Slide 1. Determinants of Plant Species Assemblages in the Californian Marsh Plain: Implications for Restoration of Ecosystem Function
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SLIDE 4 The marsh plain in Californian salt marshes, which extend from Point Concepción near Santa Barbara, down to Baja California, are well suited to the study of species composition and species assemblages and their relationship to ecosystem function because: The herbaceous vegetation is easily sampled. The marsh plain coexists without interference from invasive species. Halophyte traits are well known, major environmental changes occur within a relatively short distance due to the effects of tidal inundation on soil salinity and moisture. Species composition is constant in time (shifts in composition occur only in response to major disturbance events like flooding), and disturbance is rare.
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