Salt tolerance and osmotic adjustment of Spartina alterniflora (Poaceae) and the invasive M haplotype of Phragmites australis (Poaceae) along a salinity gradient

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 93, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1784-1790

  Vasquez, Edward A ^a   Glenn, Edward P ^a   Guntenspergen, Glenn R ^b   Brown, J Jed ^c,d   Nelson, Stephen G ^a  

^a 2601 West Airport Drive   (United States)

^b PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Delaware River Fisheries Coordinator's Office   (United States)

^d Central New England Fishery Resources Office   (United States)

Author keywords

Brackish marsh; Halophyte; Invasive species; Osmotic adjustment; Salinity tolerance; Salt marsh

Indexed keywords

ECOPHYSIOLOGY; GRASS; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAND USE CHANGE; OSMOSIS; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SALTMARSH;

NORTH AMERICA;

HYMENACHNE; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; POACEAE; SPARTINA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 34250755027     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.93.12.1784     Document Type: Article

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