Effects of environmental gradients on the performances of four dominant plants in a Chinese saltmarsh: Implications for plant zonation

Ecological Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 347-358

  Wang, Cheng Haun ^a   Lu, Meng ^a   Yang, Bo ^a   Yang, Qiang ^a   Zhang, Xiao Dong ^a   Hara, Toshihiko ^b   Li, Bo ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Inundation; Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. Ex Steud.; Plant zonation; Salinity; Scirpus mariqueter Wang et Tang; Scirpus triqueter Linn.; Spartina alterniflora Loisel

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; ESTUARY; GRASS; INVASIVE SPECIES; SALINITY; SALTMARSH; SEDGE; ZONATION;

CHINA; YANGTZE ESTUARY;

PHRAGMITES; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; SCHOENOPLECTUS TRIQUETER; SCIRPUS; SCIRPUS MARIQUETER; SPARTINA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 77950458653     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-009-0662-x     Document Type: Article

References (43)

1. Adams DA (1963) Factors influencing vascular plant zonation in North Carolina salt marshes. Ecology 44: 445-456.
2. Bertness MD, Ellison AM (1987) Determinants of pattern in a New England salt marsh plant community. Ecol Monogr 57: 129-147.
3. Blanch SJ, Ganf GG, Walker KF (1999) Growth and resources allocation in response to flooding in the emergent sedge Bolboschoenus medianus. Aquat Bot 63: 145-160.
4. Chapman VJ (1974) Salt marshes and salt deserts of the world. Interscience, New York.
5. Chen ZY, Li B, Zhong Y, Chen JK (2004) Local competitive effects of introduced Spartina alterniflora on Scirpus mariqueter at Dongtan of Chongming Island, the Yangtze River estuary and their potential ecological consequences. Hydrobiologia 528: 99-106.
6. Chen Y, Zheng HL, Xiao Q, Huang WB, Zhu Z (2005) Effects of salinity on oxidative and antioxidative system of Spartina alterniflora. J Xiamen Univ (Nat Sci) 44: 576-579.
7. Chen HL, Li B, Hu JB, Chen JK, Wu JH (2007) Effects of Spartina alterniflora invasion on benthic nematode communities in the Yangtze Estuary. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 336: 99-110.
8. Cooper A (1982) The effects of salinity and waterlogging on the growth and cation uptake of salt marsh plants. New Phytol 90: 263-275.
9. Deegan B, Harrington TJ, Dundon P (2005) Effects of salinity and inundation regime on growth and distribution of Schoenoplectus triqueter. Aquat Bot 81: 199-211.
10. Grace JB (1989) Effects of water depth on Typha latifolia and Typha domingensis. Am J Bot 76: 762-768.
11. Haslam SM (1970) The performance of Phragmites communis Trin. in relation to water-supply. Ann Bot 34: 867-877.
12. Isacch JP, Costa CSB, Rodriguez-Gallego L, Conde D, Escapa M, Gagliardini DA, Iribarne OO (2006) Distribution of saltmarsh plant communities associated with environmental factors along a latitudinal gradient on the south-west Atlantic coast. J Biogeogr 33: 888-900.
13. Laan P, Blom CWPM (1990) Growth and survival responses of Rumex species to flooded and submerged conditions: the importance of shoot elongation, underwater photosynthesis and reserve carbohydrates. J Exp Bot 41: 775-783.
14. Levine JM, Brewer JS, Bertness MD (1998) Nutrients, competition and plant zonation in a New England salt marsh. J Ecol 86: 285-292.
15. Li B, Liao CZ, Zhang XD, Chen HL, Wang Q, Chen ZY, Gan XJ, Wu JH, Zhao B, Ma ZJ, Cheng XL, Jiang LF, Chen JK (2009) Spartina alterniflora invasions in the Yangtze River estuary, China: an overview of current status and ecosystem effects. Ecol Eng 35: 511-520.
16. Liao CZ, Luo YQ, Jiang LF, Zhou XH, Wu XW, Fang CM, Chen JK, Li B (2007) Invasion of Spartina alterniflora enhanced ecosystem carbon and nitrogen stocks in the Yangtze Estuary, China. Ecosystems 10: 1351-1361.
17. Lissner J, Schierup H-H (1997) Effects of salinity on the growth of Phragmites australis. Aquat Bot 55: 247-260.
18. Matoh T, Matsushita N, Takahashi E (1988) Salt tolerance of the reed plant Phragmites communis. Physiol Plant 72: 8-14.
19. Mauchamp A, Blanch S, Grillas P (2001) Effects of submergence on the growth of Phragmites australis seedlings. Aquat Bot 69: 147-164.
