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Firewood usage and indoor air pollution from traditional cooking fires in Gazi Bay, Kenya (2019)
Journal Article
Jung, J., & Huxham, M. (2019). Firewood usage and indoor air pollution from traditional cooking fires in Gazi Bay, Kenya. Bioscience Horizons, 11, Article hzy014. https://doi.org/10.1093/biohorizons/hzy014

Mangroves are increasingly being recognised for the important ecosystem services they provide, including carbon fixation, shoreline protection and fisheries habitats. In addition, they provide typical forest goods such as timber and firewood; harvest... Read More about Firewood usage and indoor air pollution from traditional cooking fires in Gazi Bay, Kenya.

An overview of diffuse pollution inputs and their impacts upon organisms in the River Almond, Scotland (2018)
Thesis
Lawson, D. An overview of diffuse pollution inputs and their impacts upon organisms in the River Almond, Scotland. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1256210

The Water Framework Directive (WFD), published by the European Union in 2000, implemented by SEPA in Scotland, has been the main force behind changes to river environments within Scotland. The main focus is on improving water quality by not just cons... Read More about An overview of diffuse pollution inputs and their impacts upon organisms in the River Almond, Scotland.

Carbon in the coastal seascape: how interactions between mangrove forests, seagrass meadows and tidal marshes influence carbon storage (2018)
Journal Article
Huxham, M., Whitlock, D., Githaiga, M., & Dencer-Brown, A. (2018). Carbon in the coastal seascape: how interactions between mangrove forests, seagrass meadows and tidal marshes influence carbon storage. Current Forestry Reports, 4(2), 101-110. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40725-018-0077-4

Purpose of review: We use the ‘seascape’ concept to explore how interactions between mangrove forests, tidal marshes and seagrass influences the storage of carbon in these ecosystems. Mangrove forests, with the other two ‘blue carbon’ habitats, are e... Read More about Carbon in the coastal seascape: how interactions between mangrove forests, seagrass meadows and tidal marshes influence carbon storage.

The functional response and resilience in small waterbodies along land-use and environmental gradients (2018)
Journal Article
Thornhill, I. A., Biggs, J., Hill, M. J., Briers, R., Gledhill, D., Wood, P. J., Gee, J. H. R., Ledger, M., & Hassall, C. (2018). The functional response and resilience in small waterbodies along land-use and environmental gradients. Global Change Biology, 24(7), 3079-3092. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14149

There is growing recognition of the essential services provided to humanity by functionally intact ecosystems. Freshwater ecosystems are found throughout agricultural and urban landscapes and provide a wide range of ecosystem services, but globally t... Read More about The functional response and resilience in small waterbodies along land-use and environmental gradients.

Mangrove Ecosystem Services for Local Communities and their Vulnerability to Climate Change (2017)
Book Chapter
Huxham, M., Dencer-Brown, A., Diele, K., Kathiresan, K., Nagelkerken, I., & Wanjiru, C. (2017). Mangrove Ecosystem Services for Local Communities and their Vulnerability to Climate Change. In V. H. Rivera-Monroy, S. Y. Lee, E. Kristensen, & R. R. Twilley (Eds.), Mangrove ecosystems: a global biogeographic perspective on structure, function and services

Biodiversity (2017)
Book Chapter
Lee, S. Y., Jones, E. B. G., Diele, K., Castellanos-Galindo, G. A., & Nordhaus, I. (2017). Biodiversity. In V. H. Rivera-Monroy, S. Y. Lee, E. Kristensen, & R. R. Twilley (Eds.), Mangrove Ecosystems: A Global Biogeographic Perspective (55-86). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62206-4_3

With only about 80 species of true mangrove trees worldwide, mangrove ecosystems comprise a relatively low number of habitat-forming tree species, but a high diversity of decomposer, detritivorous and consumer species. Although the overall level of d... Read More about Biodiversity.

Carbon storage in the seagrass meadows of Gazi Bay, Kenya (2017)
Journal Article
Githaiga, M. N., Kairo, J. G., Njoroge Githaiga, M., Gitundu, K., Gilpin, L., & Huxham, M. (2017). Carbon storage in the seagrass meadows of Gazi Bay, Kenya. PLOS ONE, 12(5), Article e0177001. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0177001

Vegetated marine habitats are globally important carbon sinks, making a significant contribution towards mitigating climate change, and they provide a wide range of other ecosystem services. However, large gaps in knowledge remain, particularly for s... Read More about Carbon storage in the seagrass meadows of Gazi Bay, Kenya.

Assessing the role of intertidal seagrasses as coastal carbon sinks in Scotland (2017)
Thesis
Potouroglou, M. Assessing the role of intertidal seagrasses as coastal carbon sinks in Scotland. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/975386

Seagrasses are marine foundation species that form ecologically important habitats in coastal areas around the world. They provide a range of ecosystem services, including coastal protection and the recently recognised large contribution to global ca... Read More about Assessing the role of intertidal seagrasses as coastal carbon sinks in Scotland.

