Short-term effect of simulated salt marsh restoration by sand-amendment on sediment bacterial communities.

ABSTRACT: Coastal climate adaptation strategies are needed to build salt marsh resiliency and maintain critical ecosystem services in response to impacts caused by climate change. Although resident microbial communities perform crucial biogeochemical cycles for salt marsh functioning, their response to restoration practices is still understudied. One promising restoration strategy is the placement of sand or sediment onto the marsh platform to increase marsh resiliency. A previous study examined the above- and below-ground structure, soil carbon dioxide emissions, and pore water constituents in Spartina alterniflora-vegetated natural marsh sediments and sand-amended sediments at varying inundation regimes. Here, we analyzed samples from the same experiment to test the effect of sand-amendments on th

SUBMITTER: Thomas F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6488055 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature