Macrozoobenthic community assemblage as key indicator for mangrove restoration success in North Sumatra and Aceh, Indonesia

作者：Mohammad Basyuni, Yuntha Bimantara, Nguyễn Thị Kim Cúc, Thorsten Balke, Alejandra G. Vovides · 发表于：Restoration Ecology · 年份：2021 · DOI：10.1111/rec.13614 · 被引用次数：25 · 研究领域：Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics、Marine and coastal plant biology、Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions

The recognition of the high value of mangrove forests and the wide array of ecosystem services they provide has motivated investment in worldwide restoration efforts. However, current metrics of functional restoration (other than seedling survival rates and plant community composition) are often not readily available for local community managers, highlighting an urgency to identify easy‐to‐measure indicators to assess the functionality of restored mangroves. The macrozoobenthic community could be such practical indicator, as macrozoobenthic communities are sensitive to changes in their environment, and can be easily surveyed within local managing programs. Focusing on three main mangrove management conditions (natural, planted, and naturally regenerated) in North Sumatra and the province of Aceh, Indonesia, we compared vegetation and macrozoobenthic community diversity indices and identified environmental variables that best describe the forest management conditions and their associated macrozoobenthic community assemblage. Results showed that community assemblage, rather than macrozoobenthic diversity index, was associated with management conditions. The highest dissimilarity in macrozoobenthic community assemblages occurred between planted versus natural mangroves, with nonsignificant dissimilarity between natural and naturally regenerated mangroves. The Lined Nerite gastropod ( Nerita balteata ) was identified as an indicator of natural mangroves, and the invasive Giant Af...