Sediment Erosion and Deposition Within Mangrove Forests
Mangroves are highly productive ecosystems that sequester carbon in their own biomass and by trapping carbon-rich sediment imported from outside the forest and deposited in the forest. Aboveground biomass, like mangrove pneumatophores (i.e., aerial roots), creates conditions that facilitate sediment...
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2023
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/152741 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1173-597X |