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Turning the Tide: How Blue Carbon and Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) Might Help Save Mangrove Forests

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Locatelli, T., Binet, T., Kairo, J. G., King, L., Madden, S., Patenaude, G., …Huxham, M. (2014)
Turning the Tide: How Blue Carbon and Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) Might Help Save Mangrove Forests. AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment, 43, 981-995. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-014-0530-y
In this review paper, we aim to describe the potential for, and the key challenges to, applying PES projects to mangroves. By adopting a “carbocentric approach,” we show that ...

The Fish Community of an East African Mangrove: Effects of Turbidity and Distance from the Sea

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Huxham, M., Kimani, E., & Augley, J. (2008)
The Fish Community of an East African Mangrove: Effects of Turbidity and Distance from the Sea. Western Indian Ocean journal of marine science, 7(1), 57-67. https://doi.org/10.4314/wiojms.v7i1.48254
Mangroves are often reported as nursery grounds for fish. Fish may enter mangroves in order to avoid predators, but may not need to do so if turbidity provides a sufficient pr...

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

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Augley, J., Huxham, M., Fernandes, T. F., & Lyndon, A. R. (2008)
The effect of salinity on growth and weight loss of juvenile plaice (Pleuronectes platessa, L): An experimental test. Journal of Sea Research, 60(4), 292-296. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2008.05.004
Previous population estimates of the 0+ plaice (Pleuronectes platessa L.) in the Firth of Forth, east central Scotland, did not take account of the Forth estuary west of the F...

Sustainable fisheries or sustained decline? Lobster stock conservation and enhancement in Ireland and Orkney.

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Huxham, M. (1996)
Sustainable fisheries or sustained decline? Lobster stock conservation and enhancement in Ireland and Orkney. Orkney, Scotland: Orkney Fishermen's Association
Sustainable fisheries or sustained decline? Lobster stock conservation and enhancement in Ireland and Orkney.