Effects of mangrove removal on benthic organisms in the Siangshan Wetland in Hsinchu, Taiwan.

ABSTRACT: Mangrove degradation is a well-documented trend, but the spread of mangroves within the Siangshan Wetland in Hsinchu, Taiwan, runs contrary to that trend. The spread of mangroves changes the structure and functions of habitats for benthic organisms, causes infilling of estuaries and flooding and creates breeding grounds for small black mosquitoes. A large-scale mangrove-removal project was undertaken by the Hsinchu City Government from October 2015 to March 2016. They also investigated the consequences of mangrove removal on benthic organisms and adjacent habitats from October 2015 to September 2016, and the density, species count, Shannon-Wiener index (H'), and Pielou's evenness index (J') of the mangrove and non-mangrove regions were compared. In this study, we used satelli

SUBMITTER: Chen YC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6174871 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature