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Abstract
The mangrove forests play a significant role as sediment traps. They reduce tidal flows and induce sedimentation of soil particles at low tide. However, there are no such processes taking place in the non-mangrove areas. Site of Avicennia-Rhizophora interphase is more efficient than Avicennia and or Rhizophora zones, in trapping the sediment by 30, 25 and 20% respectively at low tide as compared to high tide.Mesh：
Year: 2003 PMID： 15162728
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Rev Biol Trop ISSN： 0034-7744 Impact factor: 0.723