Tolerance and avoidance: Two contrasting physiological responses to salt stress in mature marsh halophytes Juncus roemerianus Scheele and Spartina alterniflora Loisel

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 380, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 106-112

  Touchette, B W ^a   Smith, G A ^a   Rhodes, K L ^a   Poole, M ^a  

^a ELON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal salt marshes; Plant water relations; Salt avoidance; Salt tolerance; Water balance; Water potential

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HALOPHYTE; MATURATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; SALINITY; SALTMARSH; WATER BUDGET; WATER STRESS;

JUNCUS ROEMERIANUS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 70349973833     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2009.08.015     Document Type: Article

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