Salt spray effects on forest succession in rare coastal sandplain heathlands: Evidence from field surveys and Pinus rigida transplant experiments

Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-31

  Griffiths, Megan E ^a   Orlans, Colin M ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal sandplain heathland; Pinus rigida; Salt spray; Succession

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; HEATHLAND; INHIBITION; SALT; SPRAY; SUCCESSION;

MARTHA'S VINEYARD; MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PINUS RIGIDA;

EID: 2342591465     PISSN: 10955674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4126925     Document Type: Article

References (43)

1. Avis, A. M., AND R. A. LUBKE. 1996. Dynamics and succession of coastal dune vegetation in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Landsc. Urban Plann. 34: 237-254.
2. BAKKER, J. P., S. DE BIE, J. H. DALLINGA, P. TJADEN, AND Y. DE VRIES. 1983. Sheep-grazing as a management tool for heathland conservation and regeneration in the Netherlands. J. Appl. Ecol. 20: 541-560.
3. BEDUNAH, D., AND M. J. TRLICA. 1979. Sodium chloride effects on carbon dioxide exchange rates and other plant and soil variables of ponderosa pine. Can. J. For. Res. 9: 349-353.
4. BOYCE, S. G. 1954. The salt spray community. Ecol. Monogr. 24: 29-67.
5. BROWER, J. E., J. H. ZAR, AND C. N. VON ENDE. 1997. Field and Laboratory Methods for General Ecology. WCB McGraw-Hill, Boston, MA.
6. BRYSON, G. M., AND A. V. BARKER. 2002. Sodium accumulation in soils and plants along Massachusetts roadsides. Commun. Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 33: 67-78.
7. CONNELL, J. H., AND R. O. SLAYTER. 1977. Mechanisms of succession in natural communities and their role in community stability and organization. Am. Nat. 111: 1119-1143.
8. CONNOR, D. J., AND D. DOLEY. 1981. The water relations of heathlands: physiological adaptation to drought. 131-141. In R. L. Specht [ed.], Heathlands and Related Shrublands: Analytical Studies, Elsevier Science, Amsterdam.
9. DE JONG, T. J. 1979. Water and salinity relations of Californian beach species. J. Ecol. 67: 647-663.
10. DUNWIDDIE, P. W. 1989. Forest and heath: the shaping of the vegetation on Nantucket Island. J. For. Hist. 33: 126-133.
11. DUNWIDDIE, P. W., W. A. PATTERSON, J. L. RUDNICKY, AND R. E. ZAREMBA. 1997. Vegetation management in coastal grasslands on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts: effects of burning and mowing from 1982 to 1993. 85-98. In P. D. Vickery and P. W. Dunwiddie [eds.], Grasslands of Northeastern North America.
12. FISHER, R. F. 1979. Possible allelopathic effects of reindeer-moss (Cladonia) on jack pine and white spruce. For. Sci. 25: 256-260.
13. FLETCHER, P. C., AND R. J. ROFFINOLI. 1986. Soil Survey of Dukes County, Massachusetts. United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service, Amherst, MA.
14. GLEASON, H. A., AND A. CRONQUIST. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York. 910 p.
15. GLENN, E. P., J. J. BROWN, AND M. J. KHAN. 1997. Mechanisms of Salt Tolerance in Higher Plants. 83-110. In A. S. Basra and R. K. Basra [eds.], Mechanisms of Environmental Stress Resistance in Plants, Harwood Academic, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
16. GODFREY, P. J., AND R ALPERT. 1985. Racing to save the coastal heaths. Nat. Conserv. News 35: 11-13.
17. GOLDSTEIN, G., D. R. DRAKE, C. ALPHA, P. MELCHER, J. HERAUX, AND A. AZOCAR. 1996. Growth and photosynthetic responses of Scaevola sericea, a Hawaiian coastal shrub, to substrate salinity and salt spray. Int. J. Plant Sci. 157: 171-179.
18. GRIFFITHS, M. E. 2003. Salt spray effects on rare New England coastal sandplain heathland plant communities. PhD thesis, Tufts University, Medford.
