Litter fall and energy flux in a mangrove ecosystem

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 111-124

  Wafar, S ^a   Untawale, A G ^a   Wafar, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

decomposition; energy flux; litter fall; mangroves; model

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; DEGRADATION; DETRITUS; ENERGY FLUX; LEAF LITTER; LITTER FALL; MANGROVE; MANGROVE SWAMPS; NUTRIENT CYCLE; NUTRIENT CYCLES;

INDIA, GOA, MANDORI ESTUARY; INDIA, GOA, ZUARI ESTUARY;

AVICENNIA OFFICINALIS; RHIZOPHORA APICULATA; RHIZOPHORA MUCRONATA; RHIZOPHORACEAE; SONNERATIA ALBA; SONNERATIACEAE; VERBENACEAE;

EID: 0030620431     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.1996.0152     Document Type: Article

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