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    Decadal Stability of Red Sea Mangroves

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    Almahasheer, Hanan cc
    Aljowair, Abdulaziz
    Duarte, Carlos M. cc
    Irigoien, Xabier cc
    KAUST Department
    Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering (BESE) Division
    Bioscience Program
    Marine Science Program
    Red Sea Research Center (RSRC)
    Date
    2015-12-16
    Online Publication Date
    2015-12-16
    Print Publication Date
    2016-02
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10754/584005
    
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    Abstract
    Across the Earth, mangroves play an important role in coastal protection, both as nurseries and carbon sinks. However, due to various human and environmental impacts, the coverage of mangroves is declining on a global scale. The Red Sea is in the northern-most area of the distribution range of mangroves. Little is known about the surface covered by mangroves at this northern limit or about the changes experienced by Red Sea mangroves. We sought to study changes in the coverage of Red Sea mangroves by using multi-temporal Landsat data (1972, 2000 and 2013). Interestingly, our results show that there has been no decline in mangrove stands in the Red Sea but rather a slight increase. The area covered by mangroves is about 69 Km2 along the African shore and 51 Km2 along the Arabian Peninsula shore. From 1972 to 2013, the area covered by mangroves increased by about 0.29% y-1. We conclude that the trend exhibited by Red Sea mangroves departs from the general global decline of mangroves. Along the Red Sea, mangroves expanded by 12% over the 41 years from 1972 to 2013. Losses to Red Sea mangroves, mostly due to coastal development, have been compensated by afforestation projects.
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    Decadal Stability of Red Sea Mangroves 2015 Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
    Publisher
    Elsevier BV
    Journal
    Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
    DOI
    10.1016/j.ecss.2015.11.027
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    http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0272771415301499
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      Almahasheer, H., Aljowair, A., Duarte, C. M., & Irigoien, X. (2015). Mangrove cover in the Red Sea (1972-2013), supplement to: Almahasheer, Hanan; Aljowair, Abdulaziz; Duarte, Carlos M; Irigoien, Xabier (2016): Decadal Stability of Red Sea Mangroves. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 169, 164-172. PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science. https://doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.855896. DOI: 10.1594/PANGAEA.855896 HANDLE: 10754/624121
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    10.1016/j.ecss.2015.11.027
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    Articles; Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering (BESE) Division; Red Sea Research Center (RSRC); Bioscience Program; Marine Science Program

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