The biogeomorphology of mangroves and their role in natural hazards mitigation

Geography Compass

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1607-1624

  Ostling, Johanna L ^a   Butler, David R ^a   Dixon, Richard W ^a  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; COASTAL ZONE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HOLOCENE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LITTLE ICE AGE; MANGROVE; NATURAL HAZARD; REVEGETATION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; STORM SURGE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPICAL REGION; TSUNAMI;

BANGLADESH; TANZANIA; THAILAND; VIET NAM;

ANTHOZOA; CUPRESSUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PANTHERA TIGRIS TIGRIS; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 78049394334     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2009.00265.x     Document Type: Article

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