Importance of water source in controlling leaf leaching losses in a dwarf red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle L.) wetland

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 71, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 194-201

  Davis III, Stephen E ^a   Childers, Daniel L ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Everglades; hydraulic residence time; limiting factor; organic carbon; phosphorus; salinity

Indexed keywords

LIMITING FACTOR; MANGROVE; PHOSPHORUS; RESIDENCE TIME; SALINITY; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WATER COLUMN; WATER QUALITY; WETLAND;

EVERGLADES; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; FLORIDA BAY; NORTH AMERICA; TAYLOR RIVER; UNITED STATES;

RHIZOPHORA MANGLE;

EID: 33845661559     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2006.07.010     Document Type: Article

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