Mangrove forests can be an effective coastal defence in the Pearl River Delta, China

Mangroves can provide nature-based coastal defences in complex deltas, but effective design of mangrove-based defences requires location-specific predictions and a deep understanding of forest structural characteristics, according to numerical simulations of water levels attenuation for the Pearl Ri...

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Main Authors: Michela De Dominicis, Judith Wolf, Rosanna van Hespen, Peng Zheng, Zhan Hu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-01-01
Series:Communications Earth & Environment
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00672-7