ArticleScientific reports2024
Diagnostic species are crucial for the functioning of plant associations in inland salt marshes.
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- Responses of Puccinellia distans to salinity stress: stress tolerance mechanisms and ecosystem restoration potential.BMC plant biology · 2025Article
- Stage-specific responses of Spergularia marina to salinity reveal strategies of tolerance and restoration potential.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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Abstract
Salt marsh vegetation is considered unique and valuable and has been legally protected in Europe for years but is still declining. Its protection is related to vegetation syntaxonomical units. The characteristic combination of diagnostic species is used to create this syntaxonomical system. The aim of our novel study was to assess whether diagnostic species are sufficient for characterising vegetation functioning. Moreover, we included biochemical traits not considered to date in vegetation ecology. We hypothesised that (1) diagnostic species are crucial for the functioning of inland salt marsh vegetation and (2) their morphological and biochemical traits define the functioning of typical salt marsh associations. We chose three typical inland associations to test our hypotheses and measured the morphological and biochemical functional traits of their diagnostic plant species. Our research has shown that diagnostic species play a crucial role not only in distinguishing typical inland salt marsh associations but also in determining their functioning. Among the analysed associations, Salicornietum ramosissimae was the most adaptable to osmotic and oxidative stress under soil salinity. Triglochino maritimae-Glaucetum maritimae showed the lowest salt resistance, as indicated by the highest osmotic and oxidative stress and stress responses. Our findings may facilitate the practical application of new approaches and protection strategies for inland salt marsh habitats.
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