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POPULATION BIOLOGY OF THE SALT MARSH ANNUAL SALICORNIA EUROPAEA agg.
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The behaviour of two populations of Salicornia europaea agg.Abstract:
SUMMARY tion to the adverse effects of hypersalinity in the upper marsh. (3) The demography of the two populations was examined. Permanent quadrats were mapped or photographed to follow the fate of seedlings; the reproductive and growth performances of individuals in relation to plant density were measured. (4) Overall, demographic trends in the two populations were similar. The probability of a seed giving rise to an adult plant was very low; most seeds died without germinating. Mortality of plants appeared to be density-independent, but there was a significant negative density-dependent relationship between number of seeds per plant and the density of Salicornia plants. (5) By midsummer the seed bank in the sediments was exhausted, so each generation of Salicornia at both sites appears to be distinct. (6) A model is given which describes the population dynamics of Salicornia in terms of density-dependent regulation of seed number and density-independent mortality. The reasons for the prevailing densities are discussed. In this study the behaviour of two populations of Salicornia europaea agg., from the upper marsh and from the open sandy mudflats of the lower marsh, respectively, has been examined in relation to environmental heterogeneity at Stiffkey salt marsh on the north Norfolk coast, England. In cultivation, plants from the two populations exhibit differentread more
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