Biogeographical Distribution of Salt Marsh Halophytes on the Coasts of the Sonoran Desert
| dc.contributor.author | Yensen, N. P. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Glenn, E. P. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Fontes, M. R. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-05-04T17:00:32Z | en |
| dc.date.available | 2015-05-04T17:00:32Z | en |
| dc.date.issued | 1983 | en |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0734-3434 | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/552190 | en |
| dc.description.abstract | Twenty-four species of intertidal halophytes were recorded from 15 coastal salt marshes of the Sonoran desert. The Pacific salt marshes were found to be the most diverse, with 14.4 species per marsh, while the western Gulf of California had 8.9, and the eastern Gulf, 13.7. A low species diversity was found in the northwestern Gulf due to the absence of mid- and high-zoned halophytes. High-zoned species were geographically patchier on all coasts. The species formed three elevational groups within the intertidal zone: LOW: Spartina foliosa Trin, Distichlis palmeri (Vasey), Rhizophora mangle L., Laguncularia racemosa (L.), Avicennia gerimans (L.), Salicornia bigelovii Torr., S. europaea L., and Batis maritima L.; MID: Salicornia virginica L., Suaeda californica S. Wats., laumea carnosa (Less.), Sesuvium verrucosum Raf., Limonium californicum (Boiss.1 and Cressa truxillensis H.B.K.; HIGH: Salicornia subterminalis Parish, Allenrolfea occidentalis (S. Wats.), Frankenia grandifolia Cham. and Schlect, F. palmen S. Wats., Monanthochloe littoralis Engelm., Distichlis spicata (L.), Suaeda fruticosa (L.), Atriplex barclayana (Benth.), A. canescens (Pursh) and Sporobolus virginicus (L.). Thirty additional species were recorded in the supralittoral zone. | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en |
| dc.publisher | University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ) | en |
| dc.rights | Copyright © Arizona Board of Regents. The University of Arizona. | en_US |
| dc.source | CALS Publications Archive. The University of Arizona. | en_US |
| dc.title | Biogeographical Distribution of Salt Marsh Halophytes on the Coasts of the Sonoran Desert | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en |
| dc.contributor.department | Environmental Research Laboratory, University of Arizona | en |
| dc.identifier.journal | Desert Plants | en |
| dc.description.collectioninformation | Desert Plants is published by The University of Arizona for the Boyce Thompson Southwestern Arboretum. For more information about this unique botanical journal, please email the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Publications Office at pubs@cals.arizona.edu. | en_US |
| refterms.dateFOA | 2018-09-07T04:32:42Z | |
| html.description.abstract | Twenty-four species of intertidal halophytes were recorded from 15 coastal salt marshes of the Sonoran desert. The Pacific salt marshes were found to be the most diverse, with 14.4 species per marsh, while the western Gulf of California had 8.9, and the eastern Gulf, 13.7. A low species diversity was found in the northwestern Gulf due to the absence of mid- and high-zoned halophytes. High-zoned species were geographically patchier on all coasts. The species formed three elevational groups within the intertidal zone: LOW: Spartina foliosa Trin, Distichlis palmeri (Vasey), Rhizophora mangle L., Laguncularia racemosa (L.), Avicennia gerimans (L.), Salicornia bigelovii Torr., S. europaea L., and Batis maritima L.; MID: Salicornia virginica L., Suaeda californica S. Wats., laumea carnosa (Less.), Sesuvium verrucosum Raf., Limonium californicum (Boiss.1 and Cressa truxillensis H.B.K.; HIGH: Salicornia subterminalis Parish, Allenrolfea occidentalis (S. Wats.), Frankenia grandifolia Cham. and Schlect, F. palmen S. Wats., Monanthochloe littoralis Engelm., Distichlis spicata (L.), Suaeda fruticosa (L.), Atriplex barclayana (Benth.), A. canescens (Pursh) and Sporobolus virginicus (L.). Thirty additional species were recorded in the supralittoral zone. |
