Mangrove forests are extremely productive, with rates of growth rivaling some terrestrial
tropical rainforests. However, our understanding of the full suite of processes underpinning …

Estuarine Ecohydrology, Second Edition, provides an ecohydrology viewpoint of an estuary
as an ecosystem by focusing on its principal components, the river, the estuarine waters, the …

Tide gauges show that global sea level has risen about 7 inches during the 20th century,
and recent satellite data show that the rate of sea-level rise is accelerating. As Earth warms …

Mangroves are multi-functional ecosystems providing resource provisions and various
ecosystem services, all of which are critical to the local livelihood and national economy …

Salt marshes are crucially important ecosystems at the boundary between the land and the
sea, that are experiencing significant losses worldwide mainly dictated by the erosion of …

Detailed knowledge of nearshore topography and bathymetry is required for a wide variety
of purposes, including ecosystem protection, coastal management, and flood and erosion …

This book and this synthesis address the pressing need for better management of coastal
wetlands worldwide because these wetlands are disappearing at an alarming rate; in some …

Observational evidence and mathematical modeling have demonstrated the crucial role of
wind waves on sediment resuspension in shallow micro-tidal basins, where tidal fluxes …

The formation and evolution of tidal networks have been described through various theories
which mostly assume that tidal network development results from erosional processes …

This study was carried out at the Bahía Blanca Estuary, Argentina, at the seaward edge of a
saltmarsh. The saltmarsh-mudflat boundary in the study area shows sediment deposits at a …