Functional structure of plant communities along salinity gradients in Iranian salt marshes.

ABSTRACT: Salt marshes are unique habitats between sea or saline lakes and land that need to be conserved from the effects of global change. Understanding the variation in functional structure of plant community along environmental gradients is critical to predict the response of plant communities to ongoing environmental changes. We evaluated the changes in the functional structure of halophytic communities along soil gradients including salinity, in Iranian salt marshes; Lake Urmia, Lake Meyghan, Musa estuary, and Nayband Bay (Iran). We established 48 plots from 16 sites in four salt marshes and sampled 10 leaves per species to measure leaf functional traits. Five soil samples were sampled from each plot and 30 variables were analyzed. We examined the changes in the functional structure of plant c

SUBMITTER: Matinzadeh Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10168069 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature