst the most threatened ecosystems globally (Taylor et al., 2003; Martinuzzi et al., 2009). Sandoval-Castro, E., R. Muniz-Salazar, L. M. Enriquez-Paredes, R. Riosmena-Rodriguez, R. S. Dodd, C. Tovilla-Hernandez & M. C. Arredondo-Garcia, 2012. Academia.edu is a platform for academics to share research papers. Giri’s research mapped mangroves over 118 countries, occupying 137,760 square kilometers of coastal areas. To work with enthusiastic people and current technologies to understand and discover how mangrove and tidal wetland ecosystems function. 8, 25 OCTOBER 2018 1525 *For correspondence. This pattern is contrasted with mangroves from Florida’s west coast where low genetic diversity was caused by the lack of strong ocean currents and limited local propagule dispersal and migration rates, resulting in founder effects (Kennedy et al., 2016). Brown, A. doi:10.1007/s10750-017-3167-6. mangroves were lost from 1980 to 2000 (MA, 2005), and the forests have been declining at a faster rate than inland tropical forests and coral reefs (Duke et al., 2007). Using mangroves to stabilize coastal historic sites: deployment success versus natural recruitment. Recent progresses in mangroves conservation, restoration and research in China. Learn more. Lee, S. Y., J. H. Primavera, F. Dahdouh-Guebas, K. L. McKee, J. O. Bosire, S. Cannicci, K. Diele, F. Fromard, N. Koedam, C. Marchand, I. Secondly, evidence is mounting that climate change is affecting the latitudinal range of mangroves, including recent observations of mangrove expansion at or near their poleward range limits on at least five continents (Saintilan et al., 2014). Coldren, G. A. Mangrove sedimentation and response to relative sea-level rise. Article  Bidlingmayer, W. L. & E. D. McCoy, 1978. The cycling of essential nutrients is central to mangrove productivity. This is mainly due to increasing urban and industrial develo… Forest Service General Technical Report SE-17. In this section, we will limit our discussion to Asia and the United States of America (U.S.; Fig. We expect that, given the many published citations of damage in parts of the world for which we could find no documented losses, the reductions in total mangrove … Early drivers of black mangrove (Avicennia germinans) leaf litter decomposition in the water column. Impacts of mangrove encroachment and mosquito impoundment management on coastal protection services. Primavera, J. H., 2006. Methods and criteria for successful mangrove forest restoration. Variable niche size of the giant mangrove welk Terebralia palustris (Linnaeus, 1767) in a subtropical estuarine lake. Thomas, N., R. Lucas, P. Bunting, A. Hardy, A. Rosenqvist & M. Simard, 2017. Researchers say corals have … This influence was strongly related to forest structure; it was not until trees matured and built appreciable forest biomass that carbon storage shifted in some regions. Saintilan et al. Yando, E. S., M. J. Osland, J. M. Willis, R. H. Day, K. W. Krauss & M. W. Hester, 2016. Hydrobiologia. A mass balance shows that mangroves rely on soil ammonification, nitrification, and dissimilatory reduction to ammonium for available nitrogen. Stat: 50 percent.Half of the world’s mangroves have been lost over the past five decades. Biophysical controls on accretion and elevation change in Caribbean mangrove ecosystems. doi:10.1007/s10750-017-3369-y. In terms of absolute loss, Southeast Asian countries are heavily affected, accounting for five of the top 10 countries (Table 2; Hamilton & Casey, 2016). Predation restricts black mangrove (Avicennia germinans) colonization at its northern range limit along Florida’s Gulf Coast. Duke, N. C., J. M. Kovacs, A. Griffith, L. Preece, D. J. Hill, P. van Oosterzee, J. Mackenzie, H. S. Morning & D. Burrows, 2017. Mangroves are also expected to decline along riverine systems as a result of reduced sediment supplies, increased salinities, and higher sea levels (Alongi, 2015), as have already been observed in many mangrove systems (e.g., Lovelock et al., 2015; Woodroffe et al., 2016; Meeder et al., 2017). Based on 28 years of Landsat imagery coupled with gridded climate data, Cavanaugh et al. & P. Strickland, 2015. Mangrove diebacks can also occur in response to freezing temperatures, particularly in the temperate-tropical ecotone (Saintilan et al., 2014), but the extent of persistent losses due to freeze events are currently unknown. investigated the likely effects of this increasing rate of rise on coastal mangrove forest, a tropical ecosystem of key importance for coastal protection (see the Perspective by Lovelock). Additional losses are expected to occur as a result of coastal squeeze, in regions where sea level rises and pushes mangroves landward into areas where the lack of suitable space (e.g., due to natural or anthropogenic barriers) hampers up-slope dispersal and subsequent establishment (Alongi, 2015). The fourth conference in the series, MMM4, was held July 18–22, 2016 in St. Augustine, Florida, USA, on the campus of Flagler College. Oh, R. R. Y., D. A. Friess & B. Sixteen of the sam-pling plots were located in natural mangroves and four plots were laid in plantation area considering species composition, density and environmental conditions. Mangrove forests require urgent research, management, public attention, and rehabilitation; although when estimating the true state of the world’s mangroves, it is important that scientists present a balanced viewpoint of mangrove loss that includes solutions to these global problems. Enwright, N. M., K. T. Griffith & M. J. Osland, 2016. Mangroves are promising as a novel source of anti-cancer drugs in regulating the cancer pathways and stimulating immunity in the body system. This location provided numerous opportunities for conference attendees to witness the consequences of climate change at this dynamic ecotone, as well as a developing story of concurrent faunal shifts with mangrove expansion (Diskin & Smee, 2017; Hamilton et al., 2017; Langston et al., 2017). Research on mangroves has yielded many insights into their ecological functions, global patterns of floral diversity and adaptations to saline environments, as well as into their role in fisheries-namely as a haven for many juvenile marine species. There is a particularly active research community focusing on the role of mangrove invertebrates and their biology (Bakkar et al., 2017; Castellanos-Galindo et al., 2017; Fusi et al., 2017; Hendy & Cragg, 2017; Pestana et al., 2017; Raw et al., 2017; Saintilan & Mazumder, 2017).