Salt marshes determined by  ascending brine in northern Poland: land-use changes and vegetation-environment  relations

Bosiacka, B.; Podlasiński, Marek; Pieńkowski, Paweł

doi:10.1127/0340-269x/2011/0041-0463

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“…The last variables, i.e. actual moisture and pH, are known to be important for halophytic species distribution (Piernik 2005;Wanner 2009;Bosiacka et al 2011). What is quite surprising is that we did not detect any influence of organic matter content on vegetation distribution.…”

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“…Salt grasslands comprise areas that have developed due to sedimentation, peat formation or land rise, and are irregularly flooded by saline or brackish water (Wanner 2009). However, some of them on the Baltic coast are affected not only by seawater but also by brine associated with fossil salt deposits uplifted to the surface, or relict seawater (Grube 2000;Bosiacka et al 2011). They are characterised by relatively high salinity and a high number of halophytic plant species (Piotrowska 1974;Bosiacka et al 2011).…”

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“…However, some of them on the Baltic coast are affected not only by seawater but also by brine associated with fossil salt deposits uplifted to the surface, or relict seawater (Grube 2000;Bosiacka et al 2011). They are characterised by relatively high salinity and a high number of halophytic plant species (Piotrowska 1974;Bosiacka et al 2011). Moreover, salt grasslands are found at a higher level in the zonation, and more inland on so-called salt patches, which developed as a result of chloride and sulphate accumulation in the topsoils during dry periods (Dijkema 1990).…”

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This study aimed to determine the role of environmental factors in the pattern of vegetation related to marsh soils, which are rare in the Baltic coastal zone. It was assumed that the pattern of vegetation directly affected by seawater depends on seawater salinity, and in general reflects the decreasing salinity gradient of the Baltic Sea. The research of vegetation and soils (0-25 cm) has been undertaken on 11 selected sites along the Baltic seacoast in Germany, Poland and Estonia. According to TWINSPAN classification, five plant communities were distinguished: the Puccinellia maritima-Spergularia marina community, Juncus gerardi community, Agrostis stolonifera-Phragmites australisScirpus lacustris ssp. tabernaemontani community, Phragmites australis-Calystegia sepium community and Elymus repens community. A canonical correspondence analysis showed that the most important environmental factors influencing vegetation differentiation were: electrical conductivity of the saturation paste extract, hay/pasture management, redox potential, soil moisture and actual pH. In conclusion, the spatial distribution of the investigated vegetation and soil properties along the Baltic Sea shore were inconsistent with the spatial salinity gradient of the open surface seawater, but was significantly dependent on local conditions. This was confirmed by the highest soil salinity and most abundant occurrence of Salicornia europaea in Estonia.

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“…In addition, brackish meadows supporting some halophytes have developed around several coastal lakes in the central part of the Polish Baltic coast. In NW Poland, sites located close to the seashore (3-8 km away from it) show the presence of several salt marshes resulting from the ascending brine (Bosiacka et al 2011). The origin of brine in north-western Poland is associated with the culmination of the Mid-Polish Trough (Krzywiec 2009).…”

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Distribution of Taraxacum microspecies along soil property gradients in salt and brackish meadows on the Polish Baltic coast

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The vegetation of protected salt meadows along the Baltic coast is fairly well known; however, dandelions have been so far treated as a collective species. The aim of our study was to examine the microspecies diversity of the genus Taraxacum in Polish salt and brackish coastal meadows and to analyse soil property preferences of the dandelion microspecies identified. In addition, we analysed the relations between soil properties and vegetation patterns in dandelion-supporting coastal meadows (by canonical correspondence analysis). The salt and brackish meadows along the Polish Baltic coast we visited were found to support a total of 27 dandelion microspecies representing 5 sections. Analysis of vegetation patterns showed all the soil parameters (C:N ratio, organic matter content, pH, concentration of Mg, P, K, electrolytic conductivity of the saturated soil extract EC e ) to explain 32.07% of the total variance in the species data. The maximum abundance of most dandelion microspecies was associated with the highest soil fertility, moderate pH values and organic matter content, and with the lowest magnesium content and soil salinity. The exceptions were T. latissimum, T. stenoglossum, T. pulchrifolium and T. lucidum the occurrence of which was related to the lowest soil fertility and the highest salinity. In addition, several microspecies (T. leptodon, T. gentile, T. haematicum, T. fusciflorum and T. balticum) were observed at moderate C:N ratios and EC e . Four other microspecies (T. infestum, T. cordatum, T. hamatum, T. sertatum) occurred at the lowest pH and organic matter content. The information obtained increases the still insufficient body of knowledge on ecological spectra of individual dandelion microspecies, hence their potential indicator properties.

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“…salina comm.) are dispersed within a 50 ha complex of high-rising, marshy reed rushes on the eastern bank of River Parsęta (Bosiacka et al 2011).…”

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Morphometric parameters of Phragmites australis as indicators of soil salinity: habitat and remote sensing approach as exemplified by brine-supplied salt marshes in the Parsęta Valley (NW Poland)

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Salt marshes determined by ascending brine in northern Poland: land-use changes and vegetation-environment relations

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Main Driving Factors for Seacoast Vegetation in the Southern and Eastern Baltic

Main Driving Factors for Seacoast Vegetation in the Southern and Eastern Baltic

Distribution of Taraxacum microspecies along soil property gradients in salt and brackish meadows on the Polish Baltic coast

Morphometric parameters of Phragmites australis as indicators of soil salinity: habitat and remote sensing approach as exemplified by brine-supplied salt marshes in the Parsęta Valley (NW Poland)

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