Soil salinity and moisture gradients and plant zonation in Mediterranean salt marshes of Southeast Spain

Wetlands

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 357-372

  Alvarez Rogel, José ^a   Alcaraz Ariza, Francisco ^a   Ortiz Silla, Roque ^a,b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Canonical correspondence analysis; Halocnemum strobilaceum; Ionic balance; Soil plant relationships

Indexed keywords

PLANT COMMUNITY; SALINITY; SALTMARSH; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; ZONATION;

(SOUTHEAST); SPAIN;

ARTHROCNEMUM MACROSTACHYUM; ATRIPLEX; ATRIPLEX GLAUCA; FRANKENIA CORYMBOSA; HALOCNEMUM STROBILACEUM; JUNCUS MARITIMUS; LIMONIUM; LYGEUM SPARTUM; SALICORNIA FRUTICOSA; SARCOCORNIA; SARCOCORNIA FRUTICOSA; SUAEDA VERA; TAMARIX; TAMARIX BOVEANA;

EID: 0342646902     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2000)020[0357:ssamga]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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