Abstract
Considerable variety is to be found in zonal expression within the mangroves of riverine estuaries in tropical northeastern Australia. Detailed surveys have shown that this is partly due to differences in the sequencing order of taxa across the intertidal surface (Bunt, 1996). However, it is evident that the clarity and pattern of zonation may also be affected by overlap in species distributions. The need to consider the latter in detail arose in the course of ongoing surveys. For the latter purpose, procedures are here described that enable complex field data sets to be analysed in numeric and graphical terms. Data for a single transect from the Endeavour river have been used to explain the methods used and to illustrate results.
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