A 7 year record of above-ground net primary production in a southeastern Mexican mangrove forest

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 39-60

  Day Jr , J W ^a,b   Coronado Molina, Carlos ^c   Vera Herrera, F R ^c   Twilley, R ^d   Rivera Monroy, V H ^d   Alvarez Guillen, H ^c   Day, R ^e   Conner, W ^f  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CAMPECHE   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^e US National Biological Service   (United States)

^f CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Litter fall; Long term productivity; Terminos Lagoon

Indexed keywords

LITTERFALL; MANGROVE FOREST; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

MEXICO;

AVICENNIA GERMINANS; RHIZOPHORA MANGLE; RHIZOPHORACEAE; VERBENACEAE;

EID: 0030222643     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3770(96)01063-7     Document Type: Article

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