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Growth and interactions of salt-marsh species under different flooding regimes

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Vegetation between land and sea

Part of the book series: Geobotany ((GEOB,volume 11))

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Vertical zonation of plant growth is a most common feature of plants in salt marshes. It is usually related to the level and the salinity of the seawater during the tidal cycle. The precise nature of salt-marsh vegetation zonation has been described and analysed comprehensively (cf. Ranwell 1972; Chapman 1974; Beeftink 1977a). Recently Rozema et al. (1985b) stated seawater salinity to be the master factor governing saltmarsh zonation and succession. They regarded inundation of secondary importance.

Publication No. 386, Delta Institute for Hydrobiological Research, Yerseke, The Netherlands.

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Groenendijk, A.M., Spieksma, J.G.J., Vink-Lievaart, M.A. (1987). Growth and interactions of salt-marsh species under different flooding regimes. In: Huiskes, A.H.L., Blom, C.W.P.M., Rozema, J. (eds) Vegetation between land and sea. Geobotany, vol 11. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4065-9_19

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