The mangrove ecosystem of the Cienaga Grande de Santa Marta (Colombia): Observations on regeneration and trace metals in sediment

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 37, Issue 8-12, 1999, Pages 393-403

  Perdomo, Laura ^a   Ensminger, Ingo ^b   Espinosa, Luisa Fernanda ^a   Elster, Carola ^c   Wallner Kersanach, Mônica ^d   Schnetter, Marie Luise ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS Y COSTERAS INVEMAR   (Colombia)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d NONE   (Panama)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRACE METAL;

ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; HABITAT RESTORATION; MANGROVE; REGENERATION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TRACE METAL;

AQUATIC FLORA; ARTICLE; COLOMBIA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MANGROVE; RIVER; SALINITY; SEDIMENT; VEGETATION; WATER FLOW;

COLOMBIA;

EID: 0032884134     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(99)00075-2     Document Type: Article

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