Red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle L.) litter fall response to selective pruning (Indian River Lagoon, Florida, U.S.A.)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 413, Issue , 1999, Pages 63-76

  Parkinson, Randall W ^a   Perez Bedmar, Monica ^a,b   Santangelo, Jenna A ^a  

^a FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Above ground productivity; Estuarine food web; Mechanical alteration; Organic detritus

Indexed keywords

LIGHT AVAILABILITY; LITTERFALL; MANGROVE; PRUNING; RECRUITMENT; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

UNITED STATES;

RHIZOPHORA MANGLE;

EID: 0033570343     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003803213537     Document Type: Article

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