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|a Sea-level rise and landscape change influence mangrove encroachment onto marsh in the Ten Thousand Islands region of Florida, USA |h [electronic resource] |y English. |
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|a [S.l.] : |b Springer, |c 2010-09-10. |
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|a Journal of Coastal Conservation. |
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|a The Ten Thousand Islands region of southwestern
Florida, USA is a major feeding and resting destination
for breeding, migrating, and wintering birds. Many species
of waterbirds rely specifically on marshes as foraging
habitat, making mangrove encroachment a concern for
wildlife managers. With the alteration of freshwater flow
and sea-level rise trends for the region, mangroves have
migrated upstream into traditionally salt and brackish
marshes, mirroring similar descriptions around the world.
Aside from localized freezes in some years, very little
seems to be preventing mangrove encroachment. We
mapped changes in mangrove stand boundaries from the
Gulf of Mexico inland to the northern boundary of Ten
Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge (TTINWR)
from 1927 to 2005, and determined the area of mangroves
to be approximately 7,281 hectares in 2005, representing an
1,878 hectare increase since 1927. Overall change represents
an approximately 35% increase in mangrove coverage
on TTINWR over 78 years. Sea-level rise is likely the
primary driver of this change; however, the construction of
new waterways facilitates the dispersal of mangrove
propagules into new areas by extending tidal influence,
exacerbating encroachment. Reduced volume of freshwater
delivery to TTINWR via overland flow and localized
rainfall may influence the balance between marsh and
mangrove as well, potentially offering some options to
managers interested in conserving marsh over mangrove. |
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|a Electronic reproduction. |c Florida International University, |d 2015. |f (dpSobek) |n Mode of access: World Wide Web. |n System requirements: Internet connectivity; Web browser software. |
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