Sphaeroma terebrans : A Threat to the Mangroves of Southwestern Florida

12 October 1973

journal article
other
Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science

Vol. 182 (4108) , 173-174
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.182.4108.173

Abstract

Sphaeroma terebrans, a wood-boring isopod, is destroying the prop roots of red mangroves along the southwestern coast of Florida to such an extent that the Ten Thousand Islands and mangrove fringes of the mainland are steadily shrinking. Mangroves of the Florida Keys apparently are free of this wood borer.

Keywords

SPHAEROMA TEREBRANS
MANGROVES
STEADILY SHRINKING
FLORIDA KEYS
SOUTHWESTERN COAST
WOOD BORING