Effects of different management regimes on mangrove ecosystem services in Java, Indonesia

Indonesia is home to the largest area of mangrove forests in the world. Urban expansion, aquaculture farms, oil-palm plantations and timber extraction have caused an estimated decline of about 1.2 million hectares of Indonesia’s mangroves since the 1980’s, and currently only 3 million hectares remain. The major cause of mangrove conversion is...

The response of mangrove soil surface elevation to sea level rise

Coastal ecosystems such as mangroves can reduce risk to people and infrastructure from wave damage and flooding. The continued provision of these coastal defence services by mangroves is dependent on their capacity to adapt to projected rates of sea level rise. This report explores the capacity of mangrove soil surfaces to increase in elevation...

Storm surge reduction by mangroves

Storm surges occur when high winds and low atmospheric pressure raise water levels at the coast, causing sea water to surge onto the land. They are a major threat to low-lying coastal areas and their inhabitants. The largest storm surges are caused by tropical cyclones (also called hurricanes and typhoons in different regions); peak water levels...

Effects on wave break, sea dike protection of the tree planting formula in the coastal salinity inundated areas

Field investigation by Vuong Van Quynh on the dissipation of wave energy in a mangrove field off the coast of southern Vietnam. Based on regression analysis a formula has been developed to determine the wave height decrease as function of the tree density and the tree sizes.

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...

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...

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...