Contributions to the ecology of halophytes
Ecologists study these specialized plants in relation to estuarine ecosystems, biology of dominant genera, germination ecology, water relations, salt secretion, and senescence. It tries to give the reader an overall view of saline environments and the ecology of plants found therein.
Print Book, English, 1982
Dr. W. Junk ; Distributors for the U.S. and Canada, Kluwer Boston, The Hague, Boston, 1982
viii, 272 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.
9789061939429, 9061939429
7733595
One: Biology and Biogeography of Halophytic Species and Salinity Controlled Ecosystems.- Wet halophytic ecosystems.- 1. Ecology of the halophytic vegetation of Egypt.- 2. Estuarine ecosystem of India.- 3. The biogeography of mangroves.- Dry halophytic ecosystems.- 4. Survey and adaptive biology of halophytes in western Rajasthan, India.- 5. Biology of Atriplex.- Two: Ecological and Ecophysiological Problems.- 1. Mangrove species zonation: why?.- 2. Distribution and environmental control of productivity and growth form of Spartina alterniflora (Loisel.).- 3. Germination ecology of halophytes.- 4. Aspects of salinity and water relations of Australian chenopods.- 5. Senescence in mangroves.- 6. Ecophysiological aspects of some tropical salt marsh halophytes.- 7. Adaptation of plants to saline environments: salt excretion and glandular structure.- 8. The role of bladders for salt removal in some Chenopodiaceae (mainly Atriplex species).- Three: Potentialities and Uses of Halophytic Species and Ecosystems.- 1. Halophytes and human welfare.- Plant index.