Patterns of mangrove forest structure and soil nutrient dynamics along the Shark River estuary, Florida

Estuaries

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 955-970

  Chen, Ronghua ^a   Twilley, Robert R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FOREST; MANGROVE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SOIL NUTRIENT;

FLORIDA; SHARK ESTUARY; UNITED STATES;

CHONDRICHTHYES; LAGUNCULARIA RACEMOSA; RHIZOPHORA MANGLE; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 0033368096     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1353075     Document Type: Article

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