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The Oldest Holocene Caribbean Mangroves and Postglacial Sea Level Rise: Biogeographical Implications

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: This commentary underscores the importance of the recent discovery of the oldest in situ Holocene mangrove sediments found to date in the Caribbean region. It also emphasizes the implications of this finding for understanding postglacial sea level rise and the subsequent recolonization of current Caribbean coasts by mangrove communities. These communities likely survived the last glaciation in small microrefugia located beyond the present continental shelf, from where they expanded to form the present-day mangrove biogeographical patterns.

Source: Quaternary

DOI: 10.3390/quat7030038

Author: Valentí Rull

Institutions: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Institut Botànic de Barcelona, Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont

Language: English

Topic: Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics

Subfield: Ecology

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Climate action

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,819