Vegetation zonation and management in the Damietta estuary of the River Nile

Journal of Coastal Conservation

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 79-86

  Khedr, Abdel Hamid A ^a  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Estuarine community; Multivariate analysis; Salinity; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

ESTUARY; MARSH; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION; ZONATION;

EGYPT;

ARTHROCNEMUM MACROSTACHYUM; CERATOPHYLLUM DEMERSUM; CYNODON DACTYLON; EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES; LUDWIGIA STOLONIFERA; PERSICARIA LAPATHIFOLIA; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; POLYGONUM EQUISETIFORME; SUAEDA VERA; TAMARIX NILOTICA; TYPHA DOMINGENSIS; ZYGOPHYLLUM AEGYPTIUM;

EID: 0032428971     PISSN: 14000350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02806493     Document Type: Article

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