Opportunities for Protecting and Restoring Tropical Coastal Ecosystems by Utilizing a Physical Connectivity Approach

Opportunities for Protecting and Restoring Tropical Coastal Ecosystems by Utilizing a Physical Connectivity Approach

Effectively managing human pressures on tropical seascapes (mangrove forests, seagrass beds, and coral reefs) requires innovative approaches that go beyond the ecosystem as the focal unit. Recent advances in scientific understanding of long-distance connectivity via extended ecosystem engineering ef...

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Main Authors: Lucy G. Gillis, Clive G. Jones, Alan D. Ziegler, Daphne van der Wal, Annette Breckwoldt, Tjeerd J. Bouma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
facilitation
ecosystem engineers
mangrove forests
seagrass beds
coral reefs
monitoring
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2017.00374/full

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