Seed flotation and germination of salt marsh plants: The effects of stratification, salinity, and/or inundation regime

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 40-46

  Elsey Quirk, Tracy ^a   Middleton, Beth A ^b   Proffitt, C Edward ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dormancy; Flooding; Hydrochory; Requirement; Seed morphology

Indexed keywords

FLOODING; GERMINATION; GRASS; HYDROCHORY; MORPHOLOGY; SALINITY; SALTMARSH; SEED DORMANCY; STRATIFICATION;

DISTICHLIS SPICATA; IVA FRUTESCENS; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA; SPARTINA PATENS;

EID: 63349105150     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2009.02.001     Document Type: Article

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