Application of remote sensing and GIS for detection of long-term mangrove shoreline changes in Mui Ca Mau, Vietnam

Mui Ca Mau at the southern tip of Vietnam sup- ports a large area of mangroves and has a high value for biodiversity and scenic beauty. This area is affected by ero- sion along the East Sea and accretion along the Gulf of Thai- land, leading to the loss of huge stretches of mangroves along the East Sea and, in some cases, loss of environmental and ecosystem services provided by mangroves. In this study, we used remotely sensed aerial (1953), Landsat (1979, 1988 and 2000) and SPOT (1992, 1995, 2004, 2008, 2009 and 2011) images and the Digital Shoreline Analysis System (DSAS) to quantify the rate of mangrove shoreline change for a 58 yr period. There were 1129 transects sampled at 100 m inter- vals along the mangrove shoreline and two statistical meth- ods, namely end point rate (EPR) and linear regression rate (LRR), were used to calculate the rate of change of mangrove shorelines and distance from 1953 to 2011. The study con- firms that erosion and accretion, respectively, are significant at the East Sea and Gulf of Thailand sides of Mui Ca Mau. The East Sea side had a mean erosion LRR of 33.24 m yr 1 . The accretion trend at the Gulf of Thailand side had an av- erage rate of 40.65 m yr 1 . The results are important in pre- dicting changes of coastal ecosystem boundaries and enable advanced planning for specific sections of coastline, to min- imize or neutralize losses, to inform provincial rehabilitation efforts and reduce threats to coastal development and human safety.

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