Mass mortality in a mangrove roots fouling community in a hypersaline tropical lagoon

Abstract:

Massive mortality of the fouling community associated with red mangrove Rhizophora mangle roots was observed in February 1989 throughout most of La Restinga, a hypersaline coastal lagoon located in the central part of Margarita Island, Venezuela. Physical disturbances associated with the passage of hurricanes Gilbert and Joan seem to be connected with the observed massive mortality. Apparently, the same factors and those preventing larval transport and settlement (slow water currents and siltation) are responsible for the slow community recovery. -from Authors

Año de publicación:

1991

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scopus