Sediment addition enhances transpiration and growth of Spartina alterniflora in deteriorating Louisiana Gulf Coast salt marshes |
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Authors: | S. R. Pezeshki R. D. DeLaune J. H. Pardue |
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Affiliation: | (1) Laboratory for Wetland Soils and Sediment, Center for Wetland Resources, Louisiana State University, 70803 Baton Rouge, LA, USA |
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Abstract: | Transpiration, leaf conductance, net photosynthesis, leaf growth, above-ground biomass and regeneration of new culms were studied in a rapidly subsiding Spartina alterniflora Lois. salt marsh following the addition at 47 and 94 Kg m–2 of new sediment. Plant growth was enhanced in response to sediment addition as was evident by a significant increase in leaf area, above-ground biomass production and regeneration of new culms (p 0.05). Leaf conductance and transpiration rates were significantly greater in sediment treated plants than in control plants (p 0.05). Enhanced production of culms per unit area of marsh resulted in increased leaf area which allowed a greater capacity for net photosynthesis and contributed to increases in above-ground biomass of sediment treated plots. |
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Keywords: | marsh deterioration photosynthesis productivity salt marsh sediment addition Spartina alterniflora |
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