Determination of the antimutagenicity of an aqueous extract of Rhizophora mangle L. (Rhizophoraceae), using in vivo and in vitro test systems [PDF]
Genetics and Molecular Biology, 2010 An aqueous extract of Rhizophora mangle L. bark is used as raw material in pottery making in the State of Espirito Santo, Brazil. This extract presents large quantities of tannins, compounds possessing antioxidant properties. Tannin antioxidant activity,
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Effects of wood density on mechanical properties of mangrove wood from the Amazon coast. [PDF]
PLoS ONEMangrove forests are essential on the Amazon coast, as local communities widely use their wood. However, it is still necessary to understand the mechanical properties of wood typical of mangroves.
Madson Lucas Galvão +5 more
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FIGEMPAThe Puerto Pizarro mangrove is part of the Tumbes mangrove, the largest in Peru; it is also the mangrove with the greatest anthropic impact in the region; in this area, no studies have been carried out on the status of its population of Rhizophora mangle,
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Root biomechanics in Rhizophora mangle: anatomy, morphology and ecology of mangrove's flying buttresses. [PDF]
Ann Bot, 2015 Méndez-Alonzo R +5 more
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DISTRIBUTIONAL PATTERNS OF FLORA SPECIES IN RESPONSE TO SALINITY GRADIENTS IN A PALUSTRINE WETLAND [PDF]
Environment & Ecosystem Science, 2019 This study investigated the distributional patterns of species in response to salinity gradients. The vegetation was systematically sampled using a quadrat of 50 x 10 m. Vegetation variables were measured.
Ogbemudia FO, Ita RE, Kekere O
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Cobertura y Distribución de las Especies de Mangle en el Humedal Nacional Térraba-Sierpe, Costa Rica [PDF]
Anuário do Instituto de Geociências, 2018 El Humedal Nacional Térraba-Sierpe se localiza el sureste de Costa Rica, tiene una extensión aproximada de 14 800 ha de mangle y para este trabajo se realizó una clasificación espectral con una imagen satelital Rapid Eye del año 2012 para determinar la
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Primer registro de Mycoporum buckii (Dothideomycetes, Pleosporales) en México
Acta Botanica Mexicana, 2021 Antecedentes y Objetivos: El género Mycoporum de la clase Dothideomycetes del phylum Ascomycota se caracteriza por un ascostroma con lóculos dispersos, agregados sin pared propia, ascas bitunicadas con un pedicelo corto y ascoporas elipsoidales ...
Yenitze Areli García Martínez +3 more
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Hydraulic architecture of seedlings and adults of Rhizophora mangle L. in fringe and scrub mangrove
Botanical Sciences, 2021 Background: Mangrove plant species have distinctive anatomical and physiological responses to cope with a wide range of salinities and inundations.
Diana J. Cisneros-de la Cruz +4 more
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Revista Científica de Ciencias Naturales y Ambientales, 2023 On the basis of previously presented molecular studies, Rhizophora samoensis (Hochr.) Salvoza and R. brevistyla Salvoza (Rhizophoraceae) are here reinstated as valid names for the Eastern Pacific red mangroves.
Xavier Cornejo, Carmita Bonifaz
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Mangrove microniches determine the structural and functional diversity of enriched petroleum hydrocarbon-degrading consortia [PDF]
, 2010 In this study, the combination of culture enrichments and molecular tools was used to identify bacterial guilds, plasmids and functional genes potentially important in the process of petroleum hydrocarbon (PH) decontamination in mangrove microniches ...
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