Tidal exchange of macrolitter between a mangrove forest and adjacent seagrass beds (Gazi bay, Kenya)

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 119-128

  Slim, F J ^a   Hemminga, M A ^a   Cocheret De La Moriniere E ^b   Van Der Velde, G ^b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Export; Import; Litter transport; Macrolitter; Mangroves; Seagrasses

Indexed keywords

LITTER; MANGROVE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SEAGRASS MEADOW; TRANSPORT PROCESS; DETRITUS; MACROLITTER; MANGROVE SWAMPS; SEAGRASS; SEAGRASS MEADOWS; TIDAL EXCHANGE; TRANSPORT PROCESSES;

KENYA; KENYA, COAST PROVINCE, KWALE, GAZI BAY;

CERIOPS TAGAL; RHIZOPHORA MUCRONATA; SONNERATIA ALBA;

EID: 0030298885     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02272233     Document Type: Article

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