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Role of Mangrove Ecosystems

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Date Issued:
1973
Summary:
The objectives of this study were to: 1) record total quantity of leaf, branch, twig, and wood fall on an annual basis to determine annual production of leaves and turnover time, and to determine cyclic patterns of leaf fall of various tree species found in mangrove forests; 2) determine chemical composition of litter material to estimate the quantity of nutrients recycled in-situ, sequestered in a reduced state or exported to an adjoining ecosystem; 3) monitor the quantity and quality of organic matter, primarily litter fall, that is exported from mangrove forests to adjoining estuaries; and 4) use detrital fall as an index of the phenology of a south Florida mangrove forest.
Title: The Role of Mangrove Ecosystems: Litter Production in Mangroves.
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Alternative Title: Litter production in mangroves.
Name(s): Pool, Douglas J.
Lugo, Ariel E., joint author.
University of Florida Resource Management Systems Program.
United States Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife.
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Bibliography
Issuance: multipart monograph
Date Issued: 1973
Publisher: Resource Management Systems Program, University of Florida
Place of Publication: Gainesville, Fla.
Physical Form: print
Extent: 35 leaves ; 28 cm.
Language(s): eng
Summary: The objectives of this study were to: 1) record total quantity of leaf, branch, twig, and wood fall on an annual basis to determine annual production of leaves and turnover time, and to determine cyclic patterns of leaf fall of various tree species found in mangrove forests; 2) determine chemical composition of litter material to estimate the quantity of nutrients recycled in-situ, sequestered in a reduced state or exported to an adjoining ecosystem; 3) monitor the quantity and quality of organic matter, primarily litter fall, that is exported from mangrove forests to adjoining estuaries; and 4) use detrital fall as an index of the phenology of a south Florida mangrove forest.
Identifier: 02589940 (oclc), fgcu_swfe_0405 (IID), AAA3932 QF
Note(s): D. J. Pool and A. E. Lugo.
"Prepared for: Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife."
Photocopy. Springfield, Va. : National Technical Information Service, 1974.
Bibliography: leaf 35.
Subject(s): Mangrove swamps -- Florida
Wetlands
Aquatic ecology -- Florida
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Held by: SUS01 FCL01
Held by: SUS01 FCL01
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/fgcu/fd/fgcu_swfe_0405
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Host Institution: FGCU