Litter dynamics in riverine mangrove forests in the Guayas river estuary, Ecuador

Oecologia

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 109-122

  Twilley, Robert R ^a   Pozo, Mireya ^b   Garcia, Victor H ^b   Rivera Monroy, Victor H ^a   Zambrano, Ramon ^c   Bodero, Alejandro ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE GUAYAQUIL   (Ecuador)

^c Department of Forestry ^*  (Ecuador)

^d Univ Rhode Isl Agy Intl Devmt   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Crab transport; Detritus export; Litter fall; Rhizophora; Ucides occidentalis

Indexed keywords

CRAB TRANSPORT; DETRITUS; LITTER DYNAMICS; MANGROVE CRAB; MANGROVE FOREST; MANGROVE SWAMPS; TIDAL EXPORT;

ECUADOR, GUAYAS ESTUARY;

DECAPODA; RHIZOPHORA; RHIZOPHORACEAE; UCIDES OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 0030619628     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050214     Document Type: Article

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