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- Title
Relationship between the spatial distribution of coastal sand dune plants and edaphic factors in a coastal sand dune system in Korea.
- Authors
Jeong-sook Hwang; Deok-gyun Choi; Sung-chul Choi; Han-san Park; Yong-mok Park; Jeong-jin Bae; Yeon-sik Choo
- Abstract
We conducted the study on the relationship between the distribution of coastal sand dune plants and edaphic factors from the shoreline to inland in sand dune ecosystem. The application of TWINSPAN classification based on 10 species, led to the recognition of three vegetative groups (A-C), which associated with their habitats (foredune, hummuck in semistable zone and stable zone). The associations were separated along soil gradient far from the seashore. The relationships between species composition and environmental gradients were explained by canonical correspondence analysis (CCA). Distance from the shoreline was an important indicator to determine soil properties (pH, total ion contents, sand particle sizes, organic matters and nitrogen contents) from the seaward area to inland area and distribution pattern of coastal sand dune plants. Group A is foredune zone, characterized by Calystegia soldanella; group included typical foredune species such as Elymus mollis, Carex kobomugi, Ixeris repens, C. soldanella and Glehnia littoralis. Group B on semi-stabilized zone was characterized by Vitex rotundifolia, a perennial woody shrub. This group was associated the proportion of fine sand size (100 to 250 μm). The results on the proportion of soil particle size showed a transition in sand composition, particularly with respect to the proportion of fine sand size that occurred from the foredune ridge at 32.5 m to the Vitex rotundifolia community at 57.5 m from the shoreline. Group C on stabilized zone was characterized by Zoysia macrostachya, Lathyrus japonicus and Cynodon dactylon and were associated soil organic matter and nitrogen contents. The spatial distribution of plants in the Goraebul coastal sand dune system may result from the interactions between the plant species and environmental heterogeneity.
- Subjects
KOREA; SPATIAL distribution (Quantum optics); SAND dune plants; SEASHORE; FALSE bindweeds; ECOLOGICAL heterogeneity
- Publication
Journal of Ecology & Environment, 2016, Vol 39, Issue 1, p17
- ISSN
2287-8327
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5141/ecoenv.2016.003