Historical development of the Port Royal mangrove wetland Jamaica

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 951-959

  Alleng, Gerard P ^a  

^a Institute of Marine Affairs Trinidad and Tobago   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Geomorphology; Jamaica; Mangroves; Sea level rise

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WETLAND; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MANGROVE; VEGETATION HISTORY;

JAMAICA;

RHIZOPHORA MANGLE;

EID: 0031854697     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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