Mangroves Enhance Reef Fish Abundance at the Caribbean Regional Scale

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 10; no. 11; p. e0142022
• Main Authors: Serafy, Joseph E, Shideler, Geoffrey S, Araújo, Rafael J, Nagelkerken, Ivan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 04.11.2015; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Abundance; Analysis; Animals; Atmospheric sciences; Carbon; Caribbean Region; Coastal environments; Coral Reefs; Data processing; Ecology; Ecosystem; Environmental degradation; Environmental monitoring; Failure analysis; Fish; Fisheries; Fishes; Fishes - physiology; Fishing; Forests; Genetic aspects; Grasses; Habitats; Human influences; Human population density; Human populations; Humans; Information sources; Islands; Mangroves; Marine conservation; Nurseries; Nursery grounds; Population Density; Population Dynamics; Reef fish; Regional analysis; Regression analysis; Scarus guacamaia; Studies; Wetlands; Caribbean Region; Gulf of Mexico; Florida; United States > US; Caribbean area

Several studies conducted at the scale of islands, or small sections of continental coastlines, have suggested that mangrove habitats serve to enhance fish abundances on coral reefs, mainly by providing nursery grounds for several ontogenetically-migrating species. However, evidence of such enhancem...