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The importance of mangrove flocs in sheltering seagrass in turbid coastal waters

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Mangroves and Salt Marshes

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The seagrass beds in the mangrove-fringed shallow coastal waters ofHinchinbrook Channel, Australia, survive in shallow coastal waters. They aresheltered from excessive sedimentation and turbidity by the plankton andvegetative detritus generating a marine snow that accelerates the settlingof fine mud out of suspension.

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  1. Australian Institute of Marine Science, Pmb No. 3, Townsville M.C., Qld, 4810, Australia

    E. Wolanski & S. Spagnol

  2. Department of Mathematics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia

    E.B. Lim

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Wolanski, E., Spagnol, S. & Lim, E. The importance of mangrove flocs in sheltering seagrass in turbid coastal waters. Mangroves and Salt Marshes 1, 187–191 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009938628639

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