Effects of Salinity and Water Depth on Germination of Phragmites australis in Coastal Wetland of the Yellow River Delta

Clean - Soil, Air, Water

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1154-1158

  Yu, Junbao ^a   Wang, Xuehong ^a,b   Ning, Kai ^a,b   Li, Yunzhao ^a,b   Wu, Huifeng ^a   Fu, Yuqin ^a,b   Zhou, Di ^a,b   Guan, Bo ^a   Lin, Qianxin ^c  

^a YANTAI INSTITUTE OF COASTAL ZONE RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Germination; Hydrological relationship; Phragmites australis; Seawater intrusion; Wetland restoration process

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WETLAND; GERMINATION; GRASS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SALINE INTRUSION; SALINITY; SEED DORMANCY; SEED TREATMENT; SURVIVAL; WATER DEPTH;

CHINA; SHANDONG; YELLOW RIVER DELTA;

EID: 84867891934     PISSN: 18630650     EISSN: 18630669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clen.201100743     Document Type: Article

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