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      Impact of mangrove forests degradation on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning

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          Mangroves are amongst the most productive marine ecosystems on Earth, providing a unique habitat opportunity for many species and key goods and services for human beings. Mangrove habitats are regressing at an alarming rate, due to direct anthropogenic impacts and global change. Here, in order to assess the effects of mangrove habitat degradation on benthic biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, we investigated meiofaunal biodiversity (as proxy of benthic biodiversity), benthic biomass and prokaryotic heterotrophic production (as proxies of ecosystem functioning) and trophic state in a disturbed and an undisturbed mangrove forests. We report here that disturbed mangrove area showed a loss of 20% of benthic biodiversity, with the local extinction of four Phyla (Cladocera, Kynorincha, Priapulida, Tanaidacea), a loss of 80% of microbial-mediated decomposition rates, of the benthic biomass and of the trophic resources. The results of this study strengthen the need to preserve mangrove forests and to restore those degraded to guarantee the provision of goods and services needed to support the biodiversity and functioning of wide portions of tropical ecosystems.

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                l.carugati@univpm.it
                r.danovaro@univpm.it
                Journal
                Sci Rep
                Sci Rep
                Scientific Reports
                Nature Publishing Group UK (London )
                2045-2322
                5 September 2018
                5 September 2018
                2018
                : 8
                : 13298
                Affiliations
                [1 ]ISNI 0000 0001 1017 3210, GRID grid.7010.6, Polytechnic University of Marche, Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, ; Ancona, 60131 Italy
                [2 ]ISNI 0000 0004 1758 0806, GRID grid.6401.3, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, ; Naples, 80121 Italy
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                31683
                10.1038/s41598-018-31683-0
                6125342
                30185918
                ccb5afce-f914-4e3b-a915-0e3bd66c53d5
                © The Author(s) 2018

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                : 6 December 2017
                : 16 August 2018
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                Funded by: Project MERCES funded from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 689518
                Funded by: Project MERCES funded by European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 689518
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