Nutrition of mangroves

Tree Physiology

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1148-1160

  Reef, Ruth ^a   Feller, Ilka C ^b   Lovelock, Catherine E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Avicennia; fertilization; nutrient resorption efficiency; Rhizophora; sewage treatment; soil redox potential.

Indexed keywords

WATER; SOIL;

AMMONIUM; ANGIOSPERM; DECOMPOSITION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROWTH RATE; IMMOBILIZATION; LEAF LITTER; MANGROVE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT COMMUNITY; REDOX POTENTIAL; RESORPTION; ROOT-SHOOT RATIO; SEWAGE TREATMENT;

AVICENNIA; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RHIZOPHORACEAE; SOIL; TROPIC CLIMATE;

AVICENNIA; ECOSYSTEM; RHIZOPHORACEAE; SOIL; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WATER;

AVICENNIA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; RHIZOPHORA; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 77956053315     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpq048     Document Type: Review

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