Investigating dune‐building feedback at the plant level: Insights from a multispecies field experiment
Investigating dune‐building feedback at the plant level: Insights from a multispecies field experiment
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调查沙丘——植物层面的建筑反馈:来自多物种实地实验的见解
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10.1002/esp.4607
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发表时间:
2019
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3.3
通讯作者:
Durán Vinent, Orencio
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作者:
Mullins, Elsemarie;Moore, Laura J.;Goldstein, Evan B.;Jass, Theo;Bruno, John;Durán Vinent, Orencio
Coastal foredunes provide the first line of defense against rising sea levels and storm surge and for this reason there is increasing interest in understanding and modeling foredune formation and post‐storm recovery. However, there is limited observational data available to provide empirical guidance for the development of model parameterizations. To provide guidance for improved representation of dune grass growth in models, we conducted a two‐year multi‐species transplant experiment on Hog Island, VA, U.S.A. and measured the dependence of plant growth on elevation and distance from the shoreline, as well as the relationship between plant growth and sand accumulation. We tracked total leaf growth (length) and aboveground leaf length and found thatAmmophila breviligulata(American beachgrass) andUniola paniculata(sea oats) grew more thanSpartina patens(saltmeadow cordgrass) by a factor of 15% (though not statistically significant) and 45%, respectively. Our results also suggest a range of basal/frontal area ratios (an important model parameter) from 0.5‐1 and a strong correlation between transplant growth and total sand deposition for all species at the scale of two years, but not over shorter temporal scales. Distance from the shoreline and elevation had no effect on transplant growth rate but did have an effect on survival. Based on transplant survival, the seaward limit of vegetation at the end of the experiment was approximately 30 m from the MHWL and at an elevation of 1.43 m, corresponding to inundation less than 7.5% of the time according to total water level calculations. Results from this experiment provide evidence for the dune‐building capacity of all three species, suggestingS. patensis not a maintainer species, as previously thought, but rather a moderate dune builder even though its growth is less stimulated by sand deposition thanA. breviligulataandU. paniculata. © 2019 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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