Discussion Session 6: Factors Influencing Salt Marsh Zonation
Questions to answer (via eBoard) and to discuss in class April 18th:
Read one of the two papers posted concerning mechanisms important in salt marsh zonation and then compare and contrast the most relevant findings of that paper versus a paper that you chose dealing with the similar topic within marsh literature. Justify the similarities and/or differences which exist. The summary should be at a minimum 1page in length! Please provide your journal reference at the end of this assignment. For your presentation you will have 5 minutes to describe the connections between the studies using 3 transparencies. Remember first come first serve regarding the choice of your paper and indicate the title, and first author on eboard before submitting your full discussion
GEOGRAPHIC VARIATION IN POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE INTERACTIONS
AMONG SALT MARSH PLANTS
STEVEN C. PENNINGS,1,3 ELIZABETH R. SELIG,2,4 LETISE T. HOUSER,2,5 AND MARK D. BERTNESS2
1
University of Georgia Marine Institute, Sapelo Island, Georgia 31327 USA2
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912 USA
COMPETITION AND SALT-MARSH PLANT ZONATION: STRESS
TOLERATORS MAY BE DOMINANT COMPETITORS
NANCY C. EMERY,1 PATRICK J. EWANCHUK, AND MARK D. BERTNESS
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912 USA