Gradients of salinity and plant community richness and diversity in two different Mediterranean coastal ecosystems in NW Sardinia

This study aimed to test if differences in soil salinity, plant richness and diversity were significantly affected by habitat, site and distance from the seashore at three sandy and three rocky coastal sites in north-western Sardinia.Each site has been divided into three belts placed at an equal dis...

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Autores principales:	Alfredo Maccioni, Luisa Canopoli, Valeria Cubeddu, Elisabetta Cucca, Simone Dessena, Samuele Morittu, Rossella Filigheddu, Bachisio Mario Padedda, Emmanuele Farris
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Publicado:	Pensoft Publishers 2021
Materias:	biodiversity psammophilous vegetation and flora Biology (General) QH301-705.5
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:a1a9ed616b17400e8cc68c7c96db69912021-11-21T04:30:26ZGradients of salinity and plant community richness and diversity in two different Mediterranean coastal ecosystems in NW Sardinia10.3897/BDJ.9.e712471314-2828https://doaj.org/article/a1a9ed616b17400e8cc68c7c96db69912021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://bdj.pensoft.net/article/71247/download/pdf/https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/71247/download/xml/https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/71247/https://doaj.org/toc/1314-2828This study aimed to test if differences in soil salinity, plant richness and diversity were significantly affected by habitat, site and distance from the seashore at three sandy and three rocky coastal sites in north-western Sardinia.Each site has been divided into three belts placed at an equal distance of 50 m from the shoreline. We measured soil salinity using a probe and vascular plants richness and diversity using linear transects at all sites. Average soil salinity varied from 0.115 g/l to 0.180 g/l; it was higher in the rocky habitats than in the sandy ones. A total of 21 species were found per transect/site at the rocky sites and 30 species per transect/site at the sandy sites, with an average of Shannon and Weaver's Diversity Index of 1.8 per each belt at each site. These data confirm that, also in the Mediterranean islands, there are coastal gradients of soil salinity from the seashore to inland areas and that also vascular plant richness and diversity are influenced by the distance from the sea. Soil salinity was strongly affected by the type of habitat, being average at the rocky coasts and negligible at the sandy shores. The site effect was not significant for both soil salinity and plant richness and diversity.Alfredo MaccioniLuisa CanopoliValeria CubedduElisabetta CuccaSimone DessenaSamuele MorittuRossella FilighedduBachisio Mario PadeddaEmmanuele FarrisPensoft Publishersarticlebiodiversitypsammophilous vegetation and floraBiology (General)QH301-705.5ENBiodiversity Data Journal, Vol 9, Iss , Pp 1-18 (2021)
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topic	biodiversity psammophilous vegetation and flora Biology (General) QH301-705.5
spellingShingle	biodiversity psammophilous vegetation and flora Biology (General) QH301-705.5 Alfredo Maccioni Luisa Canopoli Valeria Cubeddu Elisabetta Cucca Simone Dessena Samuele Morittu Rossella Filigheddu Bachisio Mario Padedda Emmanuele Farris Gradients of salinity and plant community richness and diversity in two different Mediterranean coastal ecosystems in NW Sardinia
description	This study aimed to test if differences in soil salinity, plant richness and diversity were significantly affected by habitat, site and distance from the seashore at three sandy and three rocky coastal sites in north-western Sardinia.Each site has been divided into three belts placed at an equal distance of 50 m from the shoreline. We measured soil salinity using a probe and vascular plants richness and diversity using linear transects at all sites. Average soil salinity varied from 0.115 g/l to 0.180 g/l; it was higher in the rocky habitats than in the sandy ones. A total of 21 species were found per transect/site at the rocky sites and 30 species per transect/site at the sandy sites, with an average of Shannon and Weaver's Diversity Index of 1.8 per each belt at each site. These data confirm that, also in the Mediterranean islands, there are coastal gradients of soil salinity from the seashore to inland areas and that also vascular plant richness and diversity are influenced by the distance from the sea. Soil salinity was strongly affected by the type of habitat, being average at the rocky coasts and negligible at the sandy shores. The site effect was not significant for both soil salinity and plant richness and diversity.
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author	Alfredo Maccioni Luisa Canopoli Valeria Cubeddu Elisabetta Cucca Simone Dessena Samuele Morittu Rossella Filigheddu Bachisio Mario Padedda Emmanuele Farris
author_facet	Alfredo Maccioni Luisa Canopoli Valeria Cubeddu Elisabetta Cucca Simone Dessena Samuele Morittu Rossella Filigheddu Bachisio Mario Padedda Emmanuele Farris
author_sort	Alfredo Maccioni
title	Gradients of salinity and plant community richness and diversity in two different Mediterranean coastal ecosystems in NW Sardinia
title_short	Gradients of salinity and plant community richness and diversity in two different Mediterranean coastal ecosystems in NW Sardinia
title_full	Gradients of salinity and plant community richness and diversity in two different Mediterranean coastal ecosystems in NW Sardinia
title_fullStr	Gradients of salinity and plant community richness and diversity in two different Mediterranean coastal ecosystems in NW Sardinia
title_full_unstemmed	Gradients of salinity and plant community richness and diversity in two different Mediterranean coastal ecosystems in NW Sardinia
title_sort	gradients of salinity and plant community richness and diversity in two different mediterranean coastal ecosystems in nw sardinia
publisher	Pensoft Publishers
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/a1a9ed616b17400e8cc68c7c96db6991
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Gradients of salinity and plant community richness and diversity in two different Mediterranean coastal ecosystems in NW Sardinia

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