Avian communities in<i>Spartina maritima</i>restored and non-restored salt marshes

Curado, Guillermo; Figueroa, Enrique; Sánchez, Marta I.; Castillo, Jesús M.

doi:10.1080/00063657.2013.790875

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“…maritima is one of the most popular biotools to restore and rehabilitate degraded salt marshes in southwest coast of Spain (Castillo and Figueroa, 2009;Curado et al, 2014). Restoration of estuaries with the endemic native species S. maritima has a major influence in the ecosystem, from prevention of erosion to maintenance of avian community diversity (Curado et al, 2013). Non-restored marshes of the southwest coast of Spain are being colonised by the invasive S. densiflora, which is displacing the native S. maritima (Castillo et al, 2008(Castillo et al, , 2010Martínez-Domínguez et al, 2008).…”

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Scouting contaminated estuaries: Heavy metal resistant and plant growth promoting rhizobacteria in the native metal rhizoaccumulator Spartina maritima

Mesa

Mateos‐Naranjo

Caviedes

et al. 2015

Marine Pollution Bulletin

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Scouting contaminated estuaries: Heavy metal resistant and plant growth promoting rhizobacteria in the native metal rhizoaccumulator Spartina maritima

Mesa

Mateos‐Naranjo

Caviedes

et al. 2015

Marine Pollution Bulletin

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“…As the characteristics of the habitat influence the distribution of wading species, the sites with less canopy cover provide better foraging areas for waders (Bancroft, Gawlik & Rutchey, 2002; Curado et al, 2013). Additionally, the selection of open and semi-open areas likely reduces the predation risk and increases the foraging efficiency of wading species (Pomeroy, 2006; Chacin et al, 2015).…”

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The effect of mangrove restoration on avian assemblages of a coastal lagoon in southern Mexico

Canales-Delgadillo

Pérez-Ceballos

Zaldívar-Jiménez³

et al. 2019

PeerJ

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Background Mangrove forests provide many ecosystem services, including the provision of habitat that supports avian biodiversity. However, hurricanes can knock down trees, alter hydrologic connectivity, and affect avian habitat. In 1995, Hurricanes Opal and Roxanne destroyed approximately 1,700 ha of mangrove forest in Laguna de Términos, Mexico. Since then, hydrological restoration has been implemented to protect the mangrove forest and its biodiversity. Methods Since avian communities are often considered biological indicators of ecosystem quality, avian diversity and species relative abundance were evaluated as indicators of mangrove restoration success by comparing undisturbed mangrove patches with those affected by the hurricanes. Using bird surveys, similarity analyses, and generalized linear models, we evaluated the effects of water quality variables and forest structure on the relative abundance and diversity of the avian community in disturbed, restored, and undisturbed mangrove patches. Results Higher bird species richness and relative abundances were found in disturbed and restored sites compared to the undisturbed site. After restoration, values of frequency of flooding, water temperature, tree density, and the number of tree species were more similar to that of the undisturbed site than to the values of the disturbed one. Such variables influenced the relative abundance of bird guilds in the different habitat conditions. Furthermore, some insectivorous bird species, such as the Yellow Warbler and Tropical Kingbird, were found to be similarly abundant in both undisturbed and restored sites, but absent or very low in occurrence at the disturbed site. Conclusions Collectively, our results strongly suggest that hydrologic restoration helps to enhance niche availability for different bird guilds, including water and canopy bird species. Our work can help inform management strategies that benefit avian communities in mangrove forests and wetland systems.

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“…Planted marshes may also increase the structural complexity of the habitat and attract a diverse assemblage of shorebirds and nekton 45 , 64 . Planted marshes also provide better refuge from predation and environmental stress and higher food resource availability for shorebirds and nekton 45 , 63 , 65 , 66 . The effect sizes of species richness of birds and catch rate of fishery species significantly decreased with constructed marsh age, whereas species richness and abundance of macrobenthos increased with marsh age (Fig.…”

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A global meta-analysis on the drivers of salt marsh planting success and implications for ecosystem services

Liu,

Fagherazzi,

et al. 2024

Nat Commun

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Planting has been widely adopted to battle the loss of salt marshes and to establish living shorelines. However, the drivers of success in salt marsh planting and their ecological effects are poorly understood at the global scale. Here, we assemble a global database, encompassing 22,074 observations reported in 210 studies, to examine the drivers and impacts of salt marsh planting. We show that, on average, 53% of plantings survived globally, and plant survival and growth can be enhanced by careful design of sites, species selection, and novel planted technologies. Planting enhances shoreline protection, primary productivity, soil carbon storage, biodiversity conservation and fishery production (effect sizes = 0.61, 1.55, 0.21, 0.10 and 1.01, respectively), compared with degraded wetlands. However, the ecosystem services of planted marshes, except for shoreline protection, have not yet fully recovered compared with natural wetlands (effect size = −0.25, 95% CI −0.29, −0.22). Fortunately, the levels of most ecological functions related to climate change mitigation and biodiversity increase with plantation age when compared with natural wetlands, and achieve equivalence to natural wetlands after 5–25 years. Overall, our results suggest that salt marsh planting could be used as a strategy to enhance shoreline protection, biodiversity conservation and carbon sequestration.

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Avian communities inSpartina maritimarestored and non-restored salt marshes

Cited by 7 publications

References 65 publications

Scouting contaminated estuaries: Heavy metal resistant and plant growth promoting rhizobacteria in the native metal rhizoaccumulator Spartina maritima

Scouting contaminated estuaries: Heavy metal resistant and plant growth promoting rhizobacteria in the native metal rhizoaccumulator Spartina maritima

The effect of mangrove restoration on avian assemblages of a coastal lagoon in southern Mexico

A global meta-analysis on the drivers of salt marsh planting success and implications for ecosystem services

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