The salt marsh vegetation on the East Adriatic coast

Pandža, Marija; Franjić, Jozo; Škvorc, Željko

doi:10.2478/s11756-007-0003-x

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“…Clusters of relevés were classified and attributed to syntaxa according to Rivas-Martinez et al (2001), Brullo et al (2002 and Pandža et al (2007). The Latin names of marshland communities, with names of authors and year of first valid description, are given at least once in the text.…”

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Coastal salt-marshes plant communities of the Salicornietea fruticosae class in Apulia (Italy)

Sciandrello

Tomaselli

2013

Biologia

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An overview of the salt-marsh herbland and scrub vegetation belonging to the class Salicornietea fruticosae Br.-Bl. et Tx. ex A. Bolòs y Vayreda 1950 in Apulia is presented. Data available from literature have been supplemented with original relevés performed in different locations of the Apulia region. On the basis of a total of 297 relevés, fifteen communities have been defined, according to the traditional phytosociological system based on dominant and/or diagnostic taxa. For comparison purposes, the salt-marsh vegetation has been classified using numerical methods. The results obtained show that most of the clusters correspond to specific associations, and confirm the division into vegetation alliances and orders. Numerical analysis also allowed us to assign the proper allocation of some associations and plant communities drawn from literature. Five alliances, with plant communities characterized by specific ecological features, have been discriminated: Sarcocornion alpini and Arthrocnemion glauci (lower marshes), Salicornion fruticosae (middle marshes), Inulion crithmoidis and Suaedion brevofoliae (upper marshes). In addition, during the field work, a population of Halocnemum strobilaceum (Arthrocnemo-Halocnemetum strobilacei), new record for the Apulia region, has been found.

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Coastal salt-marshes plant communities of the Salicornietea fruticosae class in Apulia (Italy)

Sciandrello

Tomaselli

2013

Biologia

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“…LimonioArtemisietum coerulescentis (Table 1, column 6) is an endemic Illyrian-Apennine association that develops outside of the tidal zone, on low salty substrates which are only sporadically submerged and which are completely dry in spring and summer. It can be considered a spatial transition between the true coastal halophilous vegetation of Sarcocornietea fruticosaeand the vegetation of Juncetea maritimi (Pandža et al 2007).…”

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“…In addition to hosting very rare plant species and communities, the coastal wetlands are important areas for the nesting and the staging of birds. In the Adriatic region, the salt marsh vegetation prevails in the western and northern coasts, the east coast being mostly rocky (Pandža et al 2007). Within the Italian side of the Adriatic Sea, the salt marsh vegetation has been the object of various phytosociological studies (Pignatti 1966;Corbetta 1968;Géhu et al 1984;Biondi et al 1989;Géhu & Biondi 1996;Piccoli et al 1996;Biondi 1999;Poldini et al 1999;Pirone et al 2001).…”

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Plant communities structure and composition in three coastal wetlands in southern Apulia (Italy)

2011

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In this paper the results of a study on the composition and the distribution of the plant communities in three coastal areas of southern Apulia are presented. A total of about 180 vegetation relevés were performed following the BraunBlanquet phytosociological method. Vegetation data were analysed using both classification (UPGMA, similarity ratio) and ordination methods (including Non-metric Multidimensional Scaling (NMS) and Detrended Correspondence Analysis (DCA). The relevés are distributed in the following classes: Molinio-Arrhenateretea, Phragmito-Magnocaricetea, Juncetea maritimi, Sarcocornietea fruticosae, Saginetea maritimae, Thero-Salicornietea, Helianthemetea guttati. Detailed information about structure and zoning of the detected plant communities are here provided. Two new associations, belonging to the Alkanno-Maresion nanae alliance (microphytic ephemeral plant communities growing on sandy soils, Helianthemetea guttati class) have been described here, both in the "Torre Guaceto" site. The area of "Le Cesine" showed the highest total number of plant communities, while the "Saline di Punta della Contessa" site revealed the largest number of Sarcocornietea fruticosae plant communities.

