Limits to seaward expansion of mangroves: Translating physical disturbance mechanisms into seedling survival gradients

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 467, Issue , 2015, Pages 16-25

  Balke, Thorsten ^a   Swales, Andrew ^b,c   Lovelock, Catherine E ^c   Herman, Peter M J ^d   Bouma, Tjeerd J ^a,d  

^a DELTARES   (Netherlands)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Avicennia marina; Colonization; Firth of Thames; New Zealand; Sea level; Tidal flat; Waves; Window of Opportunity; WoO

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICS; COLONIZATION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; MANGROVE; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SURVIVAL; TIDAL FLAT; WAVE ACTION; WIND DIRECTION;

FIRTH OF THAMES; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

AVICENNIA MARINA; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 84924529763     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2015.02.015     Document Type: Article

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