Spatial variation in the structure of mangrove forests with respect to seawalls

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 926-933

  Heatherington, C ^a   Bishop, M J ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

bulkhead; coastal engineering; coastal squeeze; revetment; urbanisation

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATE; COASTAL ENGINEERING; COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; LEAF LITTER; MANGROVE; REVETMENT; SAPLING; SEA WALL; SPATIAL VARIATION; SWAMP FOREST; URBANIZATION;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; PARRAMATTA RIVER; SYDNEY [NEW SOUTH WALES];

AVICENNIA; AVICENNIA MARINA;

EID: 84868678548     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF12119     Document Type: Article

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