Effect of oxygen availability and salinity on early life history stages of salt marsh plants. II. Early seedling development advantage of Spartina alterniflora over Phragmites australis (Poaceae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1343-1350

  Wijte, Antonia H B M ^a,b   Gallagher, John L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

anoxia; hypoxia; Phragmites australis; Poaceae; salinity; salt marsh; seedling establishment; Spartina alterniflora; zonation

Indexed keywords

PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA; POACEAE;

COMMON NEED; LIFE HISTORY; OXYGEN AVAILABILITY; SALINITY; SALTMARSH; SEEDLING DEVELOPMENT; ZONATION;

EID: 0030301956     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2446120     Document Type: Article

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