Muddy Coast Dynamics and Resource Management (Proceedings in Marine Science)
Contributors: B.W. Flemming (Editor); M.T. Delafontaine (Editor); G. Liebezeit (Editor)
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Published: December 1, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9780444504647
Subjects: Marine biology; Estuarine Sediments; Science; Nature/Ecology; Earth Sciences - Oceanography; Ecology; Environmental Engineering & Technology; Science / Geology; Coasts; Congresses; Estuarine oceanography; Marine sediments
First sentence: The hydrology of many tropical, mangrove-lined bays are characterized by salinity gradients even in areas without visible river supply, and by the entrapment of water in the mangrove forests (e.g., Wolanski et al. 1980; Wolanski 1989).