Salty freshwater macrophytes: The effects of salinization in freshwaters upon non-halophyte aquatic plants

MH Moreira, NH They, LR Rodrigues… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Salinization is a threat that affects aquatic ecosystems worldwide. As primary producers,
freshwater macrophytes are of paramount importance in these ecosystems, however …

Coastal habitats of the Gulf of Mexico

IA Mendelssohn, MR Byrnes, RT Kneib… - … and Biota of the Gulf of …, 2017 - Springer
Urbanization and industrial development pressures have seriously impacted coastal
ecosystems, including vegetated intertidal and subtidal marine habitats such as barrier …

Ecological thresholds of Suaeda salsa to the environmental gradients of water table depth and soil salinity

C Baoshan, H Qiang, Z Xinsheng - Acta Ecologica Sinica, 2008 - Elsevier
The responses of Suaeda salsa to the environmental gradients of water table depth and soil
salinity in the Yellow River Delta, China were analyzed from the aspect of ecological …

Hurricane activity and the large-scale pattern of spread of an invasive plant species

GP Bhattarai, JT Cronin - PLoS One, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Disturbances are a primary facilitator of the growth and spread of invasive species.
However, the effects of large-scale disturbances, such as hurricanes and tropical storms, on …

Vegetation restoration following dieback of Phragmites australis in the Mississippi River Delta, USA

H Lee, R Diaz, J Johnston, IA Knight, JA Nyman… - Wetlands, 2023 - Springer
Abstract The Mississippi River Delta (MRD) is one of the largest wetlands in the world and is
experiencing widespread dieback of its most prevalent plant species, Phragmites australis …

Repeated genetic and adaptive phenotypic divergence across tidal elevation in a foundation plant species

RA Zerebecki, EE Sotka, TC Hanley… - The American …, 2021 - journals.uchicago.edu
Microgeographic genetic divergence can create fine-scale trait variation. When such
divergence occurs within foundation species, then it might impact community structure and …

Increased salinity decreases annual gross primary productivity at a Northern California brackish tidal marsh

SJ Russell, L Windham-Myers… - Environmental …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Tidal marshes sequester 11.4–87.0 Tg C yr− 1 globally, but climate change impacts
can threaten the carbon capture potential of these ecosystems. Tidal marshes occur across …

Incorporating thresholds into understanding salinity tolerance: A study using salt‐tolerant plants in salt marshes

Q He, BR Silliman, B Cui - Ecology and evolution, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Although salinity in many ecosystems such as salt marshes can be extremely high, an
asymmetry in salinity range between experimental studies (relatively narrow) and field …

Multiple Potential Stressors and Dieback of Phragmites australis in the Mississippi River Delta, USA: Implications for Restoration

JT Cronin, J Johnston, R Diaz - Wetlands, 2020 - Springer
In 2016, widespread dieback of Phragmites australis was reported in the Mississippi River
Delta (MRD), Louisiana. We conducted two common-garden experiments to investigate …

Hydrologic restoration in a dynamic subtropical mangrove‐to‐marsh ecotone

RJ Howard, RH Day, KW Krauss, AS From… - Restoration …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Extensive hydrologic modifications in coastal regions across the world have occurred to
support infrastructure development, altering the function of many coastal wetlands. Wetland …