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Mangrove ecosystem collapse during predicted sea-level rise: Holocene analogues and implications
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Ellison, JC and Stoddart, DR, Mangrove ecosystem collapse during predicted sea-level rise: Holocene analogues and implications, Journal of Coastal Research, 7, (1) pp. 151-165. ISSN 0749-0208 (1991) [Refereed Article]
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© 1991 Coastal Education & Research Foundation, Inc.
Official URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4297812
DOI: doi:10.2307/4297812
Abstract
Review of the stratigraphic record of mangrove ecosystems during sea-level changes of the Holocene shows that low islands will be particularly vulnerable to the loss of mangrove ecosystems during the rises of relative sea-level projected for the next 50 years. Mangrove ecosystems in these locations could keep up with a sea-level rise of up to 8-9 cm/100 years, but at rates of over 12 cm/100 years could not persist. This is due to low rates of sediment accumulation with limited sources from outside the mangrove zone, such as from rivers or soil erosion sources. Other factors contributing to mangrove persistence are the primary production rate of forests shoreline erosion due to deeper and more turbulent water and the frequency and intensity of tropical storms.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | mangrove peat, refuge mode, expansive mode |
Research Division: | Earth Sciences |
Research Group: | Physical geography and environmental geoscience |
Research Field: | Quaternary environments |
Objective Division: | Environmental Policy, Climate Change and Natural Hazards |
Objective Group: | Understanding climate change |
Objective Field: | Effects of climate change on the South Pacific (excl. Australia and New Zealand) (excl. social impacts) |
UTAS Author: | Ellison, JC (Associate Professor Joanna Ellison) |
ID Code: | 132754 |
Year Published: | 1991 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 192 |
Deposited By: | Geography and Spatial Science |
Deposited On: | 2019-05-20 |
Last Modified: | 2019-08-23 |
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