Application of a Coupled Vegetation Competition and Groundwater Simulation Model to Study Effects of Sea Level Rise and Storm Surges on Coastal Vegetation

• Main Authors: Su, Yean Teh, Turtora, Michael, Donald L., DeAngelis, Jiang, Jiang, Leonard, Pearlstine, Thomas, J. Smith III, Hock, Lye Koh
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI 2015
• Subjects: QA1-939 Mathematics
• Online Access: http://eprints.usm.my/38347/1/Application_of_a_Coupled_Vegetation_Competition_and_Groundwater.pdf; http://eprints.usm.my/38347/; http://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/3/4/1149

Global climate change poses challenges to areas such as low-lying coastal zones, where sea level rise (SLR) and storm-surge overwash events can have long-term effects on vegetation and on soil and groundwater salinities, posing risks of habitat loss critical to native species. An early warning sys...