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Measuring and understanding sustainability-enhancing processes in tropical coastal and marine social–ecological systems (2023)
Book Chapter
Glaser, M., Ferse, S., Christie, P., Diele, K., Dsikowitzky, L., Nordhaus, I., Schlüter, A., Schwerdtner Mañez, K., & Wild, C. (2023). Measuring and understanding sustainability-enhancing processes in tropical coastal and marine social–ecological systems. In B. Glaeser, & M. Glaser (Eds.), Coastal Management Revisited: Navigating towards Sustainable Human-Nature Relations (83-93). Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Tropical coastal and marine social–ecological systems (CM-SES) are diverse, complex and dynamic. They face special challenges as hotspots of biodiversity and centres of population growth. Sustainability science focuses on the state of such systems an... Read More about Measuring and understanding sustainability-enhancing processes in tropical coastal and marine social–ecological systems.

From DNA to ecological performance: Effects of anthropogenic noise on a reef-building mussel (2019)
Journal Article
Wale, M. A., Briers, R. A., Hartl, M. G., Bryson, D., & Diele, K. (2019). From DNA to ecological performance: Effects of anthropogenic noise on a reef-building mussel. Science of the Total Environment, 689, 126-132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.06.380

Responses of marine invertebrates to anthropogenic noise are insufficiently known, impeding our understanding of ecosystemic impacts of noise and the development of mitigation strategies. We show that the blue mussel, Mytilus edulis, is negatively af... Read More about From DNA to ecological performance: Effects of anthropogenic noise on a reef-building mussel.

Sediment Temperature Impact on Population Structure and Dynamics of the Crab Austruca iranica Pretzmann, 1971 (Crustacea: Ocypodidae) in Subtropical Mangroves of the Persian Gulf (2018)
Journal Article
Saeedi, H., Kamrani, E., Nordhaus, I., & Diele, K. (2018). Sediment Temperature Impact on Population Structure and Dynamics of the Crab Austruca iranica Pretzmann, 1971 (Crustacea: Ocypodidae) in Subtropical Mangroves of the Persian Gulf. Wetlands, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13157-018-0998-5

Ocypodid crabs inhabit intertidal sandy/muddy flats of tropical and sub-tropical mangroves. Iran has three species of the genus Austruca. In contrast to A. sindensis and A. lactea, almost nothing is known about the population dynamics and its driving... Read More about Sediment Temperature Impact on Population Structure and Dynamics of the Crab Austruca iranica Pretzmann, 1971 (Crustacea: Ocypodidae) in Subtropical Mangroves of the Persian Gulf.

Mangrove Crab Ucides cordatus Removal Does Not Affect Sediment Parameters and Stipule Production in a One Year Experiment in Northern Brazil (2016)
Journal Article
Pülmanns, N., Mehlig, U., Nordhaus, I., Saint-Paul, U., & Diele, K. (2016). Mangrove Crab Ucides cordatus Removal Does Not Affect Sediment Parameters and Stipule Production in a One Year Experiment in Northern Brazil. PLOS ONE, 11(12), Article e0167375. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0167375

Mangrove crabs influence ecosystem processes through bioturbation and/or litter feeding. In Brazilian mangroves, the abundant and commercially important crab Ucides cordatus is the main faunal modifier of microtopography establishing up to 2 m deep b... Read More about Mangrove Crab Ucides cordatus Removal Does Not Affect Sediment Parameters and Stipule Production in a One Year Experiment in Northern Brazil.

Effects of High Dissolved Inorganic and Organic Carbon Availability on the Physiology of the Hard Coral Acropora millepora from the Great Barrier Reef (2016)
Journal Article
Meyer, F. W., Vogel, N., Diele, K., Kunzmann, A., Uthicke, S., & Wild, C. (2016). Effects of High Dissolved Inorganic and Organic Carbon Availability on the Physiology of the Hard Coral Acropora millepora from the Great Barrier Reef. PLOS ONE, 11, Article e0149598. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0149598

Coral reefs are facing major global and local threats due to climate change-induced
increases in dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) and because of land-derived increases in
organic and inorganic nutrients. Recent research revealed that high availabil... Read More about Effects of High Dissolved Inorganic and Organic Carbon Availability on the Physiology of the Hard Coral Acropora millepora from the Great Barrier Reef.

Artificial Crab Burrows Facilitate Desalting of Rooted Mangrove Sediment in a Microcosm Study (2015)
Journal Article
Pülmanns, N., Nordhaus, I., Diele, K., & Mehlig, U. (2015). Artificial Crab Burrows Facilitate Desalting of Rooted Mangrove Sediment in a Microcosm Study. Journal of marine science and engineering, 3(3), 539-559. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse3030539

Water uptake by mangrove trees can result in salt accumulation in sediment
around roots, negatively influencing growth. Tidal pumping facilitates salt release and can
be enhanced by crab burrows. Similarly, flushing of burrows by incoming tidal wat... Read More about Artificial Crab Burrows Facilitate Desalting of Rooted Mangrove Sediment in a Microcosm Study.

Ecological role and services of tropical mangrove ecosystems: A reassessment. (2014)
Journal Article
Lee, S. Y., Primavera, J. H., Dahdouh-Guebas, F., McKee, K., Bosire, J. O., Cannicci, S., Diele, K., Fromard, F., Koedam, N., Marchand, C., Mendelssohn, I., Mukherjee, N., & Record, S. (2014). Ecological role and services of tropical mangrove ecosystems: A reassessment. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 23, 726-743. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12155

Aim
To reassess the capacity of mangroves for ecosystem services in the light of recent data.

