Mangrove Sedimentation and Response to Relative Sea-Level Rise

doi:10.1146/annurev-marine-122414-034025

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. 2016:8:243-66.

doi: 10.1146/annurev-marine-122414-034025. Epub 2015 Sep 25.

Mangrove Sedimentation and Response to Relative Sea-Level Rise

C D Woodroffe¹, K Rogers¹, K L McKee², C E Lovelock³, I A Mendelssohn⁴, N Saintilan⁵

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¹ School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales 2522, Australia; email: colin@uow.edu.au , kerrylee@uow.edu.au.
² National Wetlands Research Center, US Geological Survey, Lafayette, Louisiana 70506; email: mckeek@usgs.gov.
³ Centre for Marine Studies and School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia; email: c.lovelock@uq.edu.au.
⁴ Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803; email: imendel@lsu.edu.
⁵ Department of Environmental Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, New South Wales 2109, Australia; email: neil.saintilan@mq.edu.au.

PMID: 26407146
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-marine-122414-034025

Review

Mangrove Sedimentation and Response to Relative Sea-Level Rise

C D Woodroffe et al. Ann Rev Mar Sci. 2016.

. 2016:8:243-66.

doi: 10.1146/annurev-marine-122414-034025. Epub 2015 Sep 25.

Authors

C D Woodroffe¹, K Rogers¹, K L McKee², C E Lovelock³, I A Mendelssohn⁴, N Saintilan⁵

Affiliations

¹ School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales 2522, Australia; email: colin@uow.edu.au , kerrylee@uow.edu.au.
² National Wetlands Research Center, US Geological Survey, Lafayette, Louisiana 70506; email: mckeek@usgs.gov.
³ Centre for Marine Studies and School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia; email: c.lovelock@uq.edu.au.
⁴ Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803; email: imendel@lsu.edu.
⁵ Department of Environmental Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, New South Wales 2109, Australia; email: neil.saintilan@mq.edu.au.

PMID: 26407146
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-marine-122414-034025

Abstract

Mangroves occur on upper intertidal shorelines in the tropics and subtropics. Complex hydrodynamic and salinity conditions, related primarily to elevation and hydroperiod, influence mangrove distributions; this review considers how these distributions change over time. Accumulation rates of allochthonous and autochthonous sediment, both inorganic and organic, vary between and within different settings. Abundant terrigenous sediment can form dynamic mudbanks, and tides redistribute sediment, contrasting with mangrove peat in sediment-starved carbonate settings. Sediments underlying mangroves sequester carbon but also contain paleoenvironmental records of adjustments to past sea-level changes. Radiometric dating indicates long-term sedimentation, whereas measurements made using surface elevation tables and marker horizons provide shorter perspectives, indicating shallow subsurface processes of root growth and substrate autocompaction. Many tropical deltas also experience deep subsidence, which augments relative sea-level rise. The persistence of mangroves implies an ability to cope with moderately high rates of relative sea-level rise. However, many human pressures threaten mangroves, resulting in a continuing decline in their extent throughout the tropics.

Keywords: carbon sequestration; hydrodynamics; mangrove ecosystems; sea-level rise; sediment accumulation.

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