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

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Table 6. Salinities of waters inhabited by Scirpus maritimus and S. robustus arranged according to increasing maximum observed salt tolerance.

Salinity or total dissolved solids (g/l)a Dominant anionsb Reference
Range or single observation Optimum
Scirpus maritimus
0.304 HCO3Kaul et al. 1978
1.26  Willen 1962
0.98-1.33  Fulton et al. 1983
0.454-1.481 SO4Gladyshev and Kogan 1977
2.333  Barker and Fulton 1979
2.83 SO4Eisenlohr 1972
3.8 SO4/CO3White and Hartland-Rowe 1969
4.3-4.5 ClLundegardh-Ericson 1972
5.0 ClFlowers 1973
4.45-5.34 ClMercado et al. 1971
0.18-5.96 ClVan Wijk 1988
7.0 ClBarnes et al. 1971
 7.667SO4Olson 1979
8.0 SO4Daborn 1975
8.0 ClVestergaard 1985
8.2  Lieffers 1984
9.0  Shubert 1982
2.56-9.08  Smeins 1967
3.9-9.3 ClGrillas and Duncan 1986
3.2-9.6 ClFerren 1985
10.0 ClHarshberger 1911
1.5-13.5 ClKruger and Kirst 1991
7.5-14.0 ClOlsen 1945
2.6-14.2  Kadlec 1982
16.01.6-6.4ClGillham 1957
19.6  Christiansen and Low 1970
3.0-20.0 ClZenkevitch 1963
21.684 ClPodlejski 1981
4.3-23.5 ClVerhoeven and van Vierssen 1978
2.4-25.9 ClWright et al. 1949
31.95 ClTansley 1922
0.162-37.002  Sletten and Larson 1984
7.0-50.0  Ustin 1984
5.0-55.0  Richardson 1980
67.5  Millar 1976
1.61-78.00 SO4Lieffers and Shay 1982a
1.88-82.401.88-30.27 Metcalf 1931
0.56-87.00 SO4Lieffers and Shay 1982b
7.0-104.0  Ungar 1970
0.56-114.60  Kantrud et al. 1989
3.3-121.0 SO4Hammer et al. 1975
3.2-308.0 SO4Hammer and Heseltine 1988
Scirpus robustus
0.2-3.6 ClPhilipp and Brown 1965
3.02-6.31 ClBeal 1977
8.9  Chabreck 1972
1.380-9.217 ClChandler 1969
4.1-9.4 ClKerwin 1971
3.195-9.5853.834-9.585 Martin and Uhler 1939
1.0-10.03.0-7.0ClNeely 1960
0.32-10.20 ClWaits 1967
9.5-10.2  Chabreck and Hoffpauir 1962
8.2-13.2 ClAnderson et al. 1968
0.9-18.2 ClChabreck 1960
5.4-20.4 ClDietert and Shontz 1978
12.0-21.6  Palmisano 1967
22.0  Taylor 1939
8.0-22.8 ClWilkinson 1970
11.4-25.9 ClWright et al. 1949
1.0-29.08.2ClChabreck 1970
13.0-29.0 ClAtwater and Hedel 1976
10.0-30.0 ClLinthurst and Seneca 1980
18.0-30.0 ClShisler 1990
6.4-39.0  Penfound and Hathaway 1938


aConductivity was converted to mg/l with the following multipliers: 0-2 mS/cm x 0.7; 2-40 mS/cm x 1.0; 40 mS/cm x 1.5. Chlorinity (0/00 or g/L) was converted to mg/L by multiplying by 1.807 x 103; sea strength was considered 31,950 mg/l. Total filtrable residue was considered equal to total dissolved solids.
bWhere ranges are listed, dominant anions refer to those found at the upper range.

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