Effects of selected groundwater chemical traits on a salt marsh community

Acta Botanica Croatica

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 41-51

  Kilinç, Mahmut ^a   Kutbay, Hamdi Güray ^a   Yalçin, Erkan ^a   Bilgin, Ali ^b   Avci, Kenan ^c   Topaloglu, Solmaz Gencoglu ^c  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Plant Protection Research Institute   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Black sea; Black Sea; Groundwater; Salt marsh; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ALHAGI MAURORUM; AMMOPHILA ARENARIA; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIA PARALIAS; IRIS ORIENTALIS; JUNCUS; SALICORNIA PROSTRATA; TAMARIX;

EID: 79954504780     PISSN: 03650588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10184-010-0004-7     Document Type: Article

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