Patterns of Mangrove Wood and Litter Production Within a Beach Ridge-Fringing Reef Embayment, Northern Great Barrier Reef Coast

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 32-44

  Alongi, Daniel M ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Litter fall; Mangrove; Nutrient; Salinity; Stem growth; Wood production

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BEACH; DIAMETER; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; LIMITING FACTOR; LITTERFALL; MANGROVE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHOSPHORUS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SALINITY; SANDY SOIL; SHRUB; WOOD;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

BRUGUIERA EXARISTATA; CERIOPS; CERIOPS AUSTRALIS; RHIZOPHORA; RHIZOPHORA STYLOSA; RHIZOPHORACEAE; XYLOCARPUS;

EID: 78650714533     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-010-9289-y     Document Type: Article

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