How mangrove forests adjust to rising sea level

New Phytologist

Volumn 202, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 19-34

  Krauss, Ken W ^a   Mckee, Karen L ^a   Lovelock, Catherine E ^b   Cahoon, Donald R ^c   Saintilan, Neil ^d   Reef, Ruth ^b   Chen, Luzhen ^e  

^a NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

^e XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Accretion; Disturbance; Environmental drivers; Litter and debris fall; Roots; Sea level rise; Soil; Surface elevation change

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; ADAPTATION; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL DRIVERS; LITTER AND DEBRIS FALL; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RHIZOPHORACEAE; ROOTS; SEA; SEA-LEVEL RISE; SOIL; SURFACE ELEVATION CHANGE; TREE;

ACCRETION; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DRIVERS; LITTER AND DEBRIS FALL; ROOTS; SEA-LEVEL RISE; SOIL; SURFACE ELEVATION CHANGE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ECOSYSTEM; OCEANS AND SEAS; RHIZOPHORACEAE; SOIL; TREES;

EID: 84894438253     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12605     Document Type: Review

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