Bibliometric and meta-analysis studies of the correlation between macrozoobenthos abundance and mangrove density

Abstract

Several attempts have been made to detect the condition of the mangrove ecosystem. Although the method used to detect the state of the mangrove ecosystem faces numerous challenges, it has yet to describe the functional structure of the mangrove ecosystem about its environment. Therefore, this study provides an overview of research trends regarding the relationship between macrozoobenthos abundance and mangrove forest density. This study aims to conduct bibliometrics and meta-analysis related to the abundance of macrozoobenthos and mangrove density. First, a bibliometric analysis to see research gaps using VOSviewer, the source of bibliometric data comes from GScholar and Scopus with the keywords mangrove search and meta-analysis. The number of articles filtered and processed using VOSviewer is 497 articles. After looking for gaps, the researchers conducted a meta-analysis to see the relationship between the abundance of macrozoobenthos and the density of mangroves. This study shows that no meta-analysis discusses the relationship between macrozoobenthos abundance and mangrove density. The results of the meta-analysis process found a strong relationship between mangrove density and macrozoobenthos mass with a significance value of < 0.001 and I^2 = 97.37.