Teresa Luque

TL;DR: The growth responses of the hygro-halophyte A. portulacoides to salinity appear largely to depend on changes in its rate of photosynthetic gas exchange, which appears to be limited mainly through stomatal conductance and hence intercellular CO(2) concentration.

TL;DR: The results indicate that S. fruticosa is capable of tolerating very high and continued exposure to salt, showing its greatest growth rate at 510 mM NaCl.

TL;DR: The results indicate that S. densiflora is capable of tolerating very high and continued exposure to Zn, as this species lowers the translocation of Zn from the nutrient solution to roots and controls Zn ion transport into leaves, which could be useful in the phytostabilization of soils.

TL;DR: Germination responses to salinity of the three Sarcocornia seem likely to influence their colonisation capacities down the tidal gradient and hence may be important in the maintenance of taxa zonation in salt marshes.

TL;DR: Analysis of salt marsh development over 17 years (1984–2001) in a rapidly accreting, well-drained lagoon of a macrotidal marsh in south-west Spain indicated that invasion by the new hybrid probably occurred as a result of pollen flow from high-marsh S. perennis to the stigmas of the established dominant S. fruticosa.