Carbon and nitrogen pools in a mangrove stand of Kandelia obovata (S., L.) Yong: Vertical distribution in the soil-vegetation system

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 141-153

  Khan, Md Nabiul Islam ^a   Suwa, Rempei ^b   Hagihara, Akio ^b  

^a KHULNA UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biomass; Carbon stock; Mangrove sediment; Nitrogen stock; PPFD

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; CARBON; LEAF AREA; MANGROVE; NITROGEN; PRODUCTIVITY; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; OKINAWA [RYUKYU ISLANDS]; RYUKYU ISLANDS;

KANDELIA OBOVATA;

EID: 33847658848     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11273-006-9020-8     Document Type: Article

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