Probably, the absence of mangroves during the Holocene, followed by their establishment and expansion during the Anthropocene in the subtropical zone, is associated with a migration of the austral mangrove limit into the temperate zone, caused by the gradual increase in winter temperatures. This ...
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Guyana is located on the Northeastern Atlantic Coast of South America, between Venezuela, Brazil, and Suriname. Much of Guyana remains forested land, consisting of rainforests, mangroves, and forested wetlands. On the northeast coast, near the Venezuelan border and the Orinoco Delta, lies the large...
It is thought that mangroves were originally found in southeast Asia, but have been disbursed around the world and are now found along the tropical and subtropical coasts of Africa, Australia, Asia, and North and South America. In the U.S., mangroves are commonly found in Florida. Mangrove ...
Mangroves: Biodiversity, Livelihoods and Conservation Luiz Drude de Lacerda, Alexander C. Ferreira, Rebecca Borges& Raymond Ward 1280Accesses 1Altmetric Abstract Brazil has the third mangrove extension in the world, occupying around one million hectares. These forests occur along almost the entire Brazil...
Mangroves are salt-tolerant forest ecosystems found mainly in the tropical and subtropical intertidal regions of the world. They encompass swamps, forestland within, and the surrounding water bodies. It is a matter of great surprise that mangrove floral
The upper intertidal zone, behind the mangroves, is characterized by rushlands ranging in size from narrow strips to great meadows covering hundres of square metres. Typical zonation pattern include (from low to high levels), Mangrove, Juncus maritimus, Scirpus americanus, Leptocarpus similis, ...
Recent Marsh Foraminifera from the East Coast of South America: Comparison to the Northern Hemisphere A large body of information exists on marsh foraminifera of North America but until now few quantitative studies had been done at corresponding latitudes in the southern hemisphere. To remedy this si...
Nearly 20 70% of studies have been conducted in either the Americas or Australasia, and the South and Southeast Asia and West Africa regions 0 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 are clearly under-represented in the litera- Year ture. Because South and Southeast Asia con...
Snedaker SC (1986) Traditional uses of south american mangrove resources and the socio-economic effect of ecosystem changes. In: Kunstadter P, Bird ECF, Sabhasri S (eds) Workshop on man in the mangroves, vol 1. United Nations University, Tokyo, pp 102–112 Google Scholar Spalding M, Bl...