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The ecology of Belizean mangrove-root fouling communities: patterns of epibiont distribution and abundance, and effects on root growth

  • Ellison A
  • Farnsworth E
Springer Netherlands, (1992), 87-98
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-3288-8_9
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Abstract

The aerial prop roots of the neotropical red mangrove, Rhizophora mangle L., begin growing well above highest high water (HHW) and often extend well below lowest low water (LLW) before rooting in the benthic substratum. In Belize, Central America, prop roots growing...

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Ellison, A. M., & Farnsworth, E. J. (1992). The ecology of Belizean mangrove-root fouling communities: patterns of epibiont distribution and abundance, and effects on root growth. In The Ecology of Mangrove and Related Ecosystems (pp. 87–98). Springer Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-3288-8_9

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