Interactions between mangroves and exotic Spartina in an anthropogenically disturbed estuary in southern China

Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 588-597

  Zhang, Yihui ^a   Huang, Guanmin ^b   Wang, Wenqing ^a   Chen, Luzhen ^a   Lin, Guanghui ^a,c  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Administrative Bureau of Zhangjiang Estuary Mangrove National Nature Reserve   (China)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biological invasion; Human disturbance; Mangrove salt marsh ecotone; Mangroves; Positive and negative interactions; Salinity gradient; Salt marsh; Spartina alterniflora; Zhangjiang Estuary Mangrove National Nature Reserve; Zhangjiang Estuary, Fujian, China

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CANOPY; COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; DISTURBANCE; DOMINANCE; ECOTONE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRASS; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT TYPE; INVASIVE SPECIES; MANGROVE; MARICULTURE; MUDFLAT; SALINITY; SALTMARSH; SURVIVAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PHYSIOLOGY; RHIZOPHORACEAE; RIVER; SALINITY; SEA;

CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; INTRODUCED SPECIES; OCEANS AND SEAS; RHIZOPHORACEAE; RIVERS; SALINITY; WATER;

CHINA; FUJIAN; GUANGDONG; LEIZHOU PENINSULA; UNITED STATES; ZHANGJIANGKOU NATIONAL NATURE RESERVE;

RHIZOPHORACEAE; SPARTINA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 84860257938     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-1302.1     Document Type: Article

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