Mangroves Response to Climate Change: A Review of Recent Findings on Mangrove Extension and Distribution

Mangroves function as a natural coastline protection for erosion and inundation, providing important environmental services. Due to their geographical distribution at the continent-ocean interface, the mangrove habitat may suffer heavy impacts from global climate change, maximized by local human act...

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Main Authors: Mario D.P. Godoy, Luiz D. de Lacerda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciências 2015-06-01
Series:Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652015000200651&lng=en&tlng=en