Salinity as a constraint on growth of oligohaline marsh macrophytes. I. Species variation in stress tolerance

RJ Howard, IA Mendelssohn - American Journal of Botany, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
The effects of increased salinity on plant growth were examined in a greenhouse experiment
with four species common to oligohaline marshes of the northern Gulf of Mexico: Eleocharis …

Salinity as a constraint on growth of oligohaline marsh macrophytes. II. Salt pulses and recovery potential

RJ Howard, IA Mendelssohn - American Journal of Botany, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
The ability of common oligohaline marsh macrophytes of the northern Gulf of Mexico coast to
recover from pulses of increased salinity was investigated in a greenhouse experiment with …

Clonal variation in response to salinity and flooding stress in four marsh macrophytes of the northern gulf of Mexico, USA

RJ Howard, PS Rafferty - Environmental and Experimental Botany, 2006 - Elsevier
Intraspecific variation in stress tolerance can be an important factor influencing plant
population structure in coastal wetland habitats. We studied clones of four species of …

Structure and composition of oligohaline marsh plant communities exposed to salinity pulses

RJ Howard, IA Mendelssohn - Aquatic Botany, 2000 - Elsevier
The response of two oligohaline marsh macrophyte communities to pulses of increased
salinity was studied over a single growing season in a greenhouse experiment. The plant …

A comparison of indicators of sublethal salinity stress in the salt marsh grass, Spartina patens (Ait.) Muhl.

K Ewing, K McKee, I Mendelssohn, M Hester - Aquatic Botany, 1995 - Elsevier
Wetland plant communities in coastal Louisiana are degrading, resulting in the loss of live
emergent vegetation and subsequent succession to open water. Saltwater intrusion has …

Factors affecting vegetation dieback of an oligohaline marsh in coastal Louisiana: field manipulation of salinity and submergence

EC Webb, IA Mendelssohn - American Journal of Botany, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
Vegetation dieback is an important component of wetland loss in low salinity marshes of
coastal Louisiana. A field experiment was conducted to determine the factors responsible for …

Response of the freshwater marsh species, Panicum hemitomon Schult., to increased salinity

SR Pezeshki, RD De Laune… - Freshwater Biology, 1987 - Wiley Online Library
1. Panicum hemitomon Schult. plants were colleeted from Louisiana's Mississippi River
deltaic plain freshwater marsh and subjected to salinities of 5–12 ppt under controlled …

Effects of salinity on growth and photosynthesis of three California tidal marsh species

RW Pearcy, SL Ustin - Oecologia, 1984 - Springer
The comparative responses of photosynthesis and growth to salinity were investigated for
two C 3 and one C 4 species native to the tidal marshes of the San Francisco Bay …

Tolerance and avoidance: two contrasting physiological responses to salt stress in mature marsh halophytes Juncus roemerianus Scheele and Spartina alterniflora …

BW Touchette, GA Smith, KL Rhodes… - Journal of Experimental …, 2009 - Elsevier
For most plants, elevated salinities can promote both hyperionic and hyperosmotic stress,
often resulting in decreased growth and increased mortality. In previous studies involving …

Effects of stressors on invasive and halophytic plants of New England salt marshes: a framework for predicting response to tidal restoration

RA Konisky, DM Burdick - Wetlands, 2004 - Springer
Salt marsh restoration practices based on the reintroduction of tides to hydrologically-altered
wetlands may be hindered by a lack of specific knowledge regarding plant community …