Transplantation of Salt Marsh Vegetation, Georgetown, South Carolina

Stalter, Richard; Batson, Wade T.

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“…Biotic factors such as competition have also been cited as significant causes of zonation (Adams 1963, Snow and Vince 1984, Covin and Zedler 1988, and transplant studies have confirmed the existence of competition in the marsh (Stalter andBatsot~ 1969, Bertness andEllison t987, Bertness 1991).…”

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Distribution ofJuncus roemerianus in North Carolina tidal marshes: The importance of physical and biotic variables

Woerner

Hackney

1997

Wetlands

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The physical habitat of Juncus roemerianus was examined at nine sites along a salinity gradient in the Cape Fear River Estuary, North Carolina. Soil salinity, drainage, redox potential, pH, etevati(m, percent sand, percent organic matter, and above-ground plant biomass and height were measured at each site, and from these data, the habitat of Juncus roemerianus was determined. Atl parameters varied over the salinity gradient, with soils at upriver sites having a high sand fraction, low organic fraction, and highest redox potentials. Downriver. well-established marshes had tow sand fractions, high organic fractions, and lowest redox potentials. Canonical Discriminant Analysis indicated that each site was statistically different from other sites due to salinity, elevation, and percent organic matter.Mean standing live bion~ss was 688 g m .z. and, despite differences in physical and chemical factors among sites, biomass of Juncus roemerianus did not vary. Juncus roemerianus was found to grow equally well within a broad range of physical and chemical habitats but did not occupy the total expanse of its potential habitat at any one site.Extensive overlap in physical habitat occurred between Juncus-dominated communities and adjacent communities dominated by other species, especially in the more established marshes. However, Canonical Discriminant Analysis statistically separated short and tall form Spartina alterniflora, Distichlis spicata, Scirpus robustus, and Juncus roemerianus mJcrohabitats based on elevation and redox potential. Thus, we found zonation in tidal marshes of the Cape Fear River Estuary was based on abiotie factors, but we recognize the importance of plant species interactions and marsh position within the landscape.

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Distribution ofJuncus roemerianus in North Carolina tidal marshes: The importance of physical and biotic variables

Woerner

Hackney

1997

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“…Halophytes species vary according to the salinity and soil water content of their habitat (Stalter and Batson, 1969;Brereton, 1971;Shea et al, 1975;Smart and Barko, 1980;Jefferies et al, 1981;Ungar, 1987;Jonathan et al, 2000). Seliskar (1985a) has described five different kinds of halophytes in various environments and has found that these variations are not genetically fixed; rather, they are caused by envi-*Corresponding author; fax +82-61-454-0267 e-mail ihmbs@mokpo.ac.kr ronmental differences as a result of cross-transplantation tests, which may be useful in identifying local soil water contents (Seliskar, 1985b).…”

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Morphological and genetic variations inSuaeda maritima based on habitat

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We investigated the morphological and genetic variations found in Suaeda maritima growing on sand dunes at Jogeum-naru, Muan-gun, in Korea. Our objective was to determine how plant density, biomass, and morphological characteristics were affected by habitat and environmental factors. Differences in elevation dictated that habitats for this species be divided into three positions: low, middle, and high areas. The higher the elevation, the lower the amount of available water, total nitrogen, phosphate, and organic matter. Correlations between biomass and environment were statistically significant. For example, plant density and biomass declined as elevation increased. In low areas, the lengths of aerial stems and leaves were 17.98_+0.46 and 7.83_+0.12 mm, respectively; values measured at high areas were 0.70 and 0.83 times smaller, respectively. Likewise, lengths of main roots in low areas were 8.06__. 0.21 ram; in higher areas, roots were 1.58 times longer. Leaf widths in low areas were 1.88_+0.01 ram, and 1.16 times greater at higher elevations. Values for these parameters in middle areas were intermediate between those for the other two. Nevertheless, when we used an MVSP computer program to conduct a similarity coefficient analysis, we found that the morphological variations recorded at the three elevations were not matched by differences in DNA patterns, although genetic variations were observed within individual populations.

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“…A tall form of this grass up to 2 m occupies creek banks while a shorter form, generally less than 1 m, is found on relatively higher ground. Environmental factors may be responsible for the different growth forms [6,8]. Our experimental array within this sub-community was located in a transition zone between the shorter form and the adjacent sub-community (no.…”

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Effect of wrack accumulation on salt marsh vegetation, Baruch Institute, Georgetown County, South Carolina

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Jung²,

Starosta³

et al. 2006

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment, Vol 88

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In March 2004, four arrays in different types of salt marsh vegetation were covered with 15-20 cm of wrack secured in place, in an attempt to duplicate the natural deposition of wrack on the marsh by tides and storms, and to quantify and extend anecdotal observations and the results of previous studies. A control plot in each array was left uncovered; another plot was covered with only 2-3 cm. The wrack was removed from one plot in each array at one, two, four and seven month intervals. One month of wrack coverage appeared to have little effect on either density or standing crop, recorded seven months after initial covering, of the principal marsh species. Above ground parts of these species, with the exception of Spartina patens and Borrichia frutescens, appeared to be killed or extremely inhibited after two months of wrack coverage or longer. Wrack 2-3 cm thick (never removed) appeared to have inhibited the marsh species after seven months, but not as much as the 15-20 cm wrack mat. These results are fairly consistent with those of an earlier study at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, New York City, that focused on responses to wrack of Spartina alterniflora only, except that two months' coverage seemed necessary to kill back most of the S. alterniflora in that study. However, in another study at Jamaica Bay encompassing several species and vegetation types, most species declined gradually with increased length of wrack coverage over a six-month period. Future studies will focus on recovery of the vegetation once the wrack has been removed, and on chemical changes in the soil caused by the decaying wrack, which may in turn affect the future course of vegetation development.

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Transplantation of Salt Marsh Vegetation, Georgetown, South Carolina

Cited by 50 publications

References 4 publications

Distribution ofJuncus roemerianus in North Carolina tidal marshes: The importance of physical and biotic variables

Distribution ofJuncus roemerianus in North Carolina tidal marshes: The importance of physical and biotic variables

Morphological and genetic variations inSuaeda maritima based on habitat

Effect of wrack accumulation on salt marsh vegetation, Baruch Institute, Georgetown County, South Carolina

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