Mangrove ecosystem changes during the Holocene at Spanish Lookout Cay, Belize

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 280, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 37-46

  Monacci, Natalie M ^a,b   Meier Grünhagen, Ursula ^c,d   Finney, Bruce P ^a,e   Behling, Hermann ^d   Wooller, Matthew J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

^c Niedersächsisches Institut für historische Küstenforschung   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^e Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Belize; Holocene; Mangroves; Paleoecology; Sea level; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; FOSSIL; HALOPHYTE; HOLOCENE; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MANGROVE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; PEAT; PHYSIOLOGY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

BELIZE [CENTRAL AMERICA]; CENTRAL AMERICA;

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

EID: 68549139877     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.05.013     Document Type: Article

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