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Roles of aboveground roots facilitating sedimentation and elevation change in a mangrove forest behind bamboo seawalls |
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| Creator | 1. Saijai Samosorn 2. Tanuwong Sangtiean 3. Chadtip Rodtassana 4. Sasitorn Poungparn |
| Title | Roles of aboveground roots facilitating sedimentation and elevation change in a mangrove forest behind bamboo seawalls |
| Publisher | Research and Development Office, Prince of Songkla University |
| Publication Year | 2561 |
| Journal Title | Songklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology |
| Journal Vol. | 40 |
| Journal No. | 6 |
| Page no. | 1315-1323 |
| Keyword | aboveground root, mangrove forest, sedimentation rate, elevation change, bamboo seawall |
| URL Website | http://rdo.psu.ac.th/sjstweb/index.php |
| ISSN | 0125-3395 |
| Abstract | We studied sedimentation rates and elevation changes in a naturally rehabilitated-mangrove forest dominated by Avicennia spp. and compared the results to a seedling plantation of Rhizophora mucronata and a bare soil area behind bamboo seawalls in Samutsakorn, Thailand. The average sedimentation rates in the forest plots (0.0196 g cm-2 d -1 ) were significantly lower than those in the bare-soil plots (0.0269 g cm-2 d -1 ) which had a greater variation in the sedimentation rates that indicated a less consistent sedimentation rate on the exposed soil surface. Consequently, the annual net elevation changes were positive in the plots with the presence of mangrove roots (ranging from 6.37-10.87 cm) compared to negative changes in the bare-soil plots (ranging from 5.97 to 12.97 cm). The results highlighted the importance of the natural mangrove forest having a higher potential to accumulate sediments and stabilize the coastal area compared to the adjacent bare soils area behind the bamboo seawall. |
