The Energetics of Mangrove Forests

• Main Author: Alongi, Daniel M. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Physical geography.; Ecology.; Ecosystems.; Aquatic ecology.; Forestry.; Life Sciences.; Physical Geography.; Freshwater & Marine Ecology.

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 econo...

Table of Contents:

• From the content 1. Introduction
• 2. Trees and Canopies. 2.1 Introduction. 2.2 Biomass Allocation. 2.3 Ecophysiology. 2.4 Tree Photosynthesis and Respiration. 2.5 Primary Productivity. 2.6 Life in the Canopy and Root Epibionts
• 3. Water and Sediment Dynamics. 3.1 Introduction. 3.2 Tides. 3.3 Groundwater. 3.4 Waves. 3.5 Sediment Transport and Flocculation. 3.6 Sedimentation and Accretion. 3.7 Chemical and Biological Consequences of Water and Sediment Flow
• 4. Life in Tidal Waters. 4.1 Introduction. 4.2 Physicochemical and Biochemical Attributes. 4.3 Loops, Chains, and Hubs in the Microbial Machinery. 4.4 Phytoplankton Dynamics. 4.5 Are Mangrove Waters Net Heterotrophic or Autotrophic? 4.6 Zooplankton. 4.7 Nekton. 4.8 Is There a Link between Mangroves and Fisheries Production?- 5. The Forest Floor. 5.1 Introduction. 5.2 Soil Composition and Physicochemical Attributes. 5.3 Life on the Forest Floor. 5.4 Microbial Processes in Forest Soils
• 6. Ecosystem Dynamics
• 7. Synthesis.