Above- and below-ground biomasses of two species of mangrove on the Hawkesbury River stuary, New South Wales

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 147-152

  Saintilan, Neil ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABOVE/BELOW-GROUND; ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; BIOMASS; ESTUARY; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MANGROVE; MANGROVE SWAMPS;

AUSTRALIA, NEW SOUTH WALES, HAWKESBURY ESTUARY;

AEGICERAS CORNICULATUM; AVICENNIA MARINA; MYRSINACEAE; VERBENACEAE;

EID: 0030619154     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF96079     Document Type: Article

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