Location
Global mangrove ecosystems.

Methods
We review four long‐standing roles of mangroves: (1) carbon dynamics – export or sink; (2) nursery rol... Read More about Ecological role and services of tropical mangrove ecosystems: A reassessment..

Measuring and understanding sustainability-enhancing processes in tropical coastal and marine social-ecological systems (2012)
Journal Article
Glaser, M., Christie, P., Diele, K., Dsikowitzky, L., Ferse, S., Nordhaus, I., Schlüter, A., Schwerdtner Mañez, K., & Wild, C. (2012). Measuring and understanding sustainability-enhancing processes in tropical coastal and marine social-ecological systems. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 4(3), 300-308. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2012.05.004

Tropical coastal and marine social–ecological systems (CM-SES) are diverse, complex and dynamic, facing special challenges as hotspots of biodiversity and centres of population growth. Sustainability science focuses on the state of such systems and m... Read More about Measuring and understanding sustainability-enhancing processes in tropical coastal and marine social-ecological systems.

The effect of salinity on the larval development of the uca-crab, Ucides cordatus (Linnaeus, 1763) (Decapoda: Ocypodidae) in northern Brazil. (2008)
Journal Article
Simith, D. D. J. D. B., & Diele, K. (2008). The effect of salinity on the larval development of the uca-crab, Ucides cordatus (Linnaeus, 1763) (Decapoda: Ocypodidae) in northern Brazil. Acta amazonica, 38, 345-350

The present work studied the effect of salinity on the survival and duration of larval development of the mangrove crab, Ucides cordatus (from the Caeté River estuary, North of Brazil) until the megalopal phase in seven salinity treatments (0, 5, 10,... Read More about The effect of salinity on the larval development of the uca-crab, Ucides cordatus (Linnaeus, 1763) (Decapoda: Ocypodidae) in northern Brazil..

O efeito da salinidade no desenvolvimento larval do caranguejo - uçá, Ucides cordatus (Linnaeus, 1763) (Decapoda: Ocypodidae) no Norte do Brasil (2008)
Journal Article
Simith, D. D. J. D. B., & Diele, K. (2008). O efeito da salinidade no desenvolvimento larval do caranguejo - uçá, Ucides cordatus (Linnaeus, 1763) (Decapoda: Ocypodidae) no Norte do Brasil. Acta amazonica, 38(2), 345-350. https://doi.org/10.1590/s0044-59672008000200019

The present work studied the effect of salinity on the survival and duration of larval development of the mangrove crab, Ucides cordatus (from the Caeté River estuary, North of Brazil) until the megalopal phase in seven salinity treatments (0, 5, 10,... Read More about O efeito da salinidade no desenvolvimento larval do caranguejo - uçá, Ucides cordatus (Linnaeus, 1763) (Decapoda: Ocypodidae) no Norte do Brasil.

A world without mangroves? (2007)
Journal Article
Duke, N. C., Meynecke, J. O., Dittmann, S., Ellison, A. M., Anger, K., Berger, U., Cannicci, S., Diele, K., Ewel, K. C., Field, C. D., Koedam, N., Lee, S. Y., Marchand, C., Nordhaus, I., & Dahdouh-Guebas, F. (2007). A world without mangroves?. Science, 317, 41-42

Simulating cryptic movements of a mangrove crab: Recovery phenomena after small scale fishery (2007)
Journal Article
Piou, C., Berger, U., Hildenbrandt, H., Grimm, V., Diele, K., & D’Lima, C. (2007). Simulating cryptic movements of a mangrove crab: Recovery phenomena after small scale fishery. Ecological Modelling, 205(1-2), 110-122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2007.02.008

The semi-terrestrial burrowing crab Ucides cordatus is an important ecological component and economic resource of Brazilian mangrove forests. The crab population of the Caeté peninsula (the location of our study site) has been exploited for the last... Read More about Simulating cryptic movements of a mangrove crab: Recovery phenomena after small scale fishery.

Comparative population dynamics of four fiddler crabs (Ocypodidae, genus Uca) from a North Brazilian mangrove ecosystem. (2005)
Journal Article
Koch, V., Wolff, M., & Diele, K. (2005). Comparative population dynamics of four fiddler crabs (Ocypodidae, genus Uca) from a North Brazilian mangrove ecosystem. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 291, 177-188. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps291177

Abundance, biomass, population structure, growth, mortality and reproduction of 4 fiddler crabs (Uca cumulanta, U. maracoani, U. rapax and U. vocator) were studied in the Caeté mangrove estuary, North Brazil, to understand their life history strategi... Read More about Comparative population dynamics of four fiddler crabs (Ocypodidae, genus Uca) from a North Brazilian mangrove ecosystem..

Life history and population structure of the exploited mangrove crab Ucides cordatus cordatus (Decapoda: Brachyura) in the Caete Estuary, North Brazil. (2000)
Thesis
Diele, K. Life history and population structure of the exploited mangrove crab Ucides cordatus cordatus (Decapoda: Brachyura) in the Caete Estuary, North Brazil. (Thesis). Universität Bremen. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/6575

The semiterrestrial crab U. cordatus is one of the most heavily exploited resources of Bra-zilian mangrove forests. The growing interest in protecting and managing U. cordatus populations increases the need for research on socioeconomical and biologi... Read More about Life history and population structure of the exploited mangrove crab Ucides cordatus cordatus (Decapoda: Brachyura) in the Caete Estuary, North Brazil..