Biocomplexity in mangrove ecosystems

Annual Review of Marine Science

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 395-417

  Feller, I C ^a   Lovelock, C E ^b   Berger, U ^c   McKee, K L ^d   Joye, S B ^e   Ball, M C ^f  

^a SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^f AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Collective properties; Emergent properties; Habitat stability; Individual based models; Nutrient cycling; Trait plasticity

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE INDUSTRY; COASTAL DEVELOPMENT; COASTAL ZONE; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EMERGENCE; FLOODING; HABITAT CONSERVATION; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MANGROVE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SHRUB;

ARTICLE; AVICENNIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

AVICENNIA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 79958105516     PISSN: 19411405     EISSN: 19410611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.marine.010908.163809     Document Type: Article

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