Why are most aquatic plants widely distributed? Dispersal, clonal growth and small-scale heterogeneity in a stressful environment

By Luis Santamaría. 2002

648 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Oceanography

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In Ecology

1. A. Green
2. J. Figuerola
3. Luis Santamaría
4. M. Klaassen
5. M. Soons
6. A. Brochet
7. Gerrit W. Heil
8. B. Nolet

In Nature and Landscape Conservation

1. A. Green
2. M. Klaassen
3. M. Soons
4. J. Figuerola
5. Luis Santamaría
6. A. Brochet
7. F. Pelicice
8. A. Agostinho

In Oceanography

1. M. Klaassen
2. M. Soons
3. M. B. Bitonti
4. Maria Greco
5. A. Chiappetta
6. L. Bruno
7. A. Green
8. S. Thomaz

Citations in the corpus

• Management options of invasive Elodea nuttallii and Elodea canadensis (2015, background): “These result in decreased rates of mineralization and in the accumulation of fermentation end-products that are toxic to many plants (Santamaria, 2002).”
• Introduced and cryptogenic marine and estuarine species of South Africa (2011, background): “2006), and Stuckenia pectinata, although widespread in northern waters, is highly patchy and isolated in the southern hemisphere (Santamaria 2002), which is strongly suggestive of recent colonization potentially mediated by human-related vectors.”
• Phenotypic plasticity of vegetative and reproductive traits in monoecious and dioecious populations of Sagittaria latifolia (Alismataceae): a clonal aquatic plant (2004, background): “Such plastic responses in vegetative structures are thought to promote survival and propagation in the heterogeneous environments typical of many wetland habitats (Wells & Pigliucci 2000; Santamaría 2002).”
• Long-distance endozoochorous dispersal of submerged macrophyte seeds by migratory waterbirds in northern Europe - a critical review of possibilities and limitations (2002, background): “The question then is to what extent migratory waterbirds facilitate long-distance dispersal of aquatic plants, and how they might have contributed to the postglacial establishment of submerged macrophyte populations, so widely distributed over the northern hemisphere (Santamaría, 2002)?”
• Comprehending crystalline β-carotene accumulation by comparing engineered cell models and the natural carotenoid-rich system of citrus (2011, positive): “the capacity of a genotype to express different phenotypes in different environments, Bradshaw, 1965; Sultan, 2000) enables plants to cope with a wide variety of ecological conditions (Sultan, 2000; Santamaria, 2002).”
• Distribution of clonal growth forms in wetlands (2010, background): “On the other hand, therewas a lower proportion of root-splitting and root-sprouting species in wetland habitats compared to terrestrial ones (less than 2% in wetland species of the Netherlands, more than 12% in the Czech flora), which had been reported earlier (Klimeš et al., 1997; Santamarı́a, 2002”
• Lantana invasion: An overview (2005, background): “Accordingly, plastic responses in vegetative structure are thought to promote survival and propagation of an exotic species in the new heterogeneous environment (Santamaria 2002).”
• A review of some ecological factors affecting the growth of Azolla spp. (2013, background): “mechanical damage) or indirect effects such as increased siltation (Vermaat et al., 2000; Santamaria, 2002).”
• Assembly mechanisms determining high species turnover in aquatic communities over regional and continental scales (2016, background): “Inland aquatic ecosystems consist of isolated habitats and yet many aquatic taxa show high dispersal abilities and colonisation rates (Santamaría 2002, Louette and De Meester 2005).”
• Global diversity of aquatic macrophytes in freshwater (2007, background): “The successful longdistance dispersal of aquatic plants has been facilitated by the broad ecological tolerances and plastic responses of many aquatic plants, their enhanced survivorship because of clonal growth (very common in macrophytes) and the abundance of easily dislodged propagules (Santamaria”
• Fish assemblages associated with Egeria in a tropical reservoir: investigating the effects of plant biomass and diel period (2005, background): “Great dispersal abilities (Santamaría, 2002), allied with widespread impoundment of * Corresponding author.”
• Response of aquatic plants to abiotic factors: a review (2011, background): “Temperature Freshwater ecosystems are usually considered to be more stable in terms of temperature variations than terrestrial ecosystems (Sculthorpe 1967), even if some seasonal extremes are observed (Santamaria 2002).”
• PLANT PERFORMANCE ACROSS LATITUDE: THE ROLE OF PLASTICITY AND LOCAL ADAPTATION IN AN AQUATIC PLANT (2003, background): “In contrast, aquatic plant species, many of which are also widespread, have often been shown to have limited genetic variation, suggesting the common occurrence of general-purpose genotypes among them (Barrett et al. 1993, Santamarı́a 2002).”
• Small seed size increases the potential for dispersal of wetland plants by ducks (2008, methodology): “Recently, quantitative studies on the survival of plant seeds ingested by ducks have been carried out for Potamogeton pectinatus (Santamaria 2002; Charalambidou et al . 2005), Ruppia maritima (Figuerola et al .”
• Biological Flora of the British Isles: Phragmites australis (2017, background): “The different stages of successional hydroseres are found along a spatial gradient from the shore to the open water, forming a vegetation zonation from open water to littoral, marsh and ultimately alluvial forest communities (Gorham 1957; Santamaria 2002).”