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Do mangroves float?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

Darren G. Rumbold  and
Samuel C. Snedaker
Darren G. Rumbold
Affiliation:
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, Florida 33149–1098, USA
Samuel C. Snedaker
Affiliation:
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, Florida 33149–1098, USA
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Keywords

buoyancylog fishingmangrovestunaswood density
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Journal of Tropical Ecology , Volume 10 , Issue 2 , May 1994 , pp. 281 - 284
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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