Assessment of Spartina alterniflora aboveground productivity: A mesocosm study from September 2015 to September 2016

Abstract

Leaf productivity was measured by tagging shoots within each tub containing Spartina alterniflora at the beginning of the growing season in each of the two sampling years. The green length of all tagged leaves was measured at the beginning and end of the growing season, and leaf growth measured as the increase in leaf size.

Purpose

This dataset provides leaf length used to calculate productivity in terms of linear growth per shoot per day. This data can be used to determine if oiling, vegetation composition, and genotypic variation affect growth of Spartina alterniflora.

DOI: doi:10.7266/N7ZG6QS6

Suggested Citation

Just Cebrian, Joshua Goff. 2018. Assessment of Spartina alterniflora aboveground productivity: A mesocosm study from September 2015 to September 2016. Distributed by: Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Information and Data Cooperative (GRIIDC), Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/N7ZG6QS6

Related Publication Citation

Hughes, A. R., Cebrian, J., Heck, K., Goff, J., Hanley, T. C., Scheffel, W., & Zerebecki, R. A. (2018). Effects of oil exposure, plant species composition, and plant genotypic diversity on salt marsh and mangrove assemblages. Ecosphere, 9(4), e02207. doi:10.1002/ecs2.2207

Funded by: Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI)

Funding cycle: RFP-IV

Research group: Alabama Center for Ecological Resilience (ACER)

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Additional Info

Field Value
Author Just Cebrian
Maintainer data@disl.org
Last Updated October 25, 2022, 19:32 (UTC)
Created July 27, 2022, 14:33 (UTC)
DOI doi:10.7266/N7ZG6QS6
ISO.principalInvestigator Just Cebrian <jcebrian@ngi.msstate.edu>
Theme Keywords Spartina alterniflora, productivity, mesocosm, oil, diversity, mangrove, genotype