Mangrove retreat with rising sea-level, Bermuda

• Published in: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
• Main Author: Ellison, JC
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 1993
• Subjects: 300801 Environmental Management and Rehabilitation; Hungry Bay; Low Island
• Online Access: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/2215/; https://eprints.utas.edu.au/2215/1/ECSS1993.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1006/ecss.1993.1042

Low island mangroves keep up with slow sea-level rise by peat accumulation. Holocene stratigraphic records show that they maintain the same pace as sea-level rise at rates up to 9 cm/100 years. Tide gauge records from Bermuda since 1932 show sea-level rise at a rate of 28 cm/100 years. The largest m...