Does tidal phase determine successful plant colonisation of atoll lagoon islands in the Maldives?

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Does tidal phase determine successful plant colonisation of atoll lagoon islands in the Maldives?

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Vegetation colonisation is an important process in the geomorphic development of atoll lagoon islands and understanding how plants establish may help model how these islands will respond to eustatic sea-level rise. The recent morphodynamics of two lagoon island forms, Maaodagalaa, a sand cay, and Mahutagalaa, a forested island, in Huvadhoo Atoll, Republic of the Maldives, provided an exceptional opportunity to examine processes of plant colonisation over annual to decadal time scales. Maaodag...

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2023-10-31

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Petrie, Simon Bruce / Hilton, Michael John / Konlechner, Teresa Maree / Borrie, David R.

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https://hdl.handle.net/10523/20120

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Climate change / Coral reefs / Island formation / Island morphodynamics / Maldives / Plant colonisation / Sand cay / Wave run-up

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