Water use characteristics of black mangrove (Avicennia germinans) communities along an ecotone with marsh at a northern geographical limit

Ecohydrology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 354-365

  Krauss, Ken W ^a   Mckee, Karen L ^a   Hester, Mark W ^b  

^a NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Eco physiology; Flooding; Forest; Leaf area; Leaf transpiration; Louisiana; Sapflow; Spartina alterniflora

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; FLOODS; OIL WELL FLOODING; PLANTS (BOTANY); TRANSPIRATION; WATER CONSERVATION; WETLANDS;

ECOPHYSIOLOGY; FOREST; LEAF AREA; LEAF TRANSPIRATION; LOUISIANA; SAPFLOW; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

FORESTRY;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ECOTONE; LEAF AREA; MANGROVE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SALTMARSH; SAP FLOW; SHORELINE; TRANSPIRATION; WATER USE;

DROUGHT; FLOODS; FORESTRY; PLANTS; TRANSPIRATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WETLANDS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; LOUISIANA; UNITED STATES;

AVICENNIA; AVICENNIA GERMINANS; RHIZOPHORACEAE; SPARTINA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 84897514986     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.1353     Document Type: Article

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