Breakdown of fresh and dried Rhizophora mucronata leaves in a mangrove of Southwest India

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-9

  Ananda, K ^a   Sridhar, K R ^a   Raviraja, N S ^b   Barlocher F ^c  

^a MANGALORE UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Fungi; Leaf litter; Mangroves; Rhizophora mucronata

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; DECOMPOSITION; FUNGUS; LEAF LITTER; MANGROVE; SALINITY; VASCULAR PLANT;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

ASCOMYCOTA; FUNGI; FUNGI IMPERFECTI; RHIZOPHORA MUCRONATA; RHIZOPHORACEAE; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 37549010989     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11273-007-9041-y     Document Type: Article

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