The ecosystem services of mangroves for sustainable coastal area and marine fauna in Lombok, Indonesia: A review

Muhammad Shohibul Ihsan,Pahmi Husain,Agil Al Idrus

doi:10.51673/jips.v1i1.223

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Abstract

Abstract: Mangroves are one of the coastal ecosystems with high productivity, and their associated biodiversity provides a range of ecosystem services. The aerial roots of mangroves partly stabilize this environment and give a substratum on which many species of plants and animals live. Above the water, the mangrove trees and canopy provide important habitat for a wide range of species. These include birds, insects, mammals, and reptiles. Below the water, the mangrove roots are overgrown by epibionts such as tunicates, sponges, algae, and bivalves. The soft substratum in the mangroves forms a habitat for various infaunal and epifaunal species. At the same time, the space between roots provides shelter and food for motile fauna, such as prawns, crabs, and fishes. Mangrove litter is transformed into detritus, which partly supports the mangrove food web. Plankton, epiphytic algae, and microphytobenthos also form an essential basis for the mangrove food web. Due to the high abundance of food and shelter, and low predation pressure, mangroves form an ideal habitat for a variety of animal species, during part or all of their life cycles. As such, mangroves may function as nursery habitats for (commercially important) crab, prawn and fish species, and support offshore fish populations and fisheries.

Highlights

Mangroves are one of the coastal ecosystems with high productivity, and their associated biodiversity provide a range of ecosystem services (ES) including provisioning services, regulating services, cultural services and supporting services [1,2,3,4]
Mangroves form a habitat for a wide variety of species
The current review summarises o ecosystem that services of mangroves due to preserving the habitat for terrestrial and marine fauna, and the importance of litter in the mangrove food web

Summary

INTRODUCTION

Mangroves are one of the coastal ecosystems with high productivity, and their associated biodiversity provide a range of ecosystem services (ES) including provisioning services (e.g., food, fuel, and honey), regulating services (e.g., storm protection, erosion control, and climate regulation), cultural services (e.g., spiritual enrichment, recreation, and aesthetic features) and supporting services (e.g., nutrient cycling, primary production) [1,2,3,4]. Mangroves form a habitat for a wide variety of species They are productive habitats and may support coastal fisheries for prawns and fishes [7]. The degradation happened can be human-induced; for example, mangroves have been converted for shrimp production in Asian countries [16,17] This degradation has led to habitat loss and a deterioration in the regulatory functions of mangroves, thereby reducing marine productivity and increasing coastal vulnerability to natural disasters [13,18,19]. Most of the mangrove ecosystems provide significant benefits for the local community and for the sake of animal habitat within the coastal zone. We focus on the main groups of animals found in the mangrove habitat: various groups of macrofauna (epifauna and infauna), prawns, insects, fishes (bony fishes), amphibians, reptiles, and birds, accepting that a review of the complete fauna would be too farreaching for this particular issue and that some mangrove fauna are not discussed here

ABSORBENT LITERATURE Mangroves as habitats for macrofauna

Mangroves as drivers of nearshore fishery production

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CONCLUSION