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Understanding the drivers of seagrass loss in Kenya Evidence for the impacts of population and fishing

A Review of Seagrass Cover, Status and Trends in Africa

Rawls in the mangrove: Perceptions of justice in nature-based solutions projects

Where to fish in the forest? Tree characteristics and contiguous seagrass features predict mangrove forest quality for fishes and crustaceans 

When nature needs a helping hand: Different levels of human intervention for mangrove (re-)establishment

Captializing on the global financial interest in blue carbon

Stocks and productivity of dead wood in mangrove forests: a systematic literature review

ECO22 SI2 Coastal Blue Carbon

The future of blue carbon science

Facilitation in mangrove ecosystems

Rapid losses of surface elevation following tree girdling and cutting in tropical mangroves

Identifying knowledge gaps hampering application of intertidal habitats in coastal protection: Opportunities & steps to take

Between a rock and a hard place: Environmental and engineering considerations when designing coastal defence structures

Outwelling from arid mangrove systems is sustained by inwelling of seagrass productivity

Biodiversity in intertidal rockpools: Informing engineering criteria for artificial habitat enhancement in the built environment

Propagating uncertainty to estimates of above-ground biomass for Kenyan mangroves: A scaling procedure from tree to landscape level

Mapping of mangrove forest land cover change along the Kenya coastline using Landsat imagery

The importance of water-retaining features for biodiversity on artificial intertidal coastal defense structure

Species mixing boosts root yield in mangrove trees

Effects of species richness, identity, and environmental variables on growth in planted mangroves in Kenya

Patchiness in resource distribution mitigates habitat loss: Insights from high-shore grazers

Decomposition of mangrove roots: Effects of location, nutrients, species identity and mix in a Kenyan forest

*Response of intertidal macrofauna to multiple disturbance types and intensities – An experimental approach

*Intra and inter-specific facilitation in mangroves may increase resilience to climate change threats

*The effect of salinity on growth and weight loss of juvenile plaice (Pleuronectes platessa, L): An experimental test

Below-ground root yield and distribution in natural and replanted mangrove forests at Gazi bay, Kenya

Mangrove fish: a comparison of community structure between forested and cleared habitats

The East African Decapod Crab Neosarmatium
meinerti (de Man) Sweeps Mangrove Floors Clean of Leaf Litter

Geographic trends in mangrove crab abundance in East Africa

Quantifying the density of mangrove crabs: Ocypodidae and Grapsidae: An experimental test

Paradoxical selective feeding on a low-nutrient diet: why do mangrove crabs eat leaves?

*Comparative suitability of binocular observation, burrow counting and excavation for the quantification of the mangrove fiddler crab Uca annulipes (H. Milne Edwards)