Mangrove (Avicennia marina subsp. australasica) litter production and decomposition in a temperate estuary

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 24-37

  Gladstone Gallagher, R V ^a   Lundquist, C J ^b,c   Pilditch, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Decay; Degradation; Detritus; Litterfall; New Zealand; Organic matter; Productivity; Temperate mangroves

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; DEGRADATION; DETRITUS; ESTUARY; FOOD WEB; LEAF LITTER; LITTERFALL; MANGROVE; ORGANIC MATTER; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; SUMMER; WOOD;

NEW ZEALAND;

AVICENNIA; AVICENNIA MARINA SUBSP. AUSTRALASICA; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 84896704961     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2013.827124     Document Type: Article

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