Rhizophora

Dodd, R. S., Eromard, E., Rafii, Z. A., and Blasco, F. 1995. Biodiversity among West African Rhizophora foliar wax chemistry. Biochem. Syst. Ecol. 23 859-868. 

Chen, Angeli S-H. "Flavonoid Pigments in the Red Mangrove, Rhizophora Mangle L., of the Florida Everglades and in the Peat Derived from it, M.S. Thesis, Pennsylvania State University, 1971, 233 pp. 

Benner, R., and R. E. Hodson. 1985. Microbial degradation of the leachable and lignocellulosic components of leaves and wood from Rhizophora mangle in a tropical mangrove swamp. Marine Ecology Progress Series 23 221-230. 

Fleck, J. and Fitt, W.K., Degrading mangrove leaves of Rhizophora mangle provide a natural meta-morphic cue for the upside down jellyfish Cassiopea xamachana, J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol., 234, 83, 1999. 

Figure 10.9 Correlation between concentrations (nmol cm-3) of NH4+ (triangles), N03- (squares), and N2O (circles) and redox potential (mV) in Rhizophora mangle sediments. (Modified from Bauza et al., 2002.)...

Bauza, J.F., Morell, J.M., and Corredor, J.E. (2002) Biogeochemistry of nitrous oxide production in red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) forest sediments. Estuar. Coastal Shelf Sci. 55, 697-704. 

Fell, J. W., Cefalu, R. C., Master, I. M., and Tallman, A. S. (1975) Microbial activities in the mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) detrital system. In Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Biology and Management of Mangroves (Walsh, G.E., Snedaker, S.C., and Teas, H.J., eds.), pp. 661-679, University Press, University of Florida, Gainesville. 

McKee, K.L., Mendelssohn, I.A., and Hester, M.W. (1988) Reexamination of pore water sulfide concentrations and redox potentials near the aerial roots of Rhizophora mangle and Avicenna germinans. Am. J. Bot. 75 1352-1359. 

Figure 6.5. Compatibility of organic osmolytes with enzyme function. (Upper panel) Pyruvate kinase of the marine crab Pachygrapsus crassipes. The effects of KC1 and NaCI and several organic solutes on the Km of phosphoenol pyruvate (PEP) (modified after Bowlus and Somero, 1979). (Middle panel) Malate dehydrogenase of the mangrove (Rhizophora mangle). Effects of NaCI and three organic osmolytes (the amino acid proline and the polyols pinitol and OMMI) on catalytic activity (modified after Sommer et al., 1990). (Bottom panel) Effects of NaCI and four osmolytes found in mammalian kidney (urea, glycine betaine, sorbitol, and inositol) on the Km of uric acid of uricase (modified after Yancey, 1992). (Figure modified after Somero and Yancey, 1997.)...

Silva CAR, Rainbow PS, Smith BD. 2003. Biomonitoring of trace metal contamination in mangrove-lined Brazilian coastal systems using the oyster Crassostrea rhizophorae comparative study of regions affected by oil, salt pond and shrimp farming activities. 

Thraustochytrid and fungal component of marine detritus IV. Laboratory studies on decomposition of leaves of the mangrove Rhizophora apiculata Blume. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 183, 113-31. 

Alongi, D. M., Tirendi, F., Trott, L. A., and Xuan, T. T. (2000). Benthic decomposition rates and pathways in plantations of the mangrove Rhizophora apiculata in the Mekong delta, Vietnam. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 194, 87-101. 

Gotto, T., and Taylor, B. P. (1976). N2 fixation associated with decaying leaves of the Red mangrove Rhizophora mangle). Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 31, 781—783. 

Scheme 3. Possible and Cjo precursors incorporated (T5-4%) by cultures of the fungus Clitocybe rhizophora into CH3CH2CH(OH)(C=C)2CH(OH)CHjOH (38).

The family Rhizophoraceae contains about 100 species of woody plants, all of which are tropical or subtropical in distribution. The most important of the treesized species are in the genera Avicennia, Bruguiera, Ce-riops, and Rhizophora. 

The red mangrove Rhizophora mangle) is abundant in mangrove forests of south Florida, the Caribbean, and... 

Mangrove forests are commercially important in some places. Lumber can be manufactured from all of the mangrove trees, but the most durable wood is that of Ceriops. Where it is abundant, Rhizophora may be harvested to manufacture lumber or pulp. In some places, mangroves trees are harvested and used to manufacture charcoal. The bark of mangroves is rich in tannins, and has been used for the commercial production of these chemicals, which are utilized to tan animal skins into leather. Mangrove forests are also commonly harvested for local use as firewood. 

Rhizophora mucron-ata (41) — Pacific Islands The red sap is used by the Fijians to... 

Rhizophora racemosa G.F.Mey. Bumaax Fever and malaria, headache, migraine. Angina, Wounds, cuts (L) Water boiling mashed leaves... 

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