Regional processes in mangrove ecosystems: Spatial scaling relationships, biomass, and turnover rates following catastrophic disturbance

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 569, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 517-527

  Ward, Greg A ^a   Smith III, Thomas J ^a   Whelan, Kevin R T ^a,b   Doyle, T W ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Hurricane; Mangrove; Mortality; Recruitment; Scale; Structure; Turnover

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEMS; HURRICANE EFFECTS; VEGETATION;

CATASTROPHIC DISTURBANCE; DISTURBANCE; MANGROVE; MORTALITY; RECRUITMENT; STRUCTURE; TURNOVER RATES;

FORESTRY;

BIOMASS; FOREST DYNAMICS; HURRICANE; MANGROVE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STEM; TURNOVER;

BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; PLANTS;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 33746764972     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0153-9     Document Type: Article

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