Invasive mangroves alter macrofaunal community structure and facilitate opportunistic exotics

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 404, Issue , 2010, Pages 51-67

  Demopoulos, Amanda W J ^a   Smith, Craig R ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthos; Ecosystem modification; Hawaii; Mangrove; Non native species; Plant invasion; Rhizophora mangle

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CRUSTACEAN; DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; FACILITATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; MANGROVE; ORGANIC CARBON; POREWATER; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENTATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

HAWAII [(ISL) HAWAIIAN ISLANDS]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; UNITED STATES;

AVES; BALANUS RETICULATUS; CHTHAMALUS PROTEUS; RHIZOPHORA MANGLE; RHIZOPHORACEAE; SIGMADOCIA CAERULEA; SUBERITES; THORACICA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 77954104609     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08483     Document Type: Article

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