Distribution of mangroves along environmental gradients on San Andres Island (Colombian Caribbean)

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-43

  Urrego, Ligia E ^a   Polanía, Jaime ^a   Buitrago, Maria F ^a   Cuartas, Luisa F ^a   Lema, Alvaro ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANONICAL ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FLORISTICS; MANGROVE; SHORELINE; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL TEXTURE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

COLOMBIA; SAN ANDRES ISLAND; SAN ANDRES Y PROVIDENCIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

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

EID: 69249151370     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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