Biogeochemistry of Marine Systems

The last decade has contributed significantly to the development of research on the biogeochemistry of tropical mangrove ecosystems. Also obvious during the last decade is the continued and dramatic destruction of natural tropical mangrove resources in Southeast Asia (Fig. 1.1). The naturally high productivity of tropi- cal mangroves has traditionally been exploited for a wide variety of purposes, both as sources of forestry or fisheries products and they have also been used for human settlement (Hatcher et al., 1989; Platong, 1998). More recently, Southeast Asian mangroves are being extensively cleared for the construction of aquaculture ponds for prawn production (Primavera, 1993). This and other consumptive uses have been...
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Biogeochemistry of Marine Systems