Distribution of saltmarsh plant communities associated with environmental factors along a latitudinal gradient on the south-west Atlantic coast

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Isacch, Juan Pablo; Costa, C. S. B.; Rodríguez Gallego, L.; Conde, D.; Escapa, Mauricio; Gagliardini, Domingo Antonio; Iribarne, Oscar Osvaldo
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2006
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Aim To produce an inventory of south-west Atlantic saltmarshes (from latitude 31 48 ¢ Sto43 20 ¢ S) using remotely sensed images and field sampling; to quantify their total area; to describe the biogeographical variation of the main habitats characterized by dominant vascular plants, in relation to major environmental factors; to test the hypothesis of predominance of the reversal pattern in plant distribution (sedges and grasses dominate the lower, regularly inundated zones, whiletheupper zones are occupiedby more halophytic species)previously described; and to compare these south-west Atlantic saltmarshes with others world-wide. Location South-western Atlantic saltmarshes Methods Field samples of dominant emergent plant species positioned by the global positioning system (GPS) were obtained from most coastal saltmarshes (14) between southern Brazil and northern Patagonia, Argentina. Landsat satellite images were obtained and coastal saltmarsh habitats were quantified by supervised classification, utilizing points gathered in the field. Results Three main plant species dominated the low and middle intertidal saltmarsh, Spartina alterniflora Loesel., Spartina densiflora Brong. and Sarcocornia perennis (P. Mill.) A.J. Scott. The total area of the studied coastal saltmarshes was 2133 km 2 , comprising 380 km 2 of Sp. alterniflora marsh, 366 km 2 of Sp. densiflora marsh, 746 km 2 of Sar. perennis marsh and 641 km 2 of brackish marsh (dominated by Juncus acutus L., Juncus kraussii Hochst., Scirpus maritimus L., Scirpus americanus Pers. and Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin.). Cluster analysis showed three habitat types: saltmarshes dominated by (1) Sp. densiflora and brackish species,(2) Sp. alterniflora and Sar. perennis and (3) Sp. densiflora only. The analysis of abiotic variables showed significant differences between groups of habitats and coordinated gradients of the abiotic variables. The south- west Atlantic coast showed decreasing mean annual rainfall (1200 to 196 mm) and increasing mean tidal amplitude (< 0.5 to > 2.5 m) from latitude 31 to 43 . Main conclusions South-west Atlantic saltmarshes are globally important by virtue of their total extent. Remote sensing showed that the reversal pattern in plant distribution is not widespread. Indeed, south-west Atlantic saltmarshes are better characterized by the presence of the halophytic genera Spartina and Sarcocornia . Our results support the interpretation that south-west Atlantic saltmarshes constitute a class of temperate type ( sensu Adam, 1990) with transitional characteristics between Australasian–South African saltmarshes and west Atlantic saltmarshes.
