Sediment porewater salinity, inundation frequency and mangrove vegetation height in Bragança, North Brazil: An ecohydrology-based empirical model

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 349-358

  Lara, Rubén J ^a   Cohen, Marcelo C L ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR TROPICAL MARINE RESEARCH ZMT   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ecotones; Estuaries; Inundation regime; Marshes; Proxy; Stress; Topography

Indexed keywords

ECOHYDROLOGY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ESTUARY; GIS; MANGROVE; POREWATER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALINITY; SEDIMENT; VEGETATION;

BRAGANCA [PARA]; BRAZIL; PARA [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 33746440320     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11273-005-4991-4     Document Type: Article

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