Litter dynamics and particulate organic matter outwelling from a subtropical mangrove in Okinawa Island, South Japan

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 63, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 301-313

  Mfilinge, Prosper L ^a   Meziane, Tarik ^b   Bachok, Zainudin ^a   Tsuchiya, Makoto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bruguiera gymnorrhiza; C:N ratio; Fatty acid markers; Litter fall; Mangrove outwelling; Nitrogen; Okinawa Island; South Japan

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; LITTER; MANGROVE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; OKINAWA [OKINAWA (PRF)]; OKINAWA [RYUKYU ISLANDS]; RYUKYU ISLANDS; WORLD;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRUGUIERA GYMNORRHIZA; ENTEROMORPHA INTESTINALIS; RHIZOPHORACEAE; ULVA; ULVA INTESTINALIS; ULVA PERTUSA;

EID: 14644412844     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2004.11.022     Document Type: Article

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