Nutrient dynamics and leaf litter decomposition in a subtropical mangrove forest at Oura Bay, Okinawa, Japan

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 16, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 172-180

  Mfilinge, P ^a   Atta, N ^a   Tsuchiya, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bruguiera gymnorrhiza; Drying effects; Kandelia candel; Mangrove decomposition; Nutrient dynamics

Indexed keywords

COAL ASH; COMPOSITION; DECOMPOSITION; DEGRADATION; DRYING;

RECOLONIZATION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRUGUIERA; BRUGUIERA GYMNORRHIZA; FRAXINUS; KANDELIA CANDEL; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 0036520861     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-001-0156-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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