Mangrove restoration in Vietnam: Key considerations and a practical guide

In Vietnam mangrove rehabilitation has a long history and gained momentum after the war that destroyed huge forested areas, especially in the Mekong Delta. In addition, in various places mangrove have been and still are being planted specifically as a way to protect shorelines and sea-dykes from wave attack. The success of such projects highly...

Project Studie: Bouw oeverbescherming distrikt Commewijne

In dit rapport zijn de geomorfologische en de met de mangrovebegroeiing samenhangende aspecten behandeld, die betrekking hebben op de oevererosie van de Suriname rivier en de Commewijne in hun benedenlopen, met name in het getijde-bereik. De uitkomsten geven aanleiding tot een aantal conclusies en aanbevelingen. In het licht van de voorgenomen...

Modeling the water movement and water quality of a mangrove-shrimp system in Vietnam

Shrimp farming is an important source of income in Vietnam. In the Mekong Delta several shrimp farms are established, due to its stable weather and environmental conditions making it possible to farm throughout the whole year. The farm where this research was done is an extensive culture system. In these systems, the water is exchanged using the...

Environment-friendly bank protection in Thailand

Environment-friendly bank protection by incorporating mangrove vegetation is a new concept in Thailand. The objectives of the study can be described as to make an inventory of using a systematic approach on environment-friendly bank protection as a case study with mangrove river bank in Thailand and to study on wave damping characteristic by...

Wave transmission in mangrove forests

There is an increasing awareness of the role of mangrove forests in coastal ecosystems and coastal protection. At the transition between ocean and land, they have to absorb the energy that comes from the motion of the water. Little quantitative in formation is available, however, on wave transmission in these forests. In this paper the...

Flow and salt transport in mangrove swamps

An analytical mathematical model is presented for flow and salinity in tidal mangrove swamps that is based one-dimensional approaches. The model is designed with the purpose to develop a method for rapid assessment of effects in mangrove swamps due to changes in river discharges that can also be used in situations with few data. A literature...

Manual for Investigation of Hydrological Processes in Mangrove Ecosystems

A description of Mangrove ecosystems. Especially the hydrological processes in these ecosystems are described. The rapport can be used as manual for studies in these Mangrove ecosystems as the rapport gives several points of attention for these studies. Furthermore the rapport gives several hints on how to analyze the data. Next to these hints...

Living off the tides: Strategies for the integration of conservation and sustainable resource utilization along mangrove coasts

Mangroves are productive ecosystems, that sustain important fisheries, provide a variety of forest products and harbour millions of resident and migratory birds as well as endangered mammals and reptiles. Reclamation for aquaculture and agriculture is currently considered the main way to achieve development of mangrove areas. These types of...

Ecology of Mangroves

Textbook on the ecology of mangroves, detailed description of mangroves and their environment.

Contribution a l'etude sedimentologique des Mangroves de Casamance (Senegal): Etude granulometrique et exoscopique

Depuis une vingtaine d'annees, les mangroves du Sénégal ont intéressé beaucoup de pédologues. Les etudes commencées par J.VIEILLEFON en 1965 ont été développées par C.MARIUS de 1971 à 1983. Conjointement a ces travaux, dans lesquels l'accent est mis sur les facteurs principaux de la pedogenese de ces sols, tels que le soufre et les sels, un...

Monograph Series no. 11: The Geomorphological and Zonational Development of Mangrove Swamps in the Townsville Area, North Queensland

This monograph represents a shortened selective version of Dr. Spenceley's PhD thesis. Following a brief introductory survey of current views on the distribution and characteristics of mangrove associations. There is a summary of the relevant conditions of the natural enviroment of the Townsville area. The specific local features of the...