Table 1 Descriptive statistics of environmental, plant community and Salicornia fruticosa variables.

From: New perspective for the upscaling of plant functional response to flooding stress in salt marshes using remote sensing

Variable

Mean

Std. dev

Max

Min

Flooding depth (cm)

1.59

1.03

4.14

0.01

Clay content (%)

19.55

6.26

30.91

5.84

Species richness

4.15

1.38

8

2

Shannon index

0.69

0.35

1.47

0.06

Salicornia fruticosa cover value (%)

74.45

16.75

99.01

28.37

Plant height (cm)

25.87

6.89

42.00

14.80

Total dry weight (g)

131.07

54.83

264.00

64.2

Total dry matter content

320.48

58.35

429.52

214.61

Shoot dry weight (g)

0.03

0.01

0.05

0.02

Shoot dry matter content

139.68

16.67

174.93

110.11

Shoot length (cm)

4.10

0.89

6.76

2.64

Chlorophyll concentration (μg g−1)

481.66

139.27

877.63

286.39

Pheophytin content

32.19

14.42

68.18

16.28

Carotenoid concentration (μg g−1)

90.58

12.03

113.60

64.02

Flavonoid concentration (μg g−1)

23.86

8.40

40.83

7.96

Betacyanin concentration (μg g−1)

24.30

15.18

60.57

2.91

NDVI

0.47

0.08

0.64

0.34

LCI

0.16

0.04

028

0.09

RGRI

0.95

0.08

1.10

0.78

ARI

8.64

1.38

11.25

6.31