1st Edition
Mangroves and Sediment Dynamics Along the Coasts of Southern Thailand PhD: UNESCO-IHE Institute, Delft
By U. Thampanya
Copyright 2006
126 Pages
by
CRC Press
126 Pages
by
CRC Press
Mangroves inhabit tropical coastlines and are particularly abundant along deltas and bays where rivers bring freshwater and sediment to the sea. This habitat witnesses great variability in sedimentation and erosion rates, partly governed by variation in hydrodynamics of rivers as well as the sea. Sedimentation and hydrodynamics have a great impact on coastal and mangroves dynamics. Sediment... Read more
Preface Summary Chapter 1 Propagules, seeds and dispersal of mangroves and their potential sensitivity to sedimentation, a general introduction Chapter 2 Colonization success of common Thai mangrove species as a function of shelter from water movement Chapter 3 The effect of increasing sediment accretion on the seedlings of three common Thai mangrove species Chapter 4 Diameter and height-age relationships for common SE Asian mangrove taxa Chapter 5 Long-term mangrove progression and coastal recession along the coasts of Southern Thailand Chapter 6 Predicting mangrove colonization success: development of a simple, integrative, demographic model Chapter 7 Conclusion and general discussion
Biography
Udomluck Thampanya was born in 1962 in Northern Thailand. She graduated in Statistics from Chiang Mai University in 1985. She served in the Royal Thai Navy as an officer engaged in simulated war activities, leaving to study for an M.Sc. in computer science in Bangkok. Her current research interest is in the impact of sedimentation on coastal ecosystems.
