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Accretion rates were measured in fringe and basin mangrove forests in river and tidally dominated sites in Terminos Lagoon, Mexico, and a basin mangrove forest in Rookery Bay, Florida, USA. Accretion rates were determined using the radionuclides210Pb and137Cs. Consolidation-corrected accretion rates for the Rookery Bay cores, ranged from 1.4 to 1.7 mm yr−1, with an average rate of 1.6 mm yr−1. Rates at the Mexico sites ranged from 1.0 to 4.4 mm yr−1, with an average of 2.4 mm yr−1. Determination of rates in these mangrove forests was greatly affected by the consolidation corrections which decreased the apparent accretion rate by over 50% in one case. Accretion rates at basin sites compare favorably with a reported 1.4 to 1.6 mm yr−1 rate of sea-level rise, indicating little or no subsidence at inland locations. Accretion rates in fringe sites are generally greater than basin sites, indicating greater subsidence rates in these sediments over longer time intervals.
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Lynch, J.C., Meriwether, J.R., McKee, B.A. et al. Recent accretion in mangrove ecosystems based on137Cs and210Pb. Estuaries 12, 284–299 (1989). https://doi.org/10.2307/1351907
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