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- Title
SUSCEPTIBILITY OF SALT MARSHES TO NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT AND PREDATOR REMOVAL.
- Authors
Deegan, Linda A.; Bowen, Jennifer L.; Drake, Deanne; Fleeger, John W.; Friedrichs, Carl T.; Galván, Karl A.; Hobbie, John E.; Hopkinson, Charles; Johnson, D. Samuel; Johnson, J. Michael; LeMay, Lynsey E.; Miller, Erin; Peterson, Bruce J.; Picard, Christian; Sheldon, Sallie; Sutherland, Michael; Vallino, Joseph; Warren, R. Scott
- Abstract
The article presents a study of the interaction between nutrient loading and species composition in salt marshes in order to assess the impact of stresses. The authors altered whole salt marsh ecosystems by addition of nutrients in flooding waters and by reduction of a key predatory fish, the mummichog. Nutrients were added directly to the flooding tide to mimic the way anthropogenic nutrients are delivered to marsh ecosystems. Results of the study demonstrate evidence of synergistic interactions between stressors, especially in higher trophic levels.
- Subjects
SALT marshes; WETLANDS; ECOLOGY; NITROGEN; PLANT growth; BIOTIC communities; ECOLOGICAL research; PLANT nutrients
- Publication
Ecological Applications, 2007, Vol 17, pS42
- ISSN
1051-0761
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1890/06-0452.1