THE ECOLOGY OF SALT MARSH PLANT COMMUNITIES
References Provided by Mark Bertness, Brown University
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Summary Paper in the field:
Adam, P. 1990. Salt Marsh Ecology. Cambridge Press 461 pp.
Nixon, S. 1980. Between coastal marshes and coastal waters - a
review of
twenty years of speculation and research on the role of salt marshes
in
estuary production. In: Estuaries and Wetland processes. Eds.
P. Hamilton
and K. MacDonald. pp. 437-525. Plenum Press. NY.
Bertness, M. D. 1992. The ecology of a New England salt marsh.
American
Scientist 80: 260-268.
Classic Research Papers in the Field.
Redfield, A. C. 1972. Development of a New England salt marsh.
Ecological Monographs 42: 201-237.
Valiela, I and J. M. Teal. 1974. Nutrient limitation in salt marsh
vegetation. In: Ecology of Halophytes. Eds. R. Reinold and W.
H. Queen.
pp. 547-563. Academic Press. NY.
Bertness, M. D. and A. M. Ellison. 1987. Determinants of pattern
in a New
England salt marsh. Ecological Monographs 57: 127-147.
Bertness, M. D. 1984. Ribbed mussels and Spartina alterniflora
production
in a New England salt marsh. Ecology 65: 1794-1807.
Teal, J. M. 1962. Energy flow in the salt marsh ecosystem of Georgia.
Ecology 43: 614-624.
Recent Contributions.
Tidal
Marshes of Long Island Sound
Pennings, S and R. Callaway. 1992. Salt marsh plant zonation:
the
relative importance of competition and physical factors. Ecology
73:
681-690.
Pennings, S and R. Callaway. 1996. Impact of a parasitic plant
on the
structure and dynamics of salt marsh vegetation. Ecology 77: 1410-1419.
Hacker, S. D. and M. D. Bertness. 1996. Trophic consequences of
a
positive plant interaction. American Naturalist 148: 559-576.
Howes, B. L., Dacey, J. W., and Goehringer, D. D. 1986. Factors
controlling the growth forms of Spartina alterniflora: feedbacks
between
production, sediment oxidation, nitrogen and salinity. Journal
of Ecology
74: 881-898.
Callaway, R. M. 1994. Facilitative and interfering effects of
Arthrocnemum subterminale on winter annuals. Ecology 75: 681-686.
Bertness, M. D. and S. D. Hacker. 1994. Physical stress and positive
associations among marsh plants. American Naturalist 144: 363-372.