Sediment properties and surface erodibility following a large-scale mangrove (Avicennia marina) removal

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 107, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-10

  Stokes, Debra J ^a   Harris, Rachel J ^b  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

EROMES; Erosion; Erosion threshold; Sand armouring; Temperate mangroves

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; CLAY; ERODIBILITY; EROSION RATE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; GRAIN SIZE; INSTRUMENTATION; MANGROVE; RANGE EXPANSION; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; SEDIMENT CORE; SILT; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; THRESHOLD;

NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WAIKATO; WHANGAMATA STREAM;

AVICENNIA MARINA; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 84938080623     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: 18736955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2015.07.011     Document Type: Article

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