Title: Using marsh organs to test seed recruitment in tidal freshwater marshes
Citation: Lane, S. (2022). Using marsh organs to test seed recruitment in tidal freshwater marshes [Data set]. Dryad. http://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.gmsbcc2qw
Study Site: Ladner Marsh, 12 km upstream of the mouth of the Fraser River, in British Columbia, Canada
Purpose: Seed recruitment niches along estuarine elevation gradients are seldom experimentally field-tested under tidal regimes of the Pacific Northwest of North America. Addressing this knowledge gap is important to better understand estuary restoration and plant community response to sea level rise.
Abstract: Testing germination in marsh organ mesocosms across an elevation gradient (0.5–1.7 m above mean sea level). Seeds were sown on sterile peat moss, and the tops of pipes were secured with horticultural “frost cloth” to ensure no experimental seeds were washed out and no new seeds were introduced. The trials tested artificial and overwinter chilling regimes, as well as the presence and/or absence of a near-neighbor transplant.
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Further Info: Lane, Stefanie L. (2022), Using marsh organs to test seed recruitment in tidal freshwater marshes, Applications in Plant Sciences, Journal-article, https://doi.org/10.1002/aps3.11474
Lane, Stefanie (2022), Using marsh organs to test seed recruitment in tidal freshwater marshes, , Article, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6604800
Status: Complete
Keywords:
vegetation,
Climate change,
coastal resilience,
Marsh,
Geographical coordinates: North: 49.098832, South: 49.098832 East: -123.090082 West: -123.090082
Bounding Temporal Extent: Start Date: 2020-06-22, End
Date: 2021-07-26
