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The biology of mangroves
- Title
- The biology of mangroves / Peter J. Hogarth.
- Author
- Hogarth, Peter J.
- Publication
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | QH541.5.M27 H65 1999 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- ix, 228 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Series Statement
- Biology of habitats
- Uniform Title
- Biology of habitats
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p.[201]-215) and index.
- Contents
- Mangroves -- Geographical distribution -- Mangrove trees and their environment -- Adaptations to waterlogged soil -- Coping with salt -- The price of survival -- Inorganic nutrients -- Reproductive adaptations -- Pollination -- Propagules -- Fecundity and parental investment -- Dispersal -- Why vivipary? -- Why are mangroves tropical? -- The mangrove ecosystem: can we see the wood for the trees? -- Form of the forest -- Riverine mangroves -- Tide-dominated mangroves -- Basin mangroves -- Special settings -- Mangrove species zonation -- Why do mangroves show zonation? -- How different are mangroves from other forests? -- The mangrove environment: do mangroves make mud? -- The mangrove community: terrestrial components -- Mangrove-associated plants -- Animals from the land -- Insects -- Spiders -- Vertebrates -- The mangrove community: marine components -- Algae -- Fauna of mangrove roots -- Invertebrates -- Crustacea -- Mangrove molluscs -- Meiofauna -- Fish -- Measuring and modelling mangroves -- How to measure a tree -- Biomass -- Estimating production -- What happens to mangrove production? -- Microbial breakdown -- Crabs and snails -- Wood -- Role of sediment bacteria -- The fate of organic particles -- Predators -- Putting the model together -- Comparisons and connections -- How distinctive is the mangrove community? -- Exchange with the surroundings -- Outwelling -- The fate of mangrove exports -- Mangroves, seagrasses and coral reefs -- Commuters -- Larval dispersal and return -- Mangroves and fisheries.
- ISBN
- 0198502222
- 9780198502227
- 0198502230
- 9780198502234
- 0198504187
- 9780198504184
- 0198504179
- 9780198504177
- LCCN
- 99049541
- OCLC
- ocm41339081
- 41339081
- SCSB-1147700
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library