Hurricane impact on Thalassia testudinum (Hydrocharitaceae) beds in the Mexican Caribbean;Impacto por huracanes en las praderas de Thalassia testudinum (Hydrocharitaceae) en el Caribe Mexicano

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 385-401

  Arellano Méndez, Leonardo U ^a   Liceaga Correa, María de los Ángeles ^a   Herrera Silveira, Jorge A ^a   Hernández Núñez, Héctor ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Fragmentation coverage; Global climate change; Hurricanes; Indexes; Landsat ETM+; Landscape ecology; Resilience; Thalassia testudinum

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HURRICANE; HYDROCHARITACEAE; METHODOLOGY; MEXICO; POPULATION DENSITY;

CARIBBEAN REGION; CYCLONIC STORMS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROCHARITACEAE; MEXICO; POPULATION DENSITY;

HYDROCHARITACEAE; THALASSIA TESTUDINUM;

EID: 79952787164     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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