
TY  - JOUR
A1  - James, KR 
A1  - Hart, BT 
T1  - Effect of salinity on four freshwater macrophytes
JF  - Marine and Freshwater Research
JO  - Mar. Freshwater Res.
Y1  - 1993
VL  - 44
IS  - 5
SP  - 769
EP  - 777
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/MF9930769 
N2  - The sublethal effects of salinity on four freshwater macrophyte species commonly found in floodplain  wetlands in north-eastern Victoria (Myriophyllurn crispaturn, Eleocharis acuta, Potarnogeton  tricarinatus and Triglochin procera) are reported. These species taken from the same freshwater  wetland showed a wide range of salt sensitivities; P. tricarinatus was the most sensitive followed by  M. crispatum and then E. acuta and T. procera. A progressive depression of growth rate and plant  size was observed for each species when grown at salinities greater then 1000 mg L-1. The onset  of these changes in growth pattern occurred earlier at the higher salinities. Both sexual and asexual  reproduction were blocked in M. crispatum at salinities greater than 1000 mg L-1, even though 52%  of plants survived after 72 days growth in water of salinity 7000 mg L-1. 
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