caa a22 4500 475751167 CHVBK 20180406123524.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1023/A:1009882110988 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1023/A:1009882110988 The influence of tidal channels on the distribution of salt marsh plant species in Petaluma Marsh, CA, USA [Elektronische Daten] [Eric Sanderson, Susan Ustin, Theodore Foin] Tidal channels influence the distribution and composition of salt marsh vegetation in a San Francisco Bay salt marsh. Two channel networks in the Petaluma Marsh, Sonoma County, CA, were mapped and characterized using global positioning and geographic information systems. Plant species abundance was sampled on transects placed perpendicular to and extending away from the channel banks. The vegetation showed significant increases in species richness along channel banks and larger areas of effect which increased approximately linearly with channel size. Composition of species assemblages varies with distance from the channel bank and channel size. These results demonstrate that salt marsh plant assemblages, composed of both major and minor species, are distributed with respect to the channel network in Petaluma Marsh. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000 California salt marsh nationallicence Channel order nationallicence Vegetation patterns nationallicence Wetland restoration nationallicence Sanderson Eric Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, University of California, 95616, Davis, CA, USA aut Ustin Susan Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, University of California, 95616, Davis, CA, USA aut Foin Theodore Division of Environmental Studies, University of California, 95616, Davis, CA, USA aut Plant Ecology Kluwer Academic Publishers 146/1(2000-01-01), 29-41 1385-0237 146:1<29 2000 146 11258 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009882110988 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009882110988 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sanderson Eric Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, University of California, 95616, Davis, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ustin Susan Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, University of California, 95616, Davis, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Foin Theodore Division of Environmental Studies, University of California, 95616, Davis, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Plant Ecology Kluwer Academic Publishers 146/1(2000-01-01), 29-41 1385-0237 146:1<29 2000 146 11258 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer