How do mangrove forests induce sedimentation?
Rev. biol. trop
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51(2): 355-359, jun. 2003. ilus, graf
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in English
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RESUMO
The mangrove forests play a significant role as sediment traps. They reduce tidal flows and induce sedimentation of soil particles at low tide. However, there are no such processes taking place in the non-mangrove areas. Site of Avicennia-Rhizophora interphase is more efficient than Avicennia and or Rhizophora zones, in trapping the sediment by 30, 25 and 20% respectively at low tide as compared to high tide.
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Ecosystem
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Geologic Sediments
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Rhizophoraceae
Language:
English
Journal:
Rev. biol. trop
Journal subject:
Biology
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Tropical Medicine
Year:
2003
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
India
Institution/Affiliation country:
Centre of Advanced Study in Marine Biology/IN
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