Ecophysiology of a mangrove forest in Jobos Bay, Puerto Rico

Caribbean Journal of Science

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 200-219

  Lugo, Ariel E ^a   Medina, Ernesto ^b   Cuevas, Elvira ^a,b,c   Cintrón, Gilberto ^d,e   Laboy Nieves, Eddie N ^f   Novelli, Yara Schäeffer ^g  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL FORESTRY   (Puerto Rico)

^b INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^d Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ^*  (Puerto Rico)

^e US Fish and Wildlife Services   (United States)

^f Metropolitan University   (Puerto Rico)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOPHYSIOLOGY; FOREST FLOOR; MANGROVE; NUTRIENT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SALINITY; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; JOBOS BAY RESERVE; PUERTO RICO;

AVICENNIA; AVICENNIA GERMINANS; LAGUNCULARIA RACEMOSA; RHIZOPHORA MANGLE; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 44649107577     PISSN: 00086452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18475/cjos.v43i2.a6     Document Type: Article

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