Nutrient fluxes in a semi-arid microtidal mangrove wetland in the Gulf of California

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 654-662

  Sanchez Carrillo S ^a   Sanchez Andres R ^b   Alatorre, L C ^c   Angeler, D G ^d,e   Alvarez Cobelas M ^a   Arreola Lizarraga J A ^f  

^a INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^e SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^f CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Gulf of California; mangrove; nutrient export; nutrient flux; semi arid

Indexed keywords

COASTAL LAGOON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLUX MEASUREMENT; LITTERFALL; MANGROVE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; RETENTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMIARID REGION; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; TRANSPORT PROCESS; WETLAND;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 67349126998     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2009.03.002     Document Type: Article

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