Water relations of coastal and estuarine Rhizophora mangle: Xylem pressure potential and dynamics of embolism formation and repair

Oecologia

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 182-192

  Melcher, P J ^a,b   Goldstein, G ^b   Meinzer, F C ^c   Yount, D E ^b   Jones, T J ^b   Holbrook, N M ^a   Huang, C X ^d  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^d CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cryo scanning electron microscopy; Embolism refilling; Mangrove; Rhizophora mangle; Water relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035027453     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420000519     Document Type: Article

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