Tracking human disturbance in mangroves: Estimating harvest rates on a Micronesian Island

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 95-105

  Hauff, Robert D ^a,b   Ewel, Katherine C ^a,c   Jack, Jason ^d  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources   (United States)

^c Kosrae Island Resource Management Authority ^*  (United States)

^d Kosrae Island Resource Management Authority   (Federated States of Micronesia)

Author keywords

Bruguiera gymnorhiza; Disturbance; Harvest rates; Kosrae; Mangroves; Micronesia; Rhizophora apiculata; Seedlings; Wood decomposition

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; DECOMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HARVESTING; ISLAND; MANGROVE; WOOD;

CAROLINE ISLANDS; FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA; KOSRAE; MICRONESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

BRUGUIERA GYMNORHIZA; RHIZOPHORA APICULATA; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 33645855260     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11273-005-2567-y     Document Type: Article

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