EFFECTS OF EXPERIMENTAL STORM SURGE AND SEDIMENTATION ON PITCHER PLANTS (SARRACENIA PURPUREA) AND ASSOCIATED ASSEMBLAGES IN A COASTAL PINE SAVANNA

Sea-level rise and stronger hurricanes associated with global climate change will likely result in farther reaching storm surges that will greatly affect coastal ecosystems. These surges can transport nutrients, salt water, and sediment to nutrient poor, fresh (i.e. low salinity) pine savannas. Purp...

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Main Author: Abbott, Matthew John
Format: Others
Published: OpenSIUC 2012
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Online Access:https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/1050
https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2058&context=theses