Use of plastic drift cards as indicators of possible dispersal of propagules of the mangrove avicennia marina by ocean currents

African Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 169-176

  Steinke, T D ^a   Ward, C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

DISPERSAL; DRIFT CARDS; MANGROVES; OCEAN CURRENTS; PROPAGULES

Indexed keywords

CURRENT; DISPERSAL; DRIFT BEHAVIOR; MANGROVE; METHODOLOGY; PROPAGULE;

AFRICA; EASTERN CAPE; KWAZULU-NATAL; MGENI ESTUARY; MHLATHUZE RIVER; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WAVECREST;

AVICENNIA; AVICENNIA MARINA; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 0346152857     PISSN: 1814232X     EISSN: 18142338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/18142320309504007     Document Type: Article

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