Seasonal plant water uptake patterns in the saline southeast Everglades ecotone

Oecologia

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 607-616

  Ewe, Sharon M L ^a   Sternberg, Leonel Da S L ^b   Childers, Daniel L ^c  

^a Ecology and Environment Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mangrove ecotone; Plant water use; Seasonal water uptake

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

ECOTONE; MACROPHYTE; MANGROVE; PERSISTENCE; PLANT; ROOTING; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SEASONALITY; SOIL WATER; WATER UPTAKE; WATER USE;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; PLANT; SEASON; UNITED STATES;

ECOSYSTEM; FLORIDA; PLANTS; SEASONS; SEAWATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

EVERGLADES; EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; TAYLOR RIVER; UNITED STATES;

CLADIUM JAMAICENSE; RHIZOPHORA MANGLE; SESUVIUM PORTULACASTRUM;

EID: 34250635114     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-007-0699-x     Document Type: Article

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