Estuarine Mangrove Squeeze in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam

摘要: ABSTRACT Truong, S.H.; Ye, Q., and Stive, M.J.F., 2017. Estuarine mangrove squeeze in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam. Although protective role of mangroves for coasts has been increasingly recognized, that estuarine is less well acknowledged. The complex root, stem, canopy system healthy efficiently reduces impact a strong, along-bank flow during high tides river discharge, protecting riverbank from eroding. If sediment source available, forest also offers higher potential sedimentation to compensate sea-level rise. Unfortunately, along Mekong, Vietnam, estuaries, have rapidly destroyed. In many regions, degraded into narrow strips <50 m. Riverbanks at those locations are eroding rate 2–4 m y−1. main reason this “estuarine squeeze” phenomenon due increasing demand create more space local fish farming. Hence, used in...