Salt marsh migration into salinized agricultural fields: A novel assembly of plant communities

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
pp. 1007-1016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keryn B. Gedan ◽  
Eduardo Fernández‐Pascual
Keyword(s):  
Salt Marsh ◽  
Plant Communities ◽  
Agricultural Fields

Classification of vegetation communities in which geese rear broods on the Yukon – Kuskokwim delta, Alaska

1994 ◽  
Vol 72 (9) ◽  
pp. 1294-1301 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher A. Babcock ◽  
Craig R. Ely
Keyword(s):  
Salt Marsh ◽  
Plant Communities ◽  
Indicator Species Analysis ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Brood Rearing ◽  
Species Analysis ◽  
Twinspan Classification ◽  
Vegetation Complexes ◽  
Air Photo

Plant communities are described from an area on the Yukon – Kuskokwim (Y-K) delta of Alaska that is used extensively for brood rearing by three species of geese. Earlier studies identified plant species important as food for young geese, but few studies describe or quantify plant communities. We classified species presence or absence information from over 700 quadrats using a two-way indicator species analysis (TWINSPAN) and then tested for agreement of signatures on colour infrared air photos with the identified communities. Sedges were found to dominate all but the wettest and driest communities. Most of the brood-rearing area was covered by Carex ramenskii and Carex rariflora meadows, ponds, Carex mackenziei-dominated pond margins, and C. ramenskii and grass levee meadows. Our interpretation of airphotos accurately predicted vegetation community classes, which will facilitate future studies of habitat selection by geese during the time they are rearing young. The TWINSPAN classification was comparable to classifications of studies conducted elsewhere on the Y-K delta. The interpretation of air photos will enable the identification and evaluation of wetland vegetation complexes and potential goose brood-rearing areas away from our study site. Key words: air-photo interpretation, Alaska, plant communities, salt marsh, Yukon – Kuskokwim delta.

Responses of Plant Communities to Incremental Hydrologic Restoration of a Tide-Restricted Salt Marsh in Southern New England (Massachusetts, U.S.A.)

2009 ◽  
Vol 17 (5) ◽  
pp. 606-618 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen M. Smith ◽  
Charles T. Roman ◽  
Mary-Jane James-Pirri ◽  
Kelly Chapman ◽  
John Portnoy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Salt Marsh ◽  
New England ◽  
Plant Communities ◽  
Southern New England ◽  
Hydrologic Restoration

Coastal salt-marshes plant communities of the Salicornietea fruticosae class in Apulia (Italy)

Biologia ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 69 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Saverio Sciandrello ◽  
Valeria Tomaselli
Keyword(s):  
Salt Marsh ◽  
Plant Communities ◽  
Salt Marshes ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Salt Marsh Vegetation ◽  
Marsh Vegetation ◽  
Apulia Region ◽  
Coastal Salt Marshes ◽  
Ecological Features ◽  
Halocnemum Strobilaceum

AbstractAn overview of the salt-marsh herbland and scrub vegetation belonging to the class Salicornietea fruticosae Br.-Bl. et Tx. ex A. Bolòs y Vayreda 1950 in Apulia is presented. Data available from literature have been supplemented with original relevés performed in different locations of the Apulia region. On the basis of a total of 297 relevés, fifteen communities have been defined, according to the traditional phytosociological system based on dominant and/or diagnostic taxa. For comparison purposes, the salt-marsh vegetation has been classified using numerical methods. The results obtained show that most of the clusters correspond to specific associations, and confirm the division into vegetation alliances and orders. Numerical analysis also allowed us to assign the proper allocation of some associations and plant communities drawn from literature. Five alliances, with plant communities characterized by specific ecological features, have been discriminated: Sarcocornion alpini and Arthrocnemion glauci (lower marshes), Salicornion fruticosae (middle marshes), Inulion crithmoidis and Suaedion brevofoliae (upper marshes). In addition, during the field work, a population of Halocnemum strobilaceum (Arthrocnemo-Halocnemetum strobilacei), new record for the Apulia region, has been found.

Salt marsh vegetation on the Croatian coast: plant communities and ecological characteristics

2019 ◽  
Vol 305 (10) ◽  
pp. 899-912 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zuzana Dítě ◽  
Róbert Šuvada ◽  
Pavol Eliáš ◽  
Vladimír Píš ◽  
Daniel Dítě
Keyword(s):  
Salt Marsh ◽  
Plant Communities ◽  
Salt Marsh Vegetation ◽  
Marsh Vegetation ◽  
Ecological Characteristics

scholarly journals Effects of migratory geese on plant communities of an Alaskan salt marsh

2001 ◽  
Vol 89 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy Zacheis ◽  
Jerry W. Hupp ◽  
Roger W. Ruess
Keyword(s):  
Salt Marsh ◽  
Plant Communities

Predicting the effects of sea level rise on salt marsh plant communities: does vegetation age matter more than sea level?

2014 ◽  
Vol 148 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-18
Author(s):  
Antoine Meirland ◽  
Emilie Gallet-Moron ◽  
Hervé Rybarczyk ◽  
Frédéric Dubois ◽  
Olivier Chabrerie
Keyword(s):  
Salt Marsh ◽  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Plant Communities ◽  
Marsh Plant ◽  
Salt Marsh Plant
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