Structure and productivity along a tree height gradient in a Kandelia obovata mangrove forest in the Manko Wetland, Okinawa Island, Japan

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 331-343

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b KHULNA UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Allometry; Dwarf stand; Net assimilation rate; Photosynthesis; Relative growth rate

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ASSIMILATION EFFICIENCY; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; DICOTYLEDON; FOREST EDGE; GROWTH RATE; HEIGHT; LEAF AREA INDEX; MANGROVE; NITROGEN; PHYTOMASS; RIVER BANK; WATERLOGGING; WETLAND;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; MANKO WETLAND; OKINAWA [RYUKYU ISLANDS]; OKINAWA ISLAND; OKINAWA ISLANDS; RYUKYU ISLANDS;

KANDELIA OBOVATA;

EID: 46249131890     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11273-007-9071-5     Document Type: Article

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