Water use patterns of estuarine vegetation in a tidal creek system

Oecologia

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 485-494

  Wei, Lili ^a,b   Lockington, David A ^a,b   Poh, Seng Chee ^a,b,c   Gasparon, Massimo ^a,b   Lovelock, Catherine E ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CENTRE FOR GROUNDWATER RESEARCH AND TRAINING   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA TERENGGANU   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Avicennia marina; Casuarina glauca; Estuarine water sources; IsoSource; Melaleuca quinquenervia; Seasonal water use

Indexed keywords

DEUTERIUM; FRESH WATER; GROUND WATER; OXYGEN; RAIN; WATER;

DRY SEASON; ECOTONE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MANGROVE; RAINWATER; SEASONAL VARIATION; VEGETATION COVER; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER USE; ZONATION;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AVICENNIA; ECOSYSTEM; ESTUARY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT STEM; SALINITY; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANGIOSPERMS; AVICENNIA; DEUTERIUM; ECOSYSTEM; ESTUARIES; FRESH WATER; GROUNDWATER; LINEAR MODELS; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; PLANT STEMS; QUEENSLAND; RAIN; SALINITY; SEASONS; WATER;

AVICENNIA; AVICENNIA MARINA; CASUARINA; CASUARINA GLAUCA; MELALEUCA; MELALEUCA QUINQUENERVIA; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 84878113297     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-012-2495-5     Document Type: Article

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