Impact and response of southwest Florida mangroves to the 2004 hurricane season

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 979-984

  Milbrandt, E C ^a   Greenawalt Boswell, J M ^a   Sokoloff, P D ^a,b   Bortone, S A ^a  

^a Sanibel Captiva Conservation Foundation   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARRIER ISLAND; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CATASTROPHIC EVENT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HURRICANE CHARLEY 2004; MANGROVE; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; POPULATION DENSITY; SEEDLING;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

RHIZOPHORA MANGLE; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 34547142673     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02798659     Document Type: Article

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