Salinity based allometric equations for biomass estimation of Sundarban mangroves

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 56, Issue , 2013, Pages 382-391

  Banerjee, Kakoli ^a   Sengupta, Kasturi ^c   Raha, Atanu ^b   Mitra, Abhijit ^c  

^a CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF ORISSA   (India)

^b Office of the Principal Chief Conservator of Forest   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

Allometric equations; Avicennia alba; Excoecaria agallocha; Indian Sundarbans; Salinity; Sonneratia apetala

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRIC EQUATIONS; AVICENNIA ALBA; EXCOECARIA AGALLOCHA; SALINITY; SONNERATIA APETALA; SUNDARBANS;

BIOMASS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

FORESTRY;

ALLOMETRY; BIOMASS; CORRELATION; DOMINANCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; MANGROVE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALINITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

INDIA; SUNDARBANS;

EID: 84879582213     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2013.05.010     Document Type: Article

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