Responses of the mangrove fern Acrostichum danaeifolium Langsd. & Fisch. (Pteridaceae, Pteridophyta) to disturbances resulting from increased soil salinity and Hurricane Georges at the Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Puerto Rico

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 57-68

  Sharpe, Joanne M ^a  

^a Sharplex Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Demography; Disturbance; Fern; Growth; Hurricane; Hypersalinity; Mangrove; Pteridophyte

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DEMOGRAPHY; DICOTYLEDON; DIEBACK; DISTURBANCE; FERN; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; HURRICANE GEORGES 1998; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; MANGROVE; MORTALITY; REMEDIATION; SOIL TYPE; WATERSHED; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

JOBOS BAY RESERVE; PUERTO RICO;

ACROSTICHUM DANAEIFOLIUM; AVICENNIA; AVICENNIA GERMINANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FILICOPHYTA; PTERIDACEAE; PTERIDOPHYTA;

EID: 75549086153     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11273-009-9148-4     Document Type: Article

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