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Mangrove ecosystem properties regulate high water levels in a river delta
Ignace Pelckmans
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
ECOSPHERE, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Antwerp,
Belgium
Jean-Philippe Belliard
ECOSPHERE, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Antwerp,
Belgium
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium
Luis E. Dominguez-Granda
Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Matematicas, Centro del Agua y Desarrollo Sostenible, Escuela Superior Politecnica
del Litoral (ESPOL), Guayaquil,
Ecuador
Cornelis Slobbe
Geoscience & Remote Sensing, Delft University of Technology (TU
Delft), Delft, the Netherlands
Stijn Temmerman
ECOSPHERE, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Antwerp,
Belgium
Olivier Gourgue
ECOSPHERE, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Antwerp,
Belgium
Department of Earth and Environment, Boston University, Boston, MA,
USA
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium
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Mangroves are increasingly recognized as a coastal protection against extreme sea levels. Their effectiveness in doing so, however, is still poorly understood, as mangroves are typically located in tropical countries where data on mangrove vegetation and topography properties are often scarce. Through a modelling study, we identified the degree of channelization and the mangrove forest floor topography as the key properties for regulating high water levels in a tropical delta.
Mangroves are increasingly recognized as a coastal protection against extreme sea levels. Their...
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