Modeling local effects on propagule movement and the potential expansion of mangroves and associated fauna: testing in a sub-tropical lagoon

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 803, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 173-187

  Hamilton, John F ^a   Osman, Richard W ^b   Feller, Ilka C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Epifauna; Mangroves; Modeling; Range expansion

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EPIFAUNA; HABITAT TYPE; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIFE HISTORY; MANGROVE; MORTALITY; PROPAGULE; RANGE EXPANSION; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; INDIAN RIVER [FLORIDA]; UNITED STATES;

INVERTEBRATA; RHIZOPHORACEAE; RUMEX;

EID: 85020699219     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-017-3231-2     Document Type: Article

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