Wave attenuation in mangroves: A quantitative approach to field observations

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 94, Issue , 2014, Pages 47-62

  Horstman, E M ^a,b   Dohmen Janssen, C M ^a   Narra, P M F ^c   van den Berg, N J F ^a,b   Siemerink, M ^a,b   Hulscher, S J M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Mangroves; Sediment deposition; Vegetation density; Wave attenuation

Indexed keywords

FIELD OBSERVATIONS; MANGROVES; QUANTITATIVE APPROACH; SEDIMENT DEPOSITION; VEGETATION DENSITY; WAVE ATTENUATION;

ANGIOSPERM; COASTAL ZONE; DEPOSITION; DISSIPATION; MANGROVE; SEDIMENTATION; SHOALING WAVE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WAVE ATTENUATION;

ANDAMANS; ANDAMANS AND NICOBARS; SOUTH ANDAMAN;

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 84907854458     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2014.08.005     Document Type: Article

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