Vegetation dynamics in response to water inflow rates and fire in a brackish Typha domingensis Pers. marsh in the delta of the Colorado River, Mexico

Mexicano, Lourdes; Nagler, Pamela L.; Zamora-Arrroyo, Francisco; Glenn, Edward P.

doi:10.1016/j.ecoleng.2012.06.046

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“…Typha don't spread into water as shallow as that occupied by Phragmites [71]. Creeping rhizomes are so called because of the slow rate of movement, and the absence of new water limits the growth season [130]. Experimental investigation of the relationship between water flow and plants growth suggest that low water availability impairs the overall fitness of the species, but excess water also limits growth rate of the plant [131].…”

Section: Cattails Responses To Changing Physical Factorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Strongly acidic environments are toxic for the growth of Typha species [134]. Typha do not respond well in conditions more saline than natural [127]; as the salinity increases, their overall numbers decline [71] [135], as well as limiting the spread of the rhizome [130] [136]. However, Typha exhibit different sensitivities to salinity at different stages in their life cycle, displaying resilience to changing environmental situations [137].…”

Section: Cattails Responses To Changing Chemical Factorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A River in Drought: Consequences of a Low Nile at the End of the Old Kingdom

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2018

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It is thought that a significant factor in the fall of the Egyptian Old Kingdom was the occurrence of a number of lower than average inundation events that led to a decline in agricultural output, causing a famine that undermined the authority of the government. However, very little consideration has been given to how a lesser volume of water may have impacted upon the Nile itself. This composition investigates the potential for ecological change that may have developed as a consequence of a lower river. Since a lower river exhibits less force, its physical properties should change, which would in turn alter the chemical and biological factors that are expressed. A low Nile should therefore have resulted in changes to the distribution and abundance of plant life along the river. Four plants characteristic to Pharaonic times were investigated to see how they may have responded. Papyrus and Phragmites are suggested as plants that would benefit from a situation where the nutrients remained within the river, whereas Typha and Lotus display characteristic that benefit less when the river retains nutrients that would have normally been lost to the surrounding landscape.

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Section: Cattails Responses To Changing Physical Factorsmentioning

confidence: 99%