Sediment accretion in the Mangrove forests of Bebar River, Pahang, Malaysia: 230th concentration versus artificial marker method

• Main Authors: Kamaruzzaman, B. Y., Leong, H.F., Mohd. Lokman, Hussain, Sulong, Ibrahim, Mohammed Misbahul, Amin
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: University of Malaya Maritime Research Centre 2009
• Subjects: Mangrove forests; Ecosystem; Mangroves; Mangrove forests > Malaysia; Hutan paya bakau
• Online Access: http://dspace.unimap.edu.my/xmlui/handle/123456789/6414
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Perlis

Mangrove forests are a buffer zone between the coast and the ocean. These tropical coastal areas are responsible for about 75% of the sediment discharged from land to sea. Mangrove ecosystem can act as an efficient sediment trap which are dominantly supplied by rivers and the atmosphere to the ocean...