Fil: Isacch, Juan Pablo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata; Argentina
Fil: Costa, C. S. B.. Fundacäo Universidade Federal do Rio Grande; Brasil
Fil: Rodríguez Gallego, L.. Universidad de la República; Uruguay
Fil: Conde, D.. Universidad de la República; Uruguay
Fil: Escapa, Mauricio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Bahía Blanca. Instituto Argentino de Oceanografía. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Instituto Argentino de Oceanografía; Argentina. Universidad Nacional del Sur; Argentina
Fil: Gagliardini, Domingo Antonio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciónes Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio. - Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Centro Nacional Patagónico; Argentina
Fil: Iribarne, Oscar Osvaldo. Instituto Nacional de Invest.y Desarr.pesquero. Proyecto Especies Costeras; Argentina
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Coastal Saltmarsh
Sarcocornia
South-West Atlantic Coast
Spartina
Uruguay
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spelling Distribution of saltmarsh plant communities associated with environmental factors along a latitudinal gradient on the south-west Atlantic coastIsacch, Juan PabloCosta, C. S. B.Rodríguez Gallego, L.Conde, D.Escapa, MauricioGagliardini, Domingo AntonioIribarne, Oscar OsvaldoArgentinaBrazilCoastal SaltmarshSarcocorniaSouth-West Atlantic CoastSpartinaUruguayZonationhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1Aim To produce an inventory of south-west Atlantic saltmarshes (from latitude 31 48 ¢ Sto43 20 ¢ S) using remotely sensed images and field sampling; to quantify their total area; to describe the biogeographical variation of the main habitats characterized by dominant vascular plants, in relation to major environmental factors; to test the hypothesis of predominance of the reversal pattern in plant distribution (sedges and grasses dominate the lower, regularly inundated zones, whiletheupper zones are occupiedby more halophytic species)previously described; and to compare these south-west Atlantic saltmarshes with others world-wide. Location South-western Atlantic saltmarshes Methods Field samples of dominant emergent plant species positioned by the global positioning system (GPS) were obtained from most coastal saltmarshes (14) between southern Brazil and northern Patagonia, Argentina. Landsat satellite images were obtained and coastal saltmarsh habitats were quantified by supervised classification, utilizing points gathered in the field. Results Three main plant species dominated the low and middle intertidal saltmarsh, Spartina alterniflora Loesel., Spartina densiflora Brong. and Sarcocornia perennis (P. Mill.) A.J. Scott. The total area of the studied coastal saltmarshes was 2133 km 2 , comprising 380 km 2 of Sp. alterniflora marsh, 366 km 2 of Sp. densiflora marsh, 746 km 2 of Sar. perennis marsh and 641 km 2 of brackish marsh (dominated by Juncus acutus L., Juncus kraussii Hochst., Scirpus maritimus L., Scirpus americanus Pers. and Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin.). Cluster analysis showed three habitat types: saltmarshes dominated by (1) Sp. densiflora and brackish species,(2) Sp. alterniflora and Sar. perennis and (3) Sp. densiflora only. The analysis of abiotic variables showed significant differences between groups of habitats and coordinated gradients of the abiotic variables. The south- west Atlantic coast showed decreasing mean annual rainfall (1200 to 196 mm) and increasing mean tidal amplitude (< 0.5 to > 2.5 m) from latitude 31 to 43 . Main conclusions South-west Atlantic saltmarshes are globally important by virtue of their total extent. Remote sensing showed that the reversal pattern in plant distribution is not widespread. Indeed, south-west Atlantic saltmarshes are better characterized by the presence of the halophytic genera Spartina and Sarcocornia . Our results support the interpretation that south-west Atlantic saltmarshes constitute a class of temperate type ( sensu Adam, 1990) with transitional characteristics between Australasian–South African saltmarshes and west Atlantic saltmarshes.Fil: Isacch, Juan Pablo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata; ArgentinaFil: Costa, C. S. B.. Fundacäo Universidade Federal do Rio Grande; BrasilFil: Rodríguez Gallego, L.. Universidad de la República; UruguayFil: Conde, D.. Universidad de la República; UruguayFil: Escapa, Mauricio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Bahía Blanca. Instituto Argentino de Oceanografía. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Instituto Argentino de Oceanografía; Argentina. Universidad Nacional del Sur; ArgentinaFil: Gagliardini, Domingo Antonio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciónes Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio. - Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Centro Nacional Patagónico; ArgentinaFil: Iribarne, Oscar Osvaldo. Instituto Nacional de Invest.y Desarr.pesquero. Proyecto Especies Costeras; ArgentinaWiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc2006-12info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/29563Isacch, Juan Pablo; Costa, C. S. B.; Rodríguez Gallego, L.; Conde, D.; Escapa, Mauricio; et al.; Distribution of saltmarsh plant communities associated with environmental factors along a latitudinal gradient on the south-west Atlantic coast; Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc; Journal of Biogeography; 33; 5; 12-2006; 888-9000305-0270CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2006.01461.xinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2006.01461.x/abstractinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T10:11:59Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/29563instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 10:12:00.131CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Distribution of saltmarsh plant communities associated with environmental factors along a latitudinal gradient on the south-west Atlantic coast
