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The Alkali (Scirpus Maritimus L.) and Saltmarsh (S. Robustus Pursh) Bulrushes: A Literature Review

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Table 3. Scirpus maritimus (S.m.) and S. robustus (S.r.) peak aboveground biomass or standing crop (AG) or annual net primary production (NPP), belowground biomass (BG) or annual net belowground production (BNP), and probable factors limiting biomass.

Biomassa
Reference Species AG or NPP BG or
BNP
Probable limiting factors
Schuler 1987S.m.0.4 competition by other helophytes
Chandler 1969S.r.15 competition by other helophytes
Waits 1967S.r.19 competition by other helophytes
Lieffers and Shay 1982aS.m.27 drought, increased salinity
Handoo and Kaul 1982S.m.71 competition by other helophytes
Kaul et al. 1978S.m.5942competition by other helophytes
Linthurst and Seneca 1980S.r  drought, increased salinity
Smith and Odum 1981S.r. 87grazing by geese
Grillas and Duncan 1986S.m.89 livestock grazing, excessive water depth
Foote et al. 1988S.m.109 insect herbivory
Kikuchi et al. 1989S.m11754mineral-poor substrate
Ondok 1971    S.m.137 none indicated
Komarkova 1973S.m.167 high water levels
Ondok 1973S.m.167 none indicated
Foote et al. 1988S.m.202 none indicated
Kikuchi et al. 1989S.m.20543none indicated
Smith and Odum 1981S.r. 220none indicated
Waits 1967S.r.270 none indicated
Shubert 1982S.m280 none indicated
Podlejski 1982S.m.2911,320cattle grazing
Linthurst and Seneca 1980S.r. 292 none indicated
Glooschenko 1978S.m.308 none indicated
Komarkova and Marvan 1978S.m.334 none indicated
Dykyjova and Pribil 1975S.m.378 erosion of bottom substrate
Krisch 1985S.m.380 competition by other helophytes
Bernasor and De Datta 1986S.m.385 competition by rice (Oryza sativa)
Krisch 1985S.m.395 competition by other helophytes
Podlejski 1981S.m.415665reduced fertility of bottom substrate
Yamanaka 1975S.m.462 none indicated
Ewing 1986S.m.480 competition by other helophytes
Ondok and Dykyjova 1973S.m.480 none indicated
Dykyjova 1986S.m.544 erosion of bottom substrate
Kibby et al. 1980S.m.550 none indicated
Olson 1979S.m.551 none indicated
Mall 1969S.r.552 competition by other helophytes
Lieffers and Shay 1982aS.m.625 none indicated
Moody 1978S.m.627 none indicated
Dykyjova 1986S.m.678373none indicated
Fiala and Kvet 1971S.m.6801,107none indicated
Smith and Kadlec 1985cS.m.722 grazing by waterfowl and muskrats
Pearcy et al. 1982S.r. 800 none indicated
Kvet 1978S.m.820 none indicated
Smith and Kadlec 1985cS.m.849 none indicated
Hall and Yesaki 1988S.m.862342none indicated
Dykyjova and Pribil 1975S.m.866 none indicated
Dykyjova et al. 1971S.m.908 none indicated
Krisch 1986S.m.922 none indicated
Lieffers and Shay 1982bS.m.936738none indicated
Krisch 1985S.m.958 none indicated
Palmisano 1967S.r.961 none indicated
Dykyjova 1986S.m.998 none indicated
Podlejski 1982S.m.9992,348none indicated
Karagatzides and Hutchinson 1991S.m.<1,000<3,000excessive tidal inundation
Karagatzides and Hutchinson 1991S.m.>1,000>3,000none indicated
Congdon and McComb 1981S.m.1,1001,000none indicated
Podlejski 1981S.m.1,0612,070none indicated
Eilers 1975S.m.1,164 none indicated
Kvet and Husak 1978S.m.1,3002,800none indicated

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