Salinity and light interactively affect neotropical mangrove seedlings at the leaf and whole plant levels

Oecologia

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 545-556

  López Hoffman, Laura ^a,b   Anten, Niels P R ^c   Martínez Ramos, Miguel ^a   Ackerly, David D ^d  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Avicennia germinans; Ecophysiology; Gas exchange; Growth analysis; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

GROWTH RATE; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MANGROVE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SALINITY; SEEDLING; SURVIVORSHIP;

ARTICLE; AVICENNIA; BIOMASS; DRUG EFFECT; LIGHT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEEDLING; TROPIC CLIMATE;

AVICENNIA; BIOMASS; LIGHT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; SEEDLING; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

AVICENNIA; AVICENNIA GERMINANS; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 33845777952     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-006-0563-4     Document Type: Article

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