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- Title
Ecological observations on major Salicornia beds from highly saline coastal wetlands of India.
- Authors
JAGTAP, TANAJI G.; BHOSALE, SIDDHARTH H.; NAGLE, VINOD L.
- Abstract
Investigates Salicornia beds along the Gulf of Kutchchh and Tamilnadu coasts with respect to vegetative structure and ambient environmental conditions. Comparison of plant biomass, density, height, and frequency of occurrence in the more frequently inundated with the less frequently inundated intertidal regions; Data suggesting the growth of the S. brachiata seemed to be influenced primarily by the frequency of inundation, duration of atmospheric exposure at ebb tide, rainfall, and salinity and salt content of the ambient water and sediments, respectively; Average carbon and nitrogen content in the plants; Impact of increasing age of the plant on carbon and protein content; Results indicating immediate protection of S. brachiata and other obligate halophytes which are either threatened, vulnerable or endangered.
- Subjects
SALICORNIA; PLANT biomass; WETLANDS; COASTAL biology
- Publication
Wetlands, 2002, Vol 22, Issue 3, p1
- ISSN
0277-5212
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1672/0277-5212(2002)022[0443:EOOMSB]2.0.CO;2