This book presents a comprehensive overview and analysis of mangrove ecological processes
structure and function at the local biogeographic and global scales and how these properties
interact to provide key ecosystem services to society. The analysis is based on an
international collaborative effort that focuses on regions and countries holding the largest
mangrove resources and encompasses the major biogeographic and socio-economic settings of
mangrove distribution. Given the economic and ecological importance of mangrove wetlands at the
global scale the chapters aim to integrate ecological and socio-economic perspectives on
mangrove function and management using a system-level hierarchical analysis framework. The book
explores the nexus between mangrove ecology and the capacity for ecosystem services with an
emphasis on thresholds multiple stressors and local conditions that determine this capacity.
The interdisciplinary approach and illustrative study cases included inthe book will provide
valuable resources in data information and knowledge about the current status of one of the
most productive coastal ecosystem in the world.
