Distribution and salinity tolerance of intertidal mosses from Nova Scotian salt marshes

Bryologist

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 282-291

  Garbary, David J ^a   Miller, Anthony G ^a   Scrosati, Ricardo ^a   Kim, Kwang Young ^b   Schofield, Wilfred B ^c  

^a ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amblystegium serpens; Bryum capillare; Campylium stellatum; Didymodon rigidulus; Estuaries; Mnium hornum; Nova Scotia; Photosynthesis; Salinity tolerance; Salt marshes

Indexed keywords

AMBLYSTEGIUM SERPENS; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; BRYUM CAPILLARE; CAMPYLIUM STELLATUM; DIDYMODON RIGIDULUS; JUNCUS ARCTICUS; MNIUM HORNUM; SPARTINA PECTINATA;

EID: 43449083210     PISSN: 00072745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1639/0007-2745(2008)111[282:DASTOI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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