Evaluating, predicting and mapping belowground carbon stores in Kenyan mangroves (2016)
Journal Article
Gress, S. K., Huxham, M., Kairo, J. G., Mugi, L. M., & Briers, R. A. (2017). Evaluating, predicting and mapping belowground carbon stores in Kenyan mangroves. Global Change Biology, 23(1), 224-234. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13438

Despite covering only approximately 138,000 km2, mangroves are globally important carbon sinks with carbon density values 3 to 4 times that of terrestrial forests. A key challenge in evaluating the carbon benefits from mangrove forest conservation is... Read More about Evaluating, predicting and mapping belowground carbon stores in Kenyan mangroves.

Mangroves. (2015)
Book Chapter
Velander, K., & Diele, K. (2015). Mangroves. In C. Cater, B. Garrod, & T. Low (Eds.), The encyclopedia of sustainable tourism (320). CABI

Environmental impact assessment. (2015)
Book Chapter
Velander, K., & Diele, K. (2015). Environmental impact assessment. In C. Cater, B. Garrod, & T. Low (Eds.), The Encyclopedia of Sustainable Tourism (184). CABI

Environmental Management. (2015)
Book Chapter
Velander, K., & Diele, K. (2015). Environmental Management. In C. Cater, B. Garrod, & T. Low (Eds.), The Encyclopedia of Sustainable Tourism (184). CABI

The importance of mangroves to people: a call to action (2014)
Report
Duke, N., Nagelkerken, I., Agardy, T., Wells, S., van Lavieren, H., & Huxham, M. (2014). The importance of mangroves to people: a call to action. Cambridge: United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre

This global synthesis report serves as a call to action to decision makers. It provides a science-based synthesis of the different types of goods and services provided by mangroves and the associated risks in losing these services in the face of ongo... Read More about The importance of mangroves to people: a call to action.

No dominion over nature: why treating ecosystems like machines will lead to boom and bust in food supply (2014)
Report
Huxham, M., Hartley, S., Pretty, J., & Tett, P. (2014). No dominion over nature: why treating ecosystems like machines will lead to boom and bust in food supply. London: Friends of the Earth England and Wales

Healthy ecosystems are essential for the long-term wellbeing of humans as they provide vital services such as food production, pollination, climate regulation and flood protection.
Global trends including population growth, changing diets and consum... Read More about No dominion over nature: why treating ecosystems like machines will lead to boom and bust in food supply.

Decomposition of mangrove roots: Effects of location, nutrients, species identity and mix in a Kenyan forest (2010)
Journal Article
Huxham, M., Langat, J., Tamooh, F., Kennedy, H., Mencuccini, M., Skov, M. W., & Kairo, J. (2010). Decomposition of mangrove roots: Effects of location, nutrients, species identity and mix in a Kenyan forest. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 88(1), 135-142. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2010.03.021

Mangrove trees may allocate >50% of their biomass to roots. Dead roots often form peat, which can make mangroves significant carbon sinks and allow them to raise the soil surface and thus survive rising sea levels. Understanding mangrove root product... Read More about Decomposition of mangrove roots: Effects of location, nutrients, species identity and mix in a Kenyan forest.

Biomass accumulation in a rehabilitated mangrove forest at Gazi Bay (2009)
Book Chapter
Tamooh, F., Kairo, J. G., Huxham, M., Kirui, B., Mencuccini, M., & Karachi, M. (2009). Biomass accumulation in a rehabilitated mangrove forest at Gazi Bay. In Advances in Coastal Ecology : People, Processes and Ecosystems in Kenya (138-147). African Studies Centre

Global mangrove coverage is estimated to be 0.4% of the forested areas globally (Spalding et al. 1997). Despite this small areal coverage, mangroves are important because of the range of ecological, economic and environmental services they provide (S... Read More about Biomass accumulation in a rehabilitated mangrove forest at Gazi Bay.

Boundary layers and comfort blankets (2009)
Journal Article
Huxham, M. (2009). Boundary layers and comfort blankets. Uk Centre for Bioscience Bulletin, 28, 1

Boundary layers and comfort blankets.

Response of intertidal macrofauna to multiple disturbance types and intensities – An experimental approach (2009)
Journal Article
Whomersley, P., Huxham, M., Bolam, S., Schratzberger, M., Augley, J., & Ridland, D. (2010). Response of intertidal macrofauna to multiple disturbance types and intensities – An experimental approach. Marine Environmental Research, 69(5), 297-308. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2009.12.001

Two of the best-supported theories which describe the effects of disturbance within marine benthic habitats are the organic enrichment ‘Successional Model’ and the ‘Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis’. Underlying these models, biological mechanisms... Read More about Response of intertidal macrofauna to multiple disturbance types and intensities – An experimental approach.