Relative sea-level rise and the potential for subsidence of the Swartkops Estuary intertidal salt marshes, South Africa
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- 作者：T.G. Bornmana ; b ; ; J. Schmidtb ; J.B. Adamsb ; A.N. Mfikilia ; b ; R.E. Farrec ; A.J. Smitd
- 关键词：Climate change ; Spartina ; Accretion ; Sediment elevation ; RSET ; Tide gauge
- 刊名：South African Journal of Botany
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：November 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：107
- 期：Complete
- 页码：91-100
- 全文大小：1094 K
文摘
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Development altered the vegetation and habitat area cover and distribution.
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Drivers of species distribution were soil moisture content and elevation.
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Relative sea-level has been rising by 1.82 ± 0.49 mm·year− 1 over the past 36 years.
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The mean wetland surface elevation trend was 2.98 ± 2.34 mm·year− 1.
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Overall the salt marsh surface elevation is keeping pace with historic relative sea-level rise.