Young mangrove stands produce a large and high quality litter input to aquatic systems

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 569-576

  Nga, B T ^a   Tinh, H Q ^a   Tam, D T ^a   Scheffer, M ^b   Roijackers, R ^b  

^a CAN THO UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biomass; Mangrove; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; LEAF LITTER; MANGROVE; SWAMP;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM; WORLD;

RHIZOPHORA APICULATA;

EID: 27744489177     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11273-004-6073-4     Document Type: Article

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