Biodiversity

Mangrove Ecosystems: A Global Biogeographic Perspective: Structure, Function, and Services

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 55-86

  Lee, S Y ^a   Jones, E B G ^b   Diele, K ^c,d   Castellanos Galindo, G A ^e,f   Nordhaus, I ^f  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d St Abbs Marine Station   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

^f LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR TROPICAL MARINE RESEARCH ZMT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biogeographic regions; Decomposers; Detritivores; Ecosystem function; Ecosystem services; Macrobenthic invertebrates; Mangrove forests

Indexed keywords

EID: 85042587296     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-62206-4_3     Document Type: Chapter

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