Research Catalog

Title

Ecology of salt marshes and sand dunes / by D.S. Ranwell.

Author

Ranwell, D. S.

Publication

London : Chapman and Hall, [1972]

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Details

Description

xiv, 258 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Subject

• Salt marsh ecology
• Seashore ecology
• Sand dune ecology
• Ecology
• Coastal ecology
• Sand dunes
• Ecology
• ecology
• dunes
• Sand dunes
• Coastal ecology
• Salt marsh ecology
• Sand dune ecology
• Seashore ecology
• Düne
• Marschland
• Ökologie
• Moerasland
• Kustgebieden
• Duinen
• Landschapsecologie
• Salt marshes

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. [228]-251.

Contents

General relationships : Climatic restraints : Distributions and climate ; Specific climatic factors ; Response to climatic changes -- Physiography and hydrology : Physiographic influences ; Hydrological influences ; Habitat series -- Mineral nutrient relations : Physical constraints on the chemical systems ; Osmotic effects ; Chemical problems of nutrition in elevated ionic environments ; Nutrient levels and availability -- Salt marshes : Salt marshes: tidal influence : Tidal parameters ; Contrasted habitats in submergence and emergence zones ; Field salinity in relation to tidal action -- Salt marshes: sedimentation, drainage and soil physical development : Salt marsh precursors ; Sedimentation ; Stratigraphy and the age of marshes ; Marsh formation, drainage and re-cycling ; Soil composition, aeration and water-logging -- Salt marshes: species strategies : Autecological limits ; Algal strategies ; Flowering plant strategies ; Annual strategies ; Short-lived perennial strategies ; Herbaceous perennial strategies ; Woody perennial strategies -- Salt marshes: structure and function of communities : Plant populations ; Animal populations ; Trophic levels and relationships ; Energy flow -- Sand dunes : Sand dunes: formation and differentiation of the habitat : The strandline ; The embryo dune ; Establishment and growth patterns of Ammophila ; Windflow, sand movement and dune vegetation ; Formation of the dune and slack system -- Sand dunes: sand, water relations and processes of soil formation : Properties of sand ; Water relations in the dune ; Water relations in the slack ; Soil development in dunes and slacks -- Sand dunes: structure and function of dune communities : The dune flora and fauna ; Communities ; The vegetation layers -- Sand dunes: structure and function of slack communities : Species diversity ; Analytical studies of slack vegetation gradients ; Water table limits as a basis for defining slack plant community limits ; Establishment and growth in the slack habitat ; Community transformations -- Human influences : Management of salt marsh wildlife resources : External human influences ; Internal human influences ; Integrated management -- Management of sand dune wildlife resources : External influences ; Internal influences ; Integrated management.

ISBN

• 0412105004
• 9780412105005

LCCN

73152743

OCLC

• ocm00579752
• 579752
• SCSB-293519

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library