title Distribution of saltmarsh plant communities associated with environmental factors along a latitudinal gradient on the south-west Atlantic coast
spellingShingle Distribution of saltmarsh plant communities associated with environmental factors along a latitudinal gradient on the south-west Atlantic coast
Isacch, Juan Pablo
Argentina
Brazil
Coastal Saltmarsh
Sarcocornia
South-West Atlantic Coast
Spartina
Uruguay
Zonation
title_short Distribution of saltmarsh plant communities associated with environmental factors along a latitudinal gradient on the south-west Atlantic coast
title_full Distribution of saltmarsh plant communities associated with environmental factors along a latitudinal gradient on the south-west Atlantic coast
title_fullStr Distribution of saltmarsh plant communities associated with environmental factors along a latitudinal gradient on the south-west Atlantic coast
title_full_unstemmed Distribution of saltmarsh plant communities associated with environmental factors along a latitudinal gradient on the south-west Atlantic coast
title_sort Distribution of saltmarsh plant communities associated with environmental factors along a latitudinal gradient on the south-west Atlantic coast
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Isacch, Juan Pablo
Costa, C. S. B.
Rodríguez Gallego, L.
Conde, D.
Escapa, Mauricio
Gagliardini, Domingo Antonio
Iribarne, Oscar Osvaldo
author Isacch, Juan Pablo
author_facet Isacch, Juan Pablo
Costa, C. S. B.
Rodríguez Gallego, L.
Conde, D.
Escapa, Mauricio
Gagliardini, Domingo Antonio
Iribarne, Oscar Osvaldo
author_role author
author2 Costa, C. S. B.
Rodríguez Gallego, L.
Conde, D.
Escapa, Mauricio
Gagliardini, Domingo Antonio
Iribarne, Oscar Osvaldo
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Argentina
Brazil
Coastal Saltmarsh
Sarcocornia
South-West Atlantic Coast
Spartina
Uruguay
Zonation
topic Argentina
Brazil
Coastal Saltmarsh
Sarcocornia
South-West Atlantic Coast
Spartina
Uruguay
Zonation
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Aim To produce an inventory of south-west Atlantic saltmarshes (from latitude 31 48 ¢ Sto43 20 ¢ S) using remotely sensed images and field sampling; to quantify their total area; to describe the biogeographical variation of the main habitats characterized by dominant vascular plants, in relation to major environmental factors; to test the hypothesis of predominance of the reversal pattern in plant distribution (sedges and grasses dominate the lower, regularly inundated zones, whiletheupper zones are occupiedby more halophytic species)previously described; and to compare these south-west Atlantic saltmarshes with others world-wide. Location South-western Atlantic saltmarshes Methods Field samples of dominant emergent plant species positioned by the global positioning system (GPS) were obtained from most coastal saltmarshes (14) between southern Brazil and northern Patagonia, Argentina. Landsat satellite images were obtained and coastal saltmarsh habitats were quantified by supervised classification, utilizing points gathered in the field. Results Three main plant species dominated the low and middle intertidal saltmarsh, Spartina alterniflora Loesel., Spartina densiflora Brong. and Sarcocornia perennis (P. Mill.) A.J. Scott. The total area of the studied coastal saltmarshes was 2133 km 2 , comprising 380 km 2 of Sp. alterniflora marsh, 366 km 2 of Sp. densiflora marsh, 746 km 2 of Sar. perennis marsh and 641 km 2 of brackish marsh (dominated by Juncus acutus L., Juncus kraussii Hochst., Scirpus maritimus L., Scirpus americanus Pers. and Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin.). Cluster analysis showed three habitat types: saltmarshes dominated by (1) Sp. densiflora and brackish species,(2) Sp. alterniflora and Sar. perennis and (3) Sp. densiflora only. The analysis of abiotic variables showed significant differences between groups of habitats and coordinated gradients of the abiotic variables. The south- west Atlantic coast showed decreasing mean annual rainfall (1200 to 196 mm) and increasing mean tidal amplitude (< 0.5 to > 2.5 m) from latitude 31 to 43 . Main conclusions South-west Atlantic saltmarshes are globally important by virtue of their total extent. Remote sensing showed that the reversal pattern in plant distribution is not widespread. Indeed, south-west Atlantic saltmarshes are better characterized by the presence of the halophytic genera Spartina and Sarcocornia . Our results support the interpretation that south-west Atlantic saltmarshes constitute a class of temperate type ( sensu Adam, 1990) with transitional characteristics between Australasian–South African saltmarshes and west Atlantic saltmarshes.
