Effect of oxygen availability and salinity on early life history stages of salt marsh plants. I. Different germination strategies of Spartina alterniflora and Phragmites australis (Poaceae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1337-1342

  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; germination; hypoxia; Phragmites australis; Poaceae; salinity; salt marsh; Spartina alterniflora; zonation

Indexed keywords

PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA; POACEAE;

COMMON REED; GERMINATION; LIFE HISTORY; OXYGEN AVAILABILITY; SALINITY; SALTMARSH; ZONATION;

EID: 0030301958     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2446119     Document Type: Article

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