19. GRIFFITHS, M. E., AND C. M. ORIANS. 2003a. Salt spray differentially affects water status, necrosis, and growth in coastal sandplain heathland species and their successors. Am. J. Bot. 90: 1188-1196.
20. _ 2003b. Responses of common and successional heathland species to manipulated salt spray and water availability. Am. J. Bot. 90: 1720-1728.
21. HARPER, R. M. 1911. The Hempstead Plains: a natural prairie on Long Island. Bull. Am. Geograph. Soc. 43: 351-360.
22. HARRISON, C. M. 1976. Heathland management in Surrey, England. Biol. Conserv. 10: 211-220.
23. HOFSTRA, G., R. HALL, AND G. R LUMIS. 1979. Studies of salt-induced damage to roadside plants in Ontario. J. Arboric. 5: 25-31.
24. KUITERS, A. T., AND P. A. SLIM. 2002. Regeneration of mixed deciduous forest in a Dutch forest-heathland, following a reduction in ungulate densities. Biol. Conserv. 105: 65-74.
25. MORRIS, E. C. 1992. Canopy damage to native vegetation on the central coast of New South Wales: Current status and detection of future changes. Aust. J. Ecol. 17: 141-154.
26. MUNNS, R. 1993. Physiological processes limiting plant growth in saline soils: Some dogmas and hypotheses. Plant Cell Environ. 16: 15-24.
27. Noss, R. F., E. T. LARGE, III, AND J. M. SCOTT. 1995. Endangered Ecosystems of the United States: A Preliminary Assessment of Loss and Degradation. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Biological Service, Washington, D.C. 52 p.
28. PARSONS, R. F. 1981. Salt-spray effects in heathlands. 225-230. In R. L. Specht [ed.], Heathlands and Related Shrublands: Analytical Studies, Elsevier Science, Amsterdam.
29. PATTERSON, W. A., AND K. E. SASSMAN. 1988. Indian fires in prehistory of New England. 107-135. In G. P. Nicholas [ed.], Holocene Human Ecology in Northeastern North America, Plenum Press, New York.
30. PICKETT, S. T. A., S. L. COLLINS, AND J. J. ARMESTO. 1987. Models, mechanisms and pathways of succession. Bot. Rev. 53: 335-371.
31. SAEBO, A., AND G. TAKSDAL. 1994. The influence of wind on plant development and physiology: a review. Nor. J. Agric. Sci. 8: 25-35.
32. SATTO, K., K. YOSHIOKA, AND K. ISHIZUKA. 1965. Ecological studies on the vegetation of dunes near Sarugamori, Aomori prefecture. Ecol. Rev. 16: 163-180.
33. SAS INSTITUTE, I. 1990. SAS User's Guide, Version 6, Fourth Edition. SAS Institute, Cary, NC.
34. SAUR, E., C. LAMBROT, D. LOUSTAU, N. ROTIVAL, AND P. TRICHET. 1995. Growth and uptake of mineral elements in response to sodium chloride of three provenances of maritime pine. J. Plant Nutr. 18: 243-256.
35. SMITH, W. H. 1970. Salt contamination of white pine planted adjacent to an interstate highway. Plant Dis. Rep. 54: 1021-1025.
36. SOUSA, W. P. 1984. The role of disturbance in natural communities. Annu. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 15: 353-391.
37. STEVENS, A. 1996. The paleoecology of coastal sandplain grasslands on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. PhD thesis. University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
38. SUCOFF, E., R. FELLER, AND D. KANTEN. 1975. Deicing salt (sodium chloride) damage to Pinus resinosa Ait Can. J. For. Res. 5: 545-556.
39. TER BRAAK, C. J. E, AND P. SMILAUER. 2002. CANOCO Reference Manual and CanoDraw for Windows User's Guide: Software for Canonical Community Ordination (version 4.5). Microcomputer Power, Ithaca, NY. 500 p.
40. TIFFNEY, W. N., JR., AND D. E. EVELEIGH. 1985. Nantucket's endangered maritime heaths. Coastal Zone 85: 1093-1109.
41. TOWNSEND, A. M. 1984. Effect of sodium chloride on tree seedlings in two potting media. Environ. Pollut. (Series A) 34: 333-344.
42. WELLS, B. W., AND I. V SHUNK. 1938. Salt spray: an important factor in coastal ecology. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 65: 485-492.
43. WHITE, P. S. 1979. Pattern, process, and natural disturbances in vegetation. Bot. Rev. 45: 229-299.