Fil: Isacch, Juan Pablo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata; Argentina
Fil: Costa, C. S. B.. Fundacäo Universidade Federal do Rio Grande; Brasil
Fil: Rodríguez Gallego, L.. Universidad de la República; Uruguay
Fil: Conde, D.. Universidad de la República; Uruguay
Fil: Escapa, Mauricio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Bahía Blanca. Instituto Argentino de Oceanografía. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Instituto Argentino de Oceanografía; Argentina. Universidad Nacional del Sur; Argentina
Fil: Gagliardini, Domingo Antonio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciónes Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio. - Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Centro Nacional Patagónico; Argentina
Fil: Iribarne, Oscar Osvaldo. Instituto Nacional de Invest.y Desarr.pesquero. Proyecto Especies Costeras; Argentina
description Aim To produce an inventory of south-west Atlantic saltmarshes (from latitude 31 48 ¢ Sto43 20 ¢ S) using remotely sensed images and field sampling; to quantify their total area; to describe the biogeographical variation of the main habitats characterized by dominant vascular plants, in relation to major environmental factors; to test the hypothesis of predominance of the reversal pattern in plant distribution (sedges and grasses dominate the lower, regularly inundated zones, whiletheupper zones are occupiedby more halophytic species)previously described; and to compare these south-west Atlantic saltmarshes with others world-wide. Location South-western Atlantic saltmarshes Methods Field samples of dominant emergent plant species positioned by the global positioning system (GPS) were obtained from most coastal saltmarshes (14) between southern Brazil and northern Patagonia, Argentina. Landsat satellite images were obtained and coastal saltmarsh habitats were quantified by supervised classification, utilizing points gathered in the field. Results Three main plant species dominated the low and middle intertidal saltmarsh, Spartina alterniflora Loesel., Spartina densiflora Brong. and Sarcocornia perennis (P. Mill.) A.J. Scott. The total area of the studied coastal saltmarshes was 2133 km 2 , comprising 380 km 2 of Sp. alterniflora marsh, 366 km 2 of Sp. densiflora marsh, 746 km 2 of Sar. perennis marsh and 641 km 2 of brackish marsh (dominated by Juncus acutus L., Juncus kraussii Hochst., Scirpus maritimus L., Scirpus americanus Pers. and Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin.). Cluster analysis showed three habitat types: saltmarshes dominated by (1) Sp. densiflora and brackish species,(2) Sp. alterniflora and Sar. perennis and (3) Sp. densiflora only. The analysis of abiotic variables showed significant differences between groups of habitats and coordinated gradients of the abiotic variables. The south- west Atlantic coast showed decreasing mean annual rainfall (1200 to 196 mm) and increasing mean tidal amplitude (< 0.5 to > 2.5 m) from latitude 31 to 43 . Main conclusions South-west Atlantic saltmarshes are globally important by virtue of their total extent. Remote sensing showed that the reversal pattern in plant distribution is not widespread. Indeed, south-west Atlantic saltmarshes are better characterized by the presence of the halophytic genera Spartina and Sarcocornia . Our results support the interpretation that south-west Atlantic saltmarshes constitute a class of temperate type ( sensu Adam, 1990) with transitional characteristics between Australasian–South African saltmarshes and west Atlantic saltmarshes.
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