Phenomena and Processes

Wetlands

Environments or habitats at the interface between truly terrestrial ecosystems and truly aquatic systems making them different from each yet highly dependent on both. Adaptations to low soil oxygen characterize many wetland species.

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Abstract

Environments or habitats at the interface between truly terrestrial ecosystems and truly aquatic systems making them different from each yet highly dependent on both. Adaptations to low soil oxygen characterize many wetland species.

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15 entry terms
  • Wetland
  • Bogs
  • Mangrove Forests
  • Mangrove Swamps
  • Marsh
  • Marshes
  • Swamps
  • Bog
  • Forest, Mangrove
  • Forests, Mangrove
  • Mangrove Forest
  • Mangrove Swamp
  • Swamp
  • Swamp, Mangrove
  • Swamps, Mangrove

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Indexing Annotation

note entry term MANGROVE SWAMPS: MANGROVE, GREY and MANGROVE, BLACK see AVICENNIA and MANGROVE, AMERICAN and MANGROVE, RED see RHIZOPHORACEAE are also available

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History Note

2007

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Previous Indexing

  • Water (1978-2006)

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Tree Numbers

  1. G16.500.275w.157w.812w
  2. N06.230w.124w.625w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Wetlands. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D053833. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D053833
  2. Wetlands. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wetland
  3. Wetlands. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170321