Mangrove forests have long been considered one of the world’s most threatened ecosystems.This is despite their importance as a social-ecological system due to the ecosystem goods and benefits they provide to coastal ...Mangrove forests have long been considered one of the world’s most threatened ecosystems.This is despite their importance as a social-ecological system due to the ecosystem goods and benefits they provide to coastal communities,from the provision of food and fuel,to coastal protection and pollutant assimilation,to cultural ecosystem services such as recreation and spiritual value.展开更多
Inter-related and spatially variable climate change factors including sea level rise,increased storminess,altered precipitation regime and increasing temperature are impacting mangroves at re-gional scales.This review...Inter-related and spatially variable climate change factors including sea level rise,increased storminess,altered precipitation regime and increasing temperature are impacting mangroves at re-gional scales.This review highlights extreme regional variation in climate change threats and impacts,and how these factors impact the structure of mangrove communities,their biodiversity and geo-morphological setting.All these factors interplay to determine spatially variable resiliency to climate change impacts,and because mangroves are varied in type and geographical location,these systems are good models for understanding such interactions at different scales.Sea level rise is likely to in-fluence mangroves in all regions although local impacts are likely to be more varied.Changes in the frequency and intensity of storminess are likely to have a greater impact on N and Central America,Asia,Australia,and East Africa than West Africa and S.America.This review also highlights the nu-merous geographical knowledge gaps of climate change impacts,with some regions particularly understudied(e.g.,Africa and the Middle East).While there has been a recent drive to address these knowledge gaps especially in South America and Asia,further research is required to allow research-ers to tease apart the processes that influence both vulnerability and resilience to climate change.A more globally representative view of mangroves would allow us to better understand the importance of mangrove type and landscape setting in determining system resiliency to future climate change.展开更多
文摘Mangrove forests have long been considered one of the world’s most threatened ecosystems.This is despite their importance as a social-ecological system due to the ecosystem goods and benefits they provide to coastal communities,from the provision of food and fuel,to coastal protection and pollutant assimilation,to cultural ecosystem services such as recreation and spiritual value.
基金RDW acknowledges the Rising Stars Initiative(University of Brighton),the Federal University of Para,Federal University of Parana,Federal University of Ceara,and the Federal University of São Paulo for funding and logistical support in sea level rise vul-nerability analysis in South America.DAF acknowl-edges the Asia Pacific Network for Global Change Research(ARCP2014-14NMY(B&ES))the National University of Singapore(R-109-000-141-133/R-109-000-184-720/R-109-000-158-646)who have funded sea level rise vulnerability monitoring for several sites in South east Asia.RHD is supported by the U.S.Geological Survey’s Ecosystems Mission Area.RAM acknowledges the USDA Forest Service Pacific South West Research Station and the U.S.Agency for International Development,who have funded sea level rise vulner-ability monitoring for several sites in South east Asia and the western Pacific.
文摘Inter-related and spatially variable climate change factors including sea level rise,increased storminess,altered precipitation regime and increasing temperature are impacting mangroves at re-gional scales.This review highlights extreme regional variation in climate change threats and impacts,and how these factors impact the structure of mangrove communities,their biodiversity and geo-morphological setting.All these factors interplay to determine spatially variable resiliency to climate change impacts,and because mangroves are varied in type and geographical location,these systems are good models for understanding such interactions at different scales.Sea level rise is likely to in-fluence mangroves in all regions although local impacts are likely to be more varied.Changes in the frequency and intensity of storminess are likely to have a greater impact on N and Central America,Asia,Australia,and East Africa than West Africa and S.America.This review also highlights the nu-merous geographical knowledge gaps of climate change impacts,with some regions particularly understudied(e.g.,Africa and the Middle East).While there has been a recent drive to address these knowledge gaps especially in South America and Asia,further research is required to allow research-ers to tease apart the processes that influence both vulnerability and resilience to climate change.A more globally representative view of mangroves would allow us to better understand the importance of mangrove type and landscape setting in determining system resiliency to future climate change.
