Interspecific variations in responses of mangrove seedlings to two contrasting salinities

International Review of Hydrobiology

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 700-710

  Jayatissa, L P ^a   Wickramasinghe, W A A D L ^a   Dahdouh Guebas, F ^b,c   Huxham, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RUHUNA   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^d EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Growth; Salinity; Sri Lanka; Vivipary

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEED; TAXONOMIES;

GROWTH RESPONSE; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; MANGROVE; SALINITY; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SEEDLING; TAXONOMY; VIVIPARITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA;

AVICENNIA; AVICENNIA MARINA; AVICENNIA OFFICINALIS; BRUGUIERA GYMNORHIZA; RHIZOPHORA APICULATA; RHIZOPHORACEAE; SONNERATIA CASEOLARIS;

EID: 57649177560     PISSN: 14342944     EISSN: 15222632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iroh.200711017     Document Type: Article

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