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“…Poldini et al 1999, Merloni 2007, Tomaselli et al 2011, Sciandrello & Tomaselli 2014, and references therein) and eastern Adriatic coasts (Janković & Stevanović 1983, Alegro et al 2004, Kaligarič & Škornik 2006, 2007, Pandža et al 2007, Shehu et al 2010, Šajna et al 2013), but there remain sites that have not yet been investigated. Among these is a coastal salt-marsh situated on the central east coast of the Adriatic in south Croatia.…”

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“…In addition to hosting some very rare plant species and communities, they are important areas for the nesting and staging of birds. In the Adriatic salt-marsh vegetation occurs mostly on the western and northern coasts, the east coast being generally rocky (Pandža et al 2007).…”

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Phytosociology and Ecology of Cressa Cretica L. (Convolvulaceae) on the Eastern Adriatic Coast

Jasprica¹,

Milović²,

Romić³

2015

Hacquetia

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The present phytosociological study of the eastern Adriatic coastal salt-marsh at Blato, Croatia, is based on the Braun-Blanquet approach. Five plant associations were recorded in the area: Juncetum maritimo-acuti, Puccinellio festuciformis-Sarcocornietum fruticosae, Scirpetum maritimi, Enteromorpho intestinalidis-Ruppietum maritimae and Cressetum creticae. The association Cressetum creticae was found for the first time in Croatia as well as on the eastern Adriatic coast. This therophytic and halo-nitrophilous association shows a monospecific or paucispecific character and occupies the most haline and the driest parts of the salt-marsh. The association develops during the summer on silty clay substrates with organic matter derived from the decay of plants of the neighboring communities. According to key soil factor analysis no differences of grain size of the soils among the associations were found, while regarding electrical conductivity, Cl -and Na + concentrations were higher in the Cressetum creticae than in any of the others associations. The particular original features of the site regarding its flora and vegetation would justify some measures of protection and management. Key words: halophytic vegetation, soil analysis, Thero-Suaedetea splendentis, syntaxonomy, Croatia, central Adriatic, NE Mediterranean. IzvlečekPredstavljamo fitocenološko raziskavo obalnega slanega mokrišča Blato (Hrvaška) v vzhodnem Jadranu, ki smo jo naredili po Braun-Blanquetovi metodi. V raziskovanem območju smo zabeležili pet asociacij: Juncetum maritimo-acuti, Puccinellio festuciformis-Sarcocornietum fruticosae, Scirpetum maritimi, Enteromorpho intestinalidis--Ruppietum maritimae in Cressetum creticae. Asociacija Cressetum cretice je na ozemlju Hrvaške in tudi na vzhodni obali Jadranskega morja opisana prvič. Terofitska in halo-nitrofilna asociacija je monospecifična ima siromašno vrstno sestavo in se pojavlja na najbolj slanih in suhih delih slanišča. Sestoji se razvijajo poleti na glineni podlagi z organsko snovjo, ki jo sestavljajo odmrli rastlinski deli s sosednjih združb. Analiza tal je pokazala, da med asociacijami ni bilo razlik v velikosti talnih delcev, električni konduktivnosti, koncentraciji Cl-in Na+ ionov pa sta bili v asociaciji Cressetum creticae višji kot ostalih asociacijah. Zaradi posebnosti v flori in vegetaciji bi bilo potrebno na preučevanem območju zagotoviti določene mere zaščite in ustrezen način upravljanja.

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The salt marsh vegetation on the East Adriatic coast

Cited by 22 publications

References 9 publications

Coastal salt-marshes plant communities of the Salicornietea fruticosae class in Apulia (Italy)

Coastal salt-marshes plant communities of the Salicornietea fruticosae class in Apulia (Italy)

Plant communities structure and composition in three coastal wetlands in southern Apulia (Italy)

Phytosociology and Ecology of Cressa Cretica L. (Convolvulaceae) on the Eastern Adriatic Coast

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