Application of palynology to describe vegetation succession in estuarine wetlands on Great Barrier Island, northern New Zealand

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 765-782

  Deng, Y ^a,b   Ogden, J ^a   Horrocks, M ^a,c   Anderson, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c MICROFOSSIL RESEARCH LTD   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Estuary; Human impact; Hydrarch succession; Mangrove

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COASTAL WETLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; MANGROVE; PALUDIFICATION; PALYNOLOGY; PEATLAND; PLANT COMMUNITY; SEDIMENTATION; SUCCESSION; TERRIGENOUS DEPOSIT;

AUCKLAND; AUSTRALASIA; AWANA; GREAT BARRIER ISLAND; KAITOKE; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WHANGAPOUA ESTUARY;

BAUMEA; BAUMEA JUNCEA; JUNCUS KRAUSSII; LEPTOCARPUS SIMILIS; LEPTOSPERMUM; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 33846901396     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1658/1100-9233(2006)17[765:AOPTDV]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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