Seed banks of Phragmites australis-dominated brackish wetlands: Relationships to seed viability, inundation, and land cover

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 163-169

  Baldwin, Andrew H ^a   Kettenring, Karin M ^b   Whigham, Dennis F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chesapeake Bay; Common reed; Genetic diversity; Non native haplotype; Phragmites australis; Seed banks; Seed viability; Seedling recruitment; Tidal wetlands; Wave disturbance

Indexed keywords

BRACKISH WATER; FLOODING; GENETIC VARIATION; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; LAND COVER; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REEDBED; SALINITY; SEED BANK; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SOIL QUALITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VIABILITY; WAVE ACTION; WETLAND;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; UNITED STATES;

PHRAGMITES; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 77955841240     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2010.06.001     Document Type: Article

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