Download or read book The Relationship Between the Growth and Morphology of Salicornia Virginica and Marsh Elevation in a Virginia Salt Marsh System written by Lynette Kathleen Winters and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Effects of Tidal and Soil related Variables on the Growth Morphology and Distribution of the Perennial Salt Marsh Pickleweed Salicornia Virginica L in Southern California Salt Marshes written by Meredith A. Osborne and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Role of Biotic and Abiotic Processes in the Zonation of Salt Marsh Plants in the Nueces River Delta Texas written by Michael Kevin Rasser and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Salt marshes provide critical ecosystem services, such as shoreline stabilization, biogeochemical cycling and habitat for wildlife, to much of the world's population living on the coasts. Emergent vascular plants are a critical component of these ecosystems. This study was a comprehensive effort to gain a better understanding of the ecology of salt marsh plants in the Nueces River delta on the south Texas coast. This knowledge is essential to understand the potential anthropogenic impacts on salt marshes, including sea-level rise, global warming, reduced freshwater inflow and coastal erosion. A combination of remote sensing analysis, field studies and experiments were used to allow analysis across spatial scales ranging from landscape patterns of vegetation to leaf level measurements of the dominant species. A novel method of image classification was developed using high-resolution multi-spectral imagery integrated with ancillary data to map the major plant communities at a landscape scale. This included a high marsh assemblage composed primarily of Spartina spartinae and a low marsh community dominated by Borrichia frutescens and Salicornia virginica. Geospatial analysis determined that the location of these plant communities was related to the distance from the tidal creek network and elevation. The B. frutescens and S. virginica assemblage was more abundant at lower elevations along the waters edge, making it vulnerable to loss from shoreline erosion. At a finer spatial scale, gradient analysis was utilized to examine the relationship between elevation, which creates environmental gradients in salt marshes, and species distribution. I discovered that elevation differences of less than 5 cm can influence both individual species and plant community distribution. One interesting finding was that the two dominant species, B. frutescens and S. virginica, share similar responses along an elevation gradient yet are observed growing in monotypic adjacent zones. I constructed a large reciprocal transplant experiment, using 160 plants at 4 sites throughout the marsh, to determine what causes the zonation between these two species. The results of this study found that S. virginica fared well wherever it was transplanted but was a weak competitor. B. frutescens survival was significantly lower in the S. virginica zone than in its own zone suggesting that abiotic factors are important in determining the zonation of this species. However, high spatial and temporal variability existed in environmental parameters such as salinity. This variability may have been caused by the semi-arid climate and irregular flooding typical in the Nueces Marsh. Therefore, I utilized a greenhouse experiment to directly test the importance of the two dominant physical factors in salt marshes, flooding and salinity. The results found that for B. frutescens the effects of flooding were not significant, however salinity at 30% reduced growth. Salinity did not influence growth of S. virginica. The greater ability of S. virginica to tolerate salinity stress has important implications because reduced freshwater inflow or climate change can increase porewater salinity, thus favoring the expansion of S. virginica, and altering the plant community structure.
Download or read book Salicornia Europaea L and Salicornia Virginica L on a San Francisco Bay Salt Marsh written by Molly Martindale and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Effects of Mycorrhizal Infection and Salinity Stress on the Growth Performance of Three Salt Marsh Plant Species written by Shannon Lea Pankratz and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Factors Controlling the Vegetation Dynamics of Spartina Foliosa and Salicornia Virginica in California s Coastal Wetlands written by Joan Lee Brenchley-Jackson and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Technology and Success in Restoration Creation and Enhancement of Spartina Alterniflora Marshes in the United States Executive summary and annotated bibliography written by Geoffrey Alan Matthews and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Salt Marsh Vascular Plant Distribution in Relation to Tidal Elevation Humboldt Bay California written by Anni Lauter Eicher and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Plant Traits Explain Abundance Rank in Salt Marsh Vegetation written by Catherine Louise Bonin and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Analysis of the Relationship Between Vegetative Community Structure and Geodetic Elevation for Salt Marsh Restoration in Hypertidal Systems written by Christa Skinner and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Role of Waterlogged Refuges in the Persistance of an Annual Plant in a Perennial dominated Salt Marsh written by Alison Kate Varty and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Salt Marshes written by Duncan M. FitzGerald and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-04-22 with total page 499 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A multidisciplinary review of salt marshes, describing how they function and respond to external pressures such as sea-level rise.
Download or read book Saltmarsh Ecology written by Stephen Patrick Long and published by Blackie Academic and Professional. This book was released on 1983 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Comparison of Channel Morphology Marsh Elevation and Biological Processes in Natural and Dredged Tidal Salt Marshes in Louisiana written by Jennifer Spicer and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Variation in Response to a Continuum of Stress and Disturbance in a Salt Marsh Plant Assemblage written by Stuart Keating Allison and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 658 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Effects of Relative Sea Level Rise on a Virginia Salt Marsh written by Karen A. Slattery and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tidal Marshes of the Gulf and Atlantic Coasts of Northern Florida and Charleston South Carolina written by Herman Kurz and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
