caa a22 4500 44589136X CHVBK 20180317145617.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10750-010-0505-3 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10750-010-0505-3 Trade-offs among growth, clonal, and sexual reproduction in an invasive plant Spartina alterniflora responding to inundation and clonal integration [Elektronische Daten] [Yan Xiao, Junbing Tang, Hua Qing, Changfang Zhou, Weijing Kong, Shuqing An] The purpose of this article was to study the trade-offs among vegetative growth, clonal, and sexual reproduction in an aquatic invasive weed Spartina alterniflora that experienced different inundation depths and clonal integration. Here, the rhizome connections between mother and daughter ramets were either severed or left intact. Subsequently, these clones were flooded with water levels of 0, 9, and 18cm above the soil surface. Severing rhizomes decreased growth and clonal reproduction of daughter ramets, and increased those of mother ramets grown in shallow and deep water. The daughter ramets disconnected from mother ramets did not flower, while sexual reproduction of mother ramets was not affected by severing. Clonal integration only benefited the total rhizome length, rhizome biomass, and number of rhizomes of the whole clones in non-inundation conditions. Furthermore, growth and clonal reproduction of mother, daughter ramets, and the whole clone decreased with inundation depth, whereas sexual reproduction of mother ramets and the whole clones increased. We concluded that the trade-offs among growth, clonal, and sexual reproduction of S. alterniflora would be affected by inundation depth, but not by clonal integration. Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2010 Clonal reproduction nationallicence Growth nationallicence Inundation nationallicence Invasive plant nationallicence Reproductive strategy nationallicence Sexual reproduction nationallicence Spartina alterniflora nationallicence Xiao Yan School of Life Science, Institute of Wetland Ecology, Nanjing University, 210093, Nanjing, China aut Tang Junbing School of Life Science, Institute of Wetland Ecology, Nanjing University, 210093, Nanjing, China aut Qing Hua School of Life Science, Institute of Wetland Ecology, Nanjing University, 210093, Nanjing, China aut Zhou Changfang School of Life Science, Institute of Wetland Ecology, Nanjing University, 210093, Nanjing, China aut Kong Weijing School of Life Science, Institute of Wetland Ecology, Nanjing University, 210093, Nanjing, China aut An Shuqing School of Life Science, Institute of Wetland Ecology, Nanjing University, 210093, Nanjing, China aut Hydrobiologia Springer Netherlands 658/1(2011-01-01), 353-363 0018-8158 658:1<353 2011 658 10750 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-010-0505-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-010-0505-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Xiao Yan School of Life Science, Institute of Wetland Ecology, Nanjing University, 210093, Nanjing, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Tang Junbing School of Life Science, Institute of Wetland Ecology, Nanjing University, 210093, Nanjing, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Qing Hua School of Life Science, Institute of Wetland Ecology, Nanjing University, 210093, Nanjing, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Zhou Changfang School of Life Science, Institute of Wetland Ecology, Nanjing University, 210093, Nanjing, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kong Weijing School of Life Science, Institute of Wetland Ecology, Nanjing University, 210093, Nanjing, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- An Shuqing School of Life Science, Institute of Wetland Ecology, Nanjing University, 210093, Nanjing, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Hydrobiologia Springer Netherlands 658/1(2011-01-01), 353-363 0018-8158 658:1<353 2011 658 10750 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer