Stunted Mangrove Trees in the Oligotrophic Central Red Sea Relate to Nitrogen Limitation

Stunted Mangrove Trees in the Oligotrophic Central Red Sea Relate to Nitrogen Limitation

Mangroves are important coastal ecosystems of warm climatic regions that often grow in shallow saline or brackish waters of estuaries and river mouths which are affected by wide tidal intervals and receive abundant nutrient supply. However, mangroves also occur in areas of little tidal influence and...

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Main Authors: Andrea Anton, Hanan Almahasheer, Antonio Delgado, Neus Garcias-Bonet, Paloma Carrillo-de-Albornoz, Núria Marbà, Iris Eline Hendriks, Dorte Krause-Jensen, Vincent Saderne, Kimberlee Baldry, Carlos M. Duarte
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
Red Sea
Avicennia marina
oligotrophic
desert
nitrogen limitation
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2020.00597/full

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