20. Pennings SC, Grant M-B, Bertness MD (2005) Plant zonation in low-latitude salt marshes: disentangling the roles of flooding, salinity and competition. J Ecol 93: 159-167.
21. Ranwell DS (1972) Ecology of salt marshes and sand dunes. Chapman and Hall, London.
22. Richards CL, Pennings SC, Donovan LA (2005) Habitat range and phenotypic variation in salt marsh plants. Plant Ecol 176: 263-273.
23. Saiz-Salinas JI, Frances-Zubillaga G (1997) Tidal zonation on mud flats in a polluted estuary caused by oxygen-depleted water. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 209: 157-170.
24. Sanderson EW, Foin TC, Ustin SL (2001) A simple empirical model of salt marsh plant spatial distributions with respect to a tidal channel network. Ecol Model 139: 293-307.
25. Silvestri S, Defina A, Marani M (2005) Tidal regime, salinity and salt marsh plant zonation. Estuar Coast Shelf Sci 62: 119-130.
26. Snow AA, Vince SW (1984) Plant zonation in an Alaskan salt marsh II. An experimental study of the role of edaphic conditions. J Ecol 72: 669-684.
27. Sun SC, Gao XM, Cai YL (2001) Variations in sexual and asexual reproduction of Scirpus mariqueter along an elevational gradient. Ecol Res 16: 263-274.
28. Tang L (2008) Control of Spartina alterniflora by an integrated approach of clipping, waterlogging and ecological replacement with reed: an experimental study of ecological mechanism. PhD Thesis, Fudan University, Shanghai.
29. Tang L, Gao Y, Wang JQ, Wang CH, Li B, Chen JK, Zhao B (2009) Designing an effective clipping regime for controlling invasive plant Spartina alterniflora in an estuarine salt marsh. Ecol Eng 35: 874-881.
30. Tong CF (2004) Structure, function and services of estuarine wetland ecosystem: A case study in Yangtze Estuary. PhD Thesis, East China Normal University, Shanghai.
31. Vince SW, Snow AA (1984) Plant zonation in an Alaskan salt marsh I. Distribution, abundance and environmental factors. J Ecol 72: 651-667.
32. Wang Q (2007) The dynamics of plant community distribution of the salt marshes in the Yangtze River estuary as influenced by Spartina alterniflora invasions. PhD Thesis, Fudan University, Shanghai.
33. Wang Q, An SQ, Ma ZJ, Zhao B, Chen JK, Li B (2006a) Invasive Spartina alterniflora: biology, ecology and management. Acta Phytotaxon Sin 44: 559-588.
34. Wang Q, Wang CH, Zhao B, Ma ZJ, Luo YQ, Chen JK, Li B (2006b) Effects of growing conditions on the growth of and interactions between salt marsh plants: implications for invasibility of habitats. Biol Invasions 8: 1547-1560.
35. Wang ZC, Zhang YM, Pan XY, Ma ZJ, Chen JK, Li B (2006c) Effects of winter burning and cutting on aboveground growth and reproduction of Spartina alterniflora: a field experiment at Chongming Dongtan, Shanghai. Biodivers Sci 14: 275-283.
36. Wang Q, Wang CH, Zhao B, Chen JK, Li B (2007) Twenty-year dynamics of intertidal vegetation at Chongming Dongtan, Shanghai. J Nanjing Univ 43: 15-25.
37. Wang CH, Tang L, Fei SF, Wang JQ, Gao Y, Wang Q, Chen JK, Li B (2009) Determinants of seed bank dynamics of two dominant helophytes in a tidal salt marsh. Ecol Eng 35: 800-809.
38. Xiao Q, Zheng HL, Chen Y, Huang WB, Zhu Z (2005) Effects of salinity on the growth and proline, soluble sugar and protein contents of Spartina alterniflora. Chin J Ecol 24: 373-376.
39. Xu HF, Zhao YL (2005) Survey on Chongming Dongtan migratory birds nature reserve of Shanghai. China Forestry Press, Beijing.
40. Yan Q, Lu JJ, He WS (2007) Succession character of salt marsh vegetations in Chongming Dongtan wetland. Chin J Appl Ecol 18: 1097-1101.
41. Yang SL (1999) Sedimentation on a growing intertidal island in the Yangtze River mouth. Estuar Coast Shelf Sci 49: 401-410.
42. Yang BS, Yu K, Ou SH (1992) Ecological relation between the wintering small swan (Cygnus cobumbianus jankowskii) and the sea-bulrush on the eastern beach of Chongming Island of Shanghai. J Shanghai Teach Univ 21: 85-91.
43. Yu K, Wang HZ, Yang BS, Tang SH (1992) Relations between the feeding habits of wild ducks and sea-bulrush (Scirpus × mariqueter) on eastern beach of Chongming Island, Shanghai. J Shanghai Teach Univ 21: 78-84.