The vulnerability of Indo-Pacific mangrove forests to sea-level rise

Nature

Volumn 526, Issue 7574, 2015, Pages 559-563

  Lovelock, Catherine E ^a   Cahoon, Donald R ^b   Friess, Daniel A ^c   Guntenspergen, Glenn R ^b   Krauss, Ken W ^d   Reef, Ruth ^a,e   Rogers, Kerrylee ^f   Saunders, Megan L ^a   Sidik, Frida ^g   Swales, Andrew ^a,h   Saintilan, Neil ⁱ   Thuyen, Le Xuan ^j   Triet, Tran ^j,k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^g Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries   (Indonesia)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

ⁱ MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^j UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Viet Nam)

^k INTERNATIONAL CRANE FOUNDATION   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; COASTAL WETLAND; COASTAL ZONE; CORAL REEF; FIELD METHOD; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MANGROVE; SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SOIL SURFACE; SUSTAINABILITY; TIDAL RANGE; VULNERABILITY;

ARTICLE; MANGROVE; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEDIMENT; SOIL; ALTITUDE; ANALYSIS; AVICENNIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOREST; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYSIOLOGY; RHIZOPHORACEAE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WETLAND;

ANTHOZOA; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

SEA WATER; SOIL;

ALTITUDE; AVICENNIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; FORESTS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; RHIZOPHORACEAE; SEAWATER; SOIL; WETLANDS;

EID: 84945246480     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature15538     Document Type: Article

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