Mangrove growth in New Zealand estuaries: The role of nutrient enrichment at sites with contrasting rates of sedimentation

Oecologia

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 633-641

  Lovelock, Catherine E ^a   Feller, Ilka C ^b   Ellis, Joanne ^c   Schwarz, Ann Maree ^c   Hancock, Nicole ^c   Nichols, Pip ^c   Sorrell, Brian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Avicenna marina; Leaf area index; Nutrient resorption efficiency; Photosynthesis; Soil respiration; Waikopua; Whangapoua

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RESPONSE; LEAF AREA INDEX; MANGROVE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SOIL RESPIRATION; VEGETATION COVER;

ARTICLE; AVICENNIA; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NEW ZEALAND; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; SEASON; SEDIMENT;

AVICENNIA; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NEW ZEALAND; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS; SEASONS;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 34547781792     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-007-0750-y     Document Type: Article

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