Mangrove zonation in the dry life zone of the Gulf of Fonseca, Honduras

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 751-764

  Castañeda Moya, Edward ^a   Rivera Monroy, Victor H ^a   Twilley, Robert R ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELEVATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MANGROVE; SALINITY; SEEDLING; SOIL QUALITY; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; ZONATION;

CENTRAL AMERICA; GULF OF FONSECA; HONDURAS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

AVICENNIA; AVICENNIA GERMINANS; RHIZOPHORA MANGLE;

EID: 33751097789     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02786526     Document Type: Article

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