Mangrove Rehabilitation on Highly Eroded Coastal Shorelines at Samut Sakhon, Thailand

The study site is currently retreating at a rate of 20 m y−1 due to severe coastal erosion and found to be highly polluted as revealed from the water, sediment and biological analysis. In an attempt to prevent coastal erosion, 14,000 Rhizophora mucronata (RM) trees were planted across a heavily erod...

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Main Authors: Matsui Naohiro, Songsangjinda Putth, Morimune Keiyo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:International Journal of Ecology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/171876