Isotopic signatures of stem water reveal differences in water sources accessed by mangrove tree species

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 803, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 133-145

  Lovelock, Catherine E ^a   Reef, Ruth ^a,b   Ball, Marilyn C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ceriops australis; Groundwater; Lumnitzera racemosa; Rhizophora stylosa; 18O; 2H

Indexed keywords

DEUTERIUM; GROUNDWATER; GROWTH; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MANGROVE; METABOLISM; NITROGEN; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; SALINITY; STABLE ISOTOPE; STEM; WATER RESOURCE; WATER UPTAKE;

CERIOPS AUSTRALIS; LUMNITZERA RACEMOSA; RHIZOPHORA STYLOSA; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 85014643439     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-017-3149-8     Document Type: Article

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