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

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Table 10. Chemistry of bottom sediments supporting Scirpus maritimus and S. robustus.a

Characteristic Unit of measureb Range or single observation Referencec
S. maritimus
ConductivitymS/cm1.3-1201,2
Total salts% d.w.0.29-6.33,4
pH 5.2-8.95,6
Major nutrients
K    % d.w.<<0.01-1.747,5
Kmg/L141-3408,9
N% d.w.0.03-2.3410,11
Nmg/L3.3-36.59
P% d.w.0.002-0.1810,11
Pmg/L1-29
Organic C% d.w.0.89-17.87
Organic matter% d.w.3.5-5412,13
Organic matter% loss on ignition7.0-18.014,15
Other elements and compounds
Al% d.w.7.12-8.1211
Ca% d.w.<<0.02-3.1616,11
Cag/L0.16-1.599
Cl% d.w.<<.002-1.085,17
Clmg/L21.2616
Cuug/g d.w.41.6->>1255
Cumg/L4.1316
Fe% d.w.2.96-8.2811,5
Femg/L100.3516
H2O% d.w.24.0-48.410,19
Mgmg/g d.w.0.04-6.77,11
Mgmg/L120-8399,8
Mnmg/g d.w.0.29-0.515
Mnmg/L37316
Namg/g d.w.0.03-7.07,19
Nag/L0.62-2.209,20
S% d.w.0.84-0.975
SO4% d.w.0.1-0.619,18
SO4mg/l0.10-976.29,16
Znug/g d.w.85-3955
Znmg/L1.5716
Scirpus robustus
ConductivitymS/cm2.6-11121,22
pH 3.1-6.622,23
Major nutrients
Kmg/L270-86724,25
N% d.w.0.64-0.8026,25
NH4-Nmg/L9525
NO3-Nmg/L4.625
Pmg/L1.5-5027,24
C% d.w.9.47-13.0226,24
Organic matter% d.w.11.9->>4025,28
Other elements and compounds
Cag/L0.15-2.3026,25
Cumg/L5.725
Mgg/L0.48-4.1527,25
Mnmg/L2525
Nag/L3.32-20.4826,25
Znmg/L2125

aWet measures are from sediment extracts at different dilution ratios.  If results were reported from different sediment levels, the upper-level figures were used.  Salinity was converted to conductivity with the following multipliers: 0-2 g/L x 1.43;  2-40 g/L x 1.0; >>40 g/L x 0.67.
bbmS/cm=millisiemens/cm, d.w.=dry weight.
cWhere ranges list two reference numbers, the left number applies to reference listing lowest value. References are: (1) Smeins 1967;  (2) Looman 1981;  (3) Ungar 1965;  (4) Nienburg and Kolumbe 1931, cited in Chapman 1974; (5) Karagatzides and Hutchinson 1991;  <%2>(6) Nelson 1954;  (7) Dykyjova 1986;  (8) Dodd et al. 1964;  (9) Podlejski 1981;  (10) Kikuchi et al. 1989;  (11) Kaul et al. 1978;  (12)<%0> Yamanaka 1975;  (13) Walker 1965;  (14) Ungar 1968;  (15) Bassett 1978;  (16) Olson 1979;  (17) Ungar 1967;  (18) Ungar 1970;  <%2>(19) Ungar et al. 1969;  (20) Mercado et al. 1971;  (21) Soileau 1968;  (22) Wilkinson 1970;  (23) Palmisano and Newsom 1968;  (24<%0>) Chabreck 1972;  (25) Linthurst and Seneca 1980;  (26) Palmisano 1970;  (27) Prevost and Gresham 1981;  (28) Mall 1969.

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