Ecology of coastal vegetation: Proceedings of a Symposium, Haamstede, March 21–25, 1983

Front Matter....Pages I-1
Front Matter....Pages 3-3
The halophilous vegetation of the Po Delta (northern Italy)....Pages 5-14
Environmental structures and variation in coastal vegetation of the Golfe du Lion (France)....Pages 15-22
A study on long-term salt-marsh succession using permanent plots....Pages 23-32
Interactions between Limonium vulgare and Plantago maritima in the Plantagini-Limonietum on the Boschplaat, Terschelling, The Netherlands....Pages 33-44
Salt-marsh vegetation in the Shetland Islands....Pages 45-54
The salt marsh vegetation at Vinjekilen, Bamble, SE Norway, with special reference to the Puccinellietum maritimae ....Pages 55-63
Coastal fore-dune zonation and succession in various parts of the world....Pages 65-75
Phytosociological amplitudes of some Dutch coastal species and their ecological interpretation....Pages 77-85
Changes in the flora and vegetation of the coastal dunes of Voorne (The Netherlands) in relation to environmental changes....Pages 87-95
Phytosociological and ecological aspects of the dunes on the Isle of Rügen, Baltic Sea....Pages 97-103
The reaction of some sand-dune plant species to experimentally imposed environmental change: a reductionist approach to stability....Pages 105-114
Front Matter....Pages 115-115
Population differentiation in the life-history characteristics of salt-marsh annuals....Pages 117-125
Population dynamics of annual Salicornia species in the tidal salt marshes of the Oosterschelde, The Netherlands....Pages 127-136
Seed dimorphism and germination behaviour in Salicornia patula ....Pages 137-143
Structure and dynamics of the inland populations of Salicornia patula ....Pages 145-154
Population dynamics of Plantago maritima along a distributional gradient on a Baltic seashore meadow....Pages 155-161
Field studies on the variability of populations of Aster tripolium L. in relation to salt-marsh zonation....Pages 163-169
Comparison of niche breadths and overlaps of halophytes on salt marshes of differing diversity....Pages 171-178
Adaptation in perennial coastal plants — with particular reference to heritable variation in Puccinellia maritima and Ammophila arenaria ....Pages 179-188
Comparative population ecology of dune slack species: the relation between population stability and germination behaviour in brackish environments....Pages 189-195
Front Matter....Pages 115-115
Ecotypic differentiation within Festuca rubra L. occurring in a heterogeneous coastal environment....Pages 197-202
Ecology of the hybrid Marram Grass x Calammophila baltica in Britain....Pages 203-208
Population dynamics of some major woody species in relation to long-term succession on the dunes of Voorne....Pages 209-219
Front Matter....Pages 221-221
Salinity and seed germination patterns in coastal plants....Pages 223-229
On the ecophysiology of Halimione portulacoides ....Pages 231-240
Salt resistance and the environment of the cell wall of some halophytes....Pages 241-246
Osmotic adaption in Australian mangroves....Pages 247-253
The effects of the interaction between salinity and nitrogen limitation in Agrostis stolonifera L.....Pages 255-263
Growth performance of an inland population of Plantago maritima in response to nitrogen and salinity....Pages 265-272
Stress metabolites and their role in coastal plants....Pages 273-278
Sulphide tolerance in coastal halophytes....Pages 279-285
Manganese as an ecological factor in salt marshes....Pages 287-292
Differential response of salt-marsh species to variation of iron and manganese....Pages 293-301
Nitrogen nutrition in the estuarine zone: the case of Suaeda maritima var. macrocarpa ....Pages 303-308
The phytosociology of British sea-cliff vegetation with special reference to the ecophysiology of some maritime cliff plants....Pages 309-317
The physiological ecology of strandline plants....Pages 319-326
Response of Juniperus phoenicea on sandy dunes in the Camargue (France) to water and saline constraint in summer....Pages 327-333
Front Matter....Pages 335-335
Decomposition of Spartina anglica, Elytrigia pungens and Halimione portulacoides in a Dutch salt marsh in association with faunal and habitat influences....Pages 337-355
The distribution and interconversion of ammonium and nitrate in the Skallingen salt marsh (Denmark) and their exchange with the adjacent coastal water....Pages 357-366
The influence of vegetation on erosion and accretion in salt marshes of the Oosterschelde, The Netherlands....Pages 367-373
Front Matter....Pages 335-335
Tidal flows and sediment budgets for a salt-marsh system, Essex, England....Pages 375-380
Front Matter....Pages 381-381
Effects of mowing on the composition of Baltic salt-meadow communities....Pages 383-390
The impact of grazing on plant communities, plant populations and soil conditions on salt marshes....Pages 391-398
The significance of waterfowl grazing in the primary vegetation succession on embanked sandflats....Pages 399-406
Vegetation development on newly embanked sandflats in the Grevelingen (The Netherlands) under different management practices....Pages 407-414
Ecological consequences of tidal management for the salt-marsh vegetation....Pages 415-424
Salt-marsh research with respect to the civil-engineering project in The Oosterschelde, The Netherlands....Pages 425-432
The distribution and ecology of coastal species on roadsides....Pages 433-440
Grazing and mowing as management tools on dunes....Pages 441-447
Vegetation, land use and management of the inner-dune zone in the North-Holland Dune Reserve, The Netherlands....Pages 449-456
Dynamics and management of some coastal dune woodlands near The Hague, The Netherlands....Pages 457-465
Front Matter....Pages 467-467
Vegetation study as a generator for population biological and physiological research on salt marshes....Pages 469-486
Population biology of salt marsh and sand dune annuals....Pages 487-497
Ecophysiological adaptations of coastal halophytes from foredunes and salt marshes....Pages 499-520
Nature management in coastal areas of Western Europe....Pages 523-532
Some considerations of and perspectives in coastal ecology....Pages 533-545
Front Matter....Pages 547-547
Abstracts of poster papers....Pages 549-565
Back Matter....Pages 567-598