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Conservation Union, vol. 1 (p. 165), IUCN, Bangkok, Thailand.
Delaune, R. D., Patrick, W. H., Lindau, C. W., & Smith, C. J. (1990). Nitrous oxide and methane
emission from gulf coast wetlands. In A. F. Bouman (Ed.), Soils and the greenhouse effect
(pp. 498–501). John Wiley & Sons Ltd, NJ, United States.
Furukawa, K., & Wolanski, E. (1996). Sedimentation in mangrove forests. Mangroves Salt
Marshes, 1, 3–10.
Furukawa, K., Wolanski, E., & Mueller, H. (1997). Currents and sediment transport in mangrove
forests. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, 44, 301–310.
Ganguly, D., Mukhopadhyay, A., Pandey, R. L. K., & Mitra, D. (2006). Geomorphological study
of Sundarban deltaic estuary. Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 34(4), 431–435.
http://www.fao.org/gpa/sediments/habitat.htm.
Kathiresan, K. (2003). How do mangrove forests induce sedimentation? Revista de Biologia
Tropical, 51(2), 355–360.
Krauss, K. W., Allen, J. A., & Cahoon, D. R. (2003). Differential rates of vertical accretion and
elevation change among aerial root types in Micronesian mangrove forests. Estuarine Coastal
and Shelf Science, 56, 251–259.
Mitra, A. (2013). Sensitivity of Mangrove ecosystem to changing climate (p. 323). Springer.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-1509-7.
Mitra, A. (2018). Estuarine pollution in the lower Gangetic Delta. Springer Nature Switzerland
AG. ISBN 978-3-319-93305-4.
Mitra, A., Gangopadhyay, A., Dube, A., Schmidt, A. C. K., & Banerjee, K. (2009). Observed
changes in water mass properties in the Indian Sundarbans (Northwestern Bay of Bengal) during 1980–2007. Current Science, 1445–1452.
Mitra, A., Banerjee, K., & Sinha, S. (2011). Shrimp tissue quality in the lower Gangetic delta at
the apex of Bay of Bengal. Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry, 93(3), 565–574.
Morris, J. T., Kjerfve, B., & Dean, J. M. (1990). Dependence of estuarine productivity on anomalies in mean sea level. Limnology and Oceanography, 35, 926–930.
Nyman, J. A., Delaune, R. D., & Patrick, W. H., Jr. (1990). Wetland soil formation in the rapidly
subsiding Mississippi River deltaic plain: Mineral and organic matter relationships. Estuarine,
Coastal and Shelf Science, 31, 57–69.
Raha, A. K., Bhattacharyya, S. B., Zaman, S., Banerjee, K., Sengupta, K., Sinha, S., Sett, S.,
Chakraborty, S., Datta, S., Dasgupta, S., Chowdhury, M. R., Ghosh, R., Mondal, K., Pramanick,
P., & Mitra, A. (2013). Carbon census in dominant mangroves of Indian Sundarbans. The
Journal of Energy and Environmental Science (Photon), 127, 345–354.
Reed, D. J. (1999). Response of mineral and organic components of coastal marsh accretion to
global climate change. Current Topics in Wetland Biogeochemistry, 3, 90–99.
Tamai, S., Nakasuga, T., Tabuchi, R., & Ogino, K. (1983). Ecological studies of mangrove forests in Southern Thailand – Standing structure and biomass. Mangrove Ecology in Thailand,
Bulletin of the Thai-Japanese Cooperative Research Project on Mangrove Productivity and
Development 1981–1982. pp. 3–15.
Trivedi, S., Zaman, S., Ray Chaudhuri, T., Pramanick, P., Fazli, P., Amin, G., & Mitra, A. (2016).
Inter-annual variation of salinity in Indian Sundarbans. Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Science,
45(3), 410–415.
Woodroffe, C. D. (1990). The impact of sea-level rise on mangrove shorelines. Progress of
Physical Geography, 14, 483–520.
Woodroffe, C. (2002). Coasts: Form, process and evolution. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge
University Press.
