Breakdown of mangrove leaf litter in a managed mangrove forest in Peninsular Malaysia

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 413, Issue , 1999, Pages 77-88

  Ashton, E C ^a   Hogarth, P J ^a   Ormond, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Diversity; Ecosystem function; Litter bags

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; LEAF LITTER; MANGROVE;

MALAYSIA;

BRUGUIERA PARVIFLORA; RHIZOPHORA APICULATA; RHIZOPHORA MUCRONATA; SONNERATIA ALBA;

EID: 0033570349     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003842910811     Document Type: Article

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