Document Type

Article

Publication Date

6-24-1997

Keywords

Sea level rise, Wetland systems, Hydrologic and geologic processes in the coastal zone

Abstract

Coastal wetlands provide valuable services such as flood protection and fisheries production to a global population that is increasingly concentrated near the coast and dependent on its resources. Many of the world's coastal wetlands suffered significant losses during this century, and the creation of new wetland areas is not keeping pace with recent losses. Some destruction of wetland areas can be expected as a consequence of the continual reworking of the coastal zone by dynamic geologic processes. Yet human activities also play a role, both directly by encroaching on coastal wetlands and indirectly by influencing the hydrologic and geologic processes in the coastal zone.

Publication Title

EOS

Volume

78

Issue

25

First Page

257

Last Page

264

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1029/97EO00169/epdf

Required Publisher's Statement

Published by the American Geophysical Union

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/97EO00169/epdf

Subjects - Topical (LCSH)

Sea level--Environmental aspects; Wetlands; Wetlands--Effect of human beings on; Wetland conservation

Genre/Form

articles

Type

Text

Language

English

Format

application/pdf

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