TY - BOOK ID - 22831121 TI - Catalogue of the Benthic Marine Algae of the Indian Ocean AU - Silva, Paul C. AU - Basson, Philip W. AU - Moe, Richard L. PY - 1996 VL - 79 SN - 0520097017 PB - Berkeley Los Angeles London University of California Press DB - UniCat KW - Sol alcalin KW - Alkaline soils KW - Végétation KW - Rocks, Ultrabasic KW - -Serpentine KW - -Serpentine plants KW - -581.9 <794> KW - 549.623.7 KW - Plants, Serpentine KW - Serpentine flora KW - Ultramafic rocks KW - Igneous rocks KW - Geographic botany. Plant geography (phytogeography). Floras. Geographic distribution of plants--California KW - Chlorite-serpentine group. Serpentine KW - Serpentine plants KW - Serpentine KW - 549.623.7 Chlorite-serpentine group. Serpentine KW - 581.9 <794> Geographic botany. Plant geography (phytogeography). Floras. Geographic distribution of plants--California KW - 581.9 <794> KW - 631.416.8 KW - 631.416.8 Metals and their compounds. Heavy metals in soil KW - Metals and their compounds. Heavy metals in soil KW - Silicate minerals KW - Plants KW - plant population KW - Geology KW - Flora KW - vegetation KW - California KW - Californië. Geologie. KW - Planten. Oecologie. Californië. KW - Serpentijn [Geologie]. Californië. KW - Serpentine. Californie. KW - Ecologie végétale. Californie. KW - Californie. Flore. KW - Californië. Flora. KW - Marine algae KW - Indian Ocean KW - Classification KW - Bibliography KW - Benthos KW - vegetation. KW - Roche ultrabasique UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:22831121 AB - This is the first comprehensive treatment of an important segment of the flora of California: native plants that have varying degrees of fidelity to serpentine rock and soil that make up over 1100 square miles in the Coast Ranges and the Sierra Nevada. Many of California's unique endemic plants are found nowhere else but on serpentine; over 200 species, subspecies, and varieties of native plants are restricted to some degree to serpentine. The author describes the geology, soils, and mineral nutrition of serpentines (low in normal essential nutrients, high in magnesium, iron, and toxic heavy metals, nickel, and chromium), the vegetation and flora that tolerate this inhospitable habitat, the fauna on serpentines, and management/conservation problems associated with serpentines. This is an essential guide to an important aspect of the flora of California. ER -