Mangrove forests: Resilience, protection from tsunamis, and responses to global climate change

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-13

  Alongi, Daniel M ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

climate change; disasters; disturbance; mangrove forest; resilience; tsunami

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL PROTECTION; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HOLOCENE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; KEYSTONE SPECIES; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MANGROVE; NATURAL DISASTER; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; STAND STRUCTURE; TOLERANCE; TSUNAMI;

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 36749081613     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.08.024     Document Type: Review

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