Nutrient relations of dwarf Rhizophora mangle L. mangroves on peat in eastern Puerto Rico

Plant Ecology

Volumn 207, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-24

  Medina, Ernesto ^a,b   Cuevas, Elvira ^c   Lugo, Ariel E ^b  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

13C; 15N; Mangroves; Nutrient resorption; Salinity

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; DICOTYLEDON; DRY SEASON; GROWTH RATE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MANGROVE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PEAT; REMOBILIZATION; RESORPTION; RHIZOSPHERE; SALINITY;

PUERTO RICO;

CEIBA; RHIZOPHORA; RHIZOPHORA MANGLE; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 75949113901     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-009-9650-z     Document Type: Article

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