Biology and ecology of mangroves

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Tasks for vegetation SCIence 8 Series Editor HELMUT LIETH Unil'crsilY of Osnabriick, F.R.G.

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1983 SPRINGER-SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA, B.V. "

Biology and ecology of mangroves edited by

HJ . T EAS

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1983 SPRINGER-SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA, B.V. • ,

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Main entry under title: Biology and ecology of mangroves. (Tasks for vegetation science ; 8) 1. Mangrove sWBJDp ecology. 2. Ml!-ngrovb swamps. I. Teas, Howard J. (Howard Jones), 1920II. Series. QR541.5.M27B56 1983 574.5'26325 83-6186

ISBN 978-90-481-8526-9 ISBN 978-94-017-0914-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-017-0914-9

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Contents

I. Development of mangrove forests from a geological perspective by CD. Woodroffe. 2. Evidence for an Upper Carboniferous mangrove community by A. Raymond and T.L. Phillips.

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3. Ecological notes on the mangroves of Fujian, China by Lin Peng and Wei Xin-men .

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4. A general account of the mangroves of Princess Charlotte Bay with particular reference to zonation of the open shoreline by .I .A. Elsol and P. Saenger

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5. Aspects of the development of mangals in the Townsville Region, North Queensland, Australia by A.P. Spenceley .

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6. Distribution of mangrove species in Australia by A.G. Wells

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7. The New Zealand Mangrove Association by F..T. Taylor

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8. Mangroves in New Zealand by V..T. Chapman

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9. An introduction to the nomenclature and taxonomy of the mangrove flora in Papua New Guinea and adjacent areas by .l.S. Womersley .

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10. Mangrove fishes of New Guinea by B.B. Collette.

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11. The faunal communities of Australian mang