Article Dans Une Revue Environmental Earth Sciences Année : 2024

IMPACT OF MANGROVE ON TIDAL PROPAGATION IN A TROPICAL COASTAL LAGOON

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Very complex aquatic ecosystem, the mangrove forest colonizes coastal lagoons, estuaries and deltas in tropical and subtropical zones. This study investigates the impact of mangrove vegetation on tidal propagation in the Somone Coastal Lagoon, located on the Senegalese small coast. The analysis of new field data is complemented with the application of a 3D circulation model accounting for vegetation. The analysis of well-reproduced water levels and currents over the whole lagoon make it possible to spatially study the amplitudes of the main tidal harmonics, semi-diurnal (M2), diurnal (K1) and the major overtide (M4). The comparison between our baseline model accounting for vegetation and a configuration without vegetation reveals firstly that the mangrove strongly attenuates tidal propagation in the lagoon, whit a stronger impact on semi-diurnal waves than diurnal waves. Tidal currents are also strongly reduced when the mangrove is accounted for, even close to the inlet mouth, far away from vegetation areas. The mangrove also enhances tidal asymmetry and promotes ebb dominance, both in terms of duration (ebbs last from 0.5 up to 3 h more than floods) and current magnitude (ebb currents are about 50% stronger). Spring tides accentuate ebb-dominance compared to neap tides, where tidal asymmetry is weaker.
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hal-04882993 , version 1 (13-01-2025)

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Marcellin Samou Seujip, Xavier Bertin, Issa Sakho, Mouhamadoul Bachir Diouf. IMPACT OF MANGROVE ON TIDAL PROPAGATION IN A TROPICAL COASTAL LAGOON. Environmental Earth Sciences, 2024, 83 (2), pp.52. ⟨10.1007/s12665-023-11349-5⟩. ⟨hal-04882993⟩
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