3 Mangroves: A Barrier Against Erosion
Chaudhuri, A. B., & Choudhury, A. (1994). Mangroves of the Sundarbans, IUCN – The World
Conservation Union, vol. 1 (p. 165), IUCN, Bangkok, Thailand.
Delaune, R. D., Patrick, W. H., Lindau, C. W., & Smith, C. J. (1990). Nitrous oxide and methane
emission from gulf coast wetlands. In A. F. Bouman (Ed.), Soils and the greenhouse effect
(pp. 498–501). John Wiley & Sons Ltd, NJ, United States.
Furukawa, K., & Wolanski, E. (1996). Sedimentation in mangrove forests. Mangroves Salt
Marshes, 1, 3–10.
Furukawa, K., Wolanski, E., & Mueller, H. (1997). Currents and sediment transport in mangrove
forests. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, 44, 301–310.
Ganguly, D., Mukhopadhyay, A., Pandey, R. L. K., & Mitra, D. (2006). Geomorphological study
of Sundarban deltaic estuary. Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 34(4), 431–435.
http://www.fao.org/gpa/sediments/habitat.htm.
Kathiresan, K. (2003). How do mangrove forests induce sedimentation? Revista de Biologia
Tropical, 51(2), 355–360.
Krauss, K. W., Allen, J. A., & Cahoon, D. R. (2003). Differential rates of vertical accretion and
elevation change among aerial root types in Micronesian mangrove forests. Estuarine Coastal
and Shelf Science, 56, 251–259.
Mitra, A. (2013). Sensitivity of Mangrove ecosystem to changing climate (p. 323). Springer.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-1509-7.
Mitra, A. (2018). Estuarine pollution in the lower Gangetic Delta. Springer Nature Switzerland
AG. ISBN 978-3-319-93305-4.
Mitra, A., Gangopadhyay, A., Dube, A., Schmidt, A. C. K., & Banerjee, K. (2009). Observed
changes in water mass properties in the Indian Sundarbans (Northwestern Bay of Bengal) during 1980–2007. Current Science, 1445–1452.
Mitra, A., Banerjee, K., & Sinha, S. (2011). Shrimp tissue quality in the lower Gangetic delta at
the apex of Bay of Bengal. Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry, 93(3), 565–574.
Morris, J. T., Kjerfve, B., & Dean, J. M. (1990). Dependence of estuarine productivity on anomalies in mean sea level. Limnology and Oceanography, 35, 926–930.
Nyman, J. A., Delaune, R. D., & Patrick, W. H., Jr. (1990). Wetland soil formation in the rapidly
subsiding Mississippi River deltaic plain: Mineral and organic matter relationships. Estuarine,
Coastal and Shelf Science, 31, 57–69.
Raha, A. K., Bhattacharyya, S. B., Zaman, S., Banerjee, K., Sengupta, K., Sinha, S., Sett, S.,
Chakraborty, S., Datta, S., Dasgupta, S., Chowdhury, M. R., Ghosh, R., Mondal, K., Pramanick,
P., & Mitra, A. (2013). Carbon census in dominant mangroves of Indian Sundarbans. The
Journal of Energy and Environmental Science (Photon), 127, 345–354.
Reed, D. J. (1999). Response of mineral and organic components of coastal marsh accretion to
global climate change. Current Topics in Wetland Biogeochemistry, 3, 90–99.
Tamai, S., Nakasuga, T., Tabuchi, R., & Ogino, K. (1983). Ecological studies of mangrove forests in Southern Thailand – Standing structure and biomass. Mangrove Ecology in Thailand,
Bulletin of the Thai-Japanese Cooperative Research Project on Mangrove Productivity and
Development 1981–1982. pp. 3–15.
Trivedi, S., Zaman, S., Ray Chaudhuri, T., Pramanick, P., Fazli, P., Amin, G., & Mitra, A. (2016).
Inter-annual variation of salinity in Indian Sundarbans. Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Science,
45(3), 410–415.
Woodroffe, C. D. (1990). The impact of sea-level rise on mangrove shorelines. Progress of
Physical Geography, 14, 483–520.
Woodroffe, C. (2002). Coasts: Form, process and evolution. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge
University Press.
3 Mangroves: A Barrier Against Erosion