Structure and composition of oligohaline marsh plant communities exposed to salinity pulses

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 143-164

  Howard, Rebecca J ^a   Mendelssohn, Irving A ^b  

^a NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flooding stress; Plant community response; Plant growth; Salinity stress; Species richness; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MACROPHYTE; MARSH; SALINITY; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; PLANT GROWTH; SALINITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ELEOCHARIS PALUSTRIS; SAGITTARIA LANCIFOLIA; SCHOENOPLECTUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 0033816449     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3770(00)00108-X     Document Type: Article

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