Differences in food web structure of mangroves and freshwater marshes: evidence from stable isotope studies in the Southern Gulf of Mexico

Application of stable isotopes to examine N proportions within a simulatedAegiceras corniculatumwetland

“…Stable C isotopic composition, C:N and other indicators have been applied in food web studies of mangrove ecosystems, including biogeochemical cycles (such as belowground ecosystem C cycling), and other ecological processes, as well as the paleoenvironmental reconstruction, sea level rise, paleoclimate change, paleosalinity, and other study topics [12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]. The use of δ 13 C can reflect the long-term integrated physiological processes in plants, and has a certain degree of correlation with salinity; therefore the plant δ 13 C can be seen as a characteristic indicator of physiological responses in the presence of changes in environmental factors [22].…”

Parasites of fish Poecilia velifera and their potential as bioindicators of wetland restoration progress

“…However, except for Contracaecum sp., the parasites we found in P. velifera have not been previously recorded in this fish. The presence of these parasites may be explained by the ecological characteristics of the Terminos Lagoon, which is influenced by both marine and freshwater ecosystems that favor biodiversity, particularly in the interlinked mangrove-seagrass habitat where the highest number of trophic levels may be observed [33].…”

Mangrove expansion into temperate marshes alters habitat quality for recruiting Callinectes spp.

“…1). We hypothesize that these mangrove and marsh vegetation types provide non-equivalent wetland habitats, due in part to influences of their structural attributes on habitat use and inhabitant survival (Friess et al 2012, Sepúlveda-Lozada et al 2015.…”