The role of tidal current characteristics on the development of intertidal morphology in tropical and subtropical mangrove forests

Karin R Bryan1, William Nardin2, Sergio Fagherazzi3, Julia C Mullarney1, Benjamin Kenneth Norris4 and Stephen M Henderson5, (1)University of Waikato, School of Science, Hamilton, New Zealand, (2)University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Horn Point Laboratory, Horn Point Laboratory, Cambridge, United States, (3)Boston University, Department of Earth and Environment, Boston, United States, (4)University of Waikato, Coastal Marine Group, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Hamilton, New Zealand, (5)Washington State University, Vancouver, United States