Spartina maritima

Ca9ador, I., C. Vale, and E Catarino. 2000. Seasonal variation of Zn, Pb, Cu and Cd concentrations in the root + sediment system of Spartina maritima and Halimione portulacoides from Tagus estuary salt marshes. Mar. Environ. Res. 49 279-290. 

Barato, M., Basilio, M. C. Baptista-Ferreira, J. L. (1997). Nia globospora, a new marine gasteromycete on baits of Spartina maritima in Portugal. Mycological Research, 101, 687-90. 

Two recent studies have assessed the importance of nitrogenase activity associated with roots and rhizomes ofseagrasses. Nielsen et al (2001) reported that roots and rhizomes accounted for about 31% of rhizosphere N2 fixation in Z. nolti, while they accounted for 91% of the activity in Spartina maritima. McGlathery et al (1998) found that in Z. marina, about 39% of depth-integrated N2 fixation was associated... 

Nielsen, L. B., Finster, K., Welsh, D. T., DoneUy, A., Herbert, R. A., de Wit, R., and Lomstein, B. A. (2001). Sulphate reduction and nitrogen fixation rates associated with roots, rhizomes and sediments from Zostera noltii and Spartina maritima meadows. Environ. Microbiol. 3, 63—71. 

Vale C., Caterino, F., Cortesao, C., and Cagador, I. (1990). Presence of metal-rich rhi-zoconcretions on the roots of Spartina maritima from the salt marshes of tlie Tagus Estuary, Portugal. Sci. Total Environ. 97—98, 617—626. 

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