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Tidal Flow in Riverine-Type Mangroves

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The behavior of tidal flow in the riverine-forest type is investigated in the Aira-River mangrove area in Iriomote Island, Japan. In the mangrove swamp near the bank of the creek, a velocity component parallel to a tidal creek reduces greatly in the direction perpendicular to the creek. Based on this finding, it is theoretically suggested that the eddy viscosity in the mangrove swamp, which is caused by the interaction between mangrove vegetation and the shear stress resulting from the tidal flow in the creek, plays an important role in the hydrodynamics of the mangrove swamp.

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  1. Daijiro Kobashi

    Present address: Coastal Studies Institute and Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Louisiana State University, 70803, Baton Rouge, LA, USA

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  1. Department of Marine Science, School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokai University, 3-20-1, Shimizu-Orido, 424-8610, Shizuoka, Japan

    Daijiro Kobashi & Yoshihiro Mazda

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Kobashi, D., Mazda, Y. Tidal Flow in Riverine-Type Mangroves. Wetlands Ecol Manage 13, 615–619 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11273-004-3481-4

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