Ecological regime shifts in salinised wetland systems. I. Salinity thresholds for the loss of submerged macrophytes

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 573, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 89-107

  Sim, Lien L ^a   Chambers, Jane M ^a   Davis, Jenny A ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Charophyte; Lamprothamnium cf. succinctum; Lamprothamnium macropogon; Ruppia polycarpa; Seed bank; Western Australia; Wetland restoration

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); SALINE WATER;

CHAROPHYTE; LAMPROTHAMNIUM CF. SUCCINCTUM; LAMPROTHAMNIUM MACROPOGON; RUPPIA POLYCARPA; SEED BANK; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; WETLAND RESTORATION;

WETLANDS;

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GERMINATION; MACROPHYTE; SALINIZATION; SURVIVAL; WETLAND;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

CHARALES; LAMPROTHAMNIUM MACROPOGON; LAMPROTHAMNIUM SUCCINCTUM; POLYCARPA; RUPPIA; RUPPIA MEGACARPA;

EID: 33750681648     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0267-0     Document Type: Article

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