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<p>Mangroves are a critical habitat that provide a suite of ecosystem services and support livelihoods. Here we undertook a global analysis to model the density and abundance of 37 commercially important juvenile fish and juvenile and resident invertebrates that are known to extensively use mangroves, by fitting expert-identified drivers of density to fish and invertebrate density data from published field studies. The numerical model predicted high densities throughout parts of Southeast and South Asia, the northern coast of South America, the Red Sea, and the Caribbean and Central America. Application of our model globally estimates that mangroves support an annual abundance of over 700 billion juvenile fish and invertebrates. While abundance at the early life-history stage does not directly equate to potential economic or biomass gains, this estimate indicates the critical role of mangroves globally in supporting fish and fisheries, and further builds the case for their conservation and restoration.</p>

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Mangroves support an estimated annual abundance of over 700 billion juvenile fish and invertebrates

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    2025年4月17日

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  • Philine S. E. zu Ermgassen,
  • Thomas A. Worthington,
  • Jonathan R. Gair,
  • Emma E. Garnett,
  • Nibedita Mukherjee,
  • Kate Longley-Wood,
  • Ivan Nagelkerken,
  • Kátya Abrantes,
  • Octavio Aburto-Oropeza,
  • Alejandro Acosta,
  • Ana Rosa da Rocha Araujo,
  • Ronald Baker,
  • Adam Barnett,
  • Christine M. Beitl,
  • Rayna Benzeev,
  • Justin Brookes,
  • Gustavo A. Castellanos-Galindo,
  • Ving Ching Chong,
  • Rod M. Connolly,
  • Marília Cunha-Lignon,
  • Farid Dahdouh-Guebas,
  • Karen Diele,
  • Patrick G. Dwyer,
  • Daniel A. Friess,
  • Thomas Grove,
  • M. Enamul Hoq,
  • Chantal Huijbers,
  • Neil Hutchinson,
  • Andrew F. Johnson,
  • Ross Johnson,
  • Jon Knight,
  • Uwe Krumme,
  • Baraka Kuguru,
  • Shing Yip Lee,
  • Aaron Savio Lobo,
  • Blandina R. Lugendo,
  • Jan-Olaf Meynecke,
  • Cosmas Nzaka Munga,
  • Andrew D. Olds,
  • Cara L. Parrett,
  • Borja G. Reguero,
  • Patrik Rönnbäck,
  • Anna Safryghin,
  • Marcus Sheaves,
  • Matthew D. Taylor,
  • Jocemar Tomasino Mendonça,
  • Nathan J. Waltham,
  • Matthias Wolff,
  • Mark D. Spalding

摘要

Mangroves are a critical habitat that provide a suite of ecosystem services and support livelihoods. Here we undertook a global analysis to model the density and abundance of 37 commercially important juvenile fish and juvenile and resident invertebrates that are known to extensively use mangroves, by fitting expert-identified drivers of density to fish and invertebrate density data from published field studies. The numerical model predicted high densities throughout parts of Southeast and South Asia, the northern coast of South America, the Red Sea, and the Caribbean and Central America. Application of our model globally estimates that mangroves support an annual abundance of over 700 billion juvenile fish and invertebrates. While abundance at the early life-history stage does not directly equate to potential economic or biomass gains, this estimate indicates the critical role of mangroves globally in supporting fish and fisheries, and further builds the case for their conservation and restoration.