Buoyancy, salt tolerance and germination of coastal seeds: Implications for oceanic hydrochorous dispersal

Functional Plant Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1175-1186

  Guja, Lydia K ^a,b,c   Merritt, David J ^a,b   Dixon, Kingsley W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b KINGS PARK AND BOTANIC GARDEN   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

hydrochory; salinity; seed dormancy

Indexed keywords

COASTAL COMMUNITIES; COASTAL HABITATS; DORMANT SEEDS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HOLOCENES; HYDROCHORY; PLANT SPECIES; SALINE CONDITIONS; SALINITY; SALT TOLERANCE; SEED DORMANCY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

BUOYANCY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEAWATER; SEED; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

REFRACTORY MATERIALS;

BUOYANCY; COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DISPERSAL; DOMINANCE; DUNE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GERMINATION; HABITAT TYPE; HOLOCENE; HYDROCHORY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SEED DORMANCY;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 78649300642     PISSN: 14454408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/FP10166     Document Type: Article

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