Experimental addition of marine-derived nutrients affects wildflower traits in a coastal meta-ecosystem
Organismal movement can bring individuals, resources, and novel interactions across ecosystem boundaries and into recipient habitats, thereby forming meta-ecosystems. For example, Pacific salmon ecosystems receive large marine-derived nitrogen subsidies during annual spawning events, which can have...
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ftzenodo:oai:zenodo.org:6633642 2024-09-15T18:28:41+00:00 Experimental addition of marine-derived nutrients affects wildflower traits in a coastal meta-ecosystem Dennert, Allison Elle, Elizabeth Reynolds, John 2022-12-15 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6633642 unknown Zenodo https://github.com/adennert/wildflower-traits/ https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.905qfttnt https://zenodo.org/communities/dryad https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6633641 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6633642 oai:zenodo.org:6633642 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode marine-derived nutrients meta-ecosystem floral traits nitrogen subsidy info:eu-repo/semantics/other 2022 ftzenodo https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.663364210.5061/dryad.905qfttnt10.5281/zenodo.6633641 2024-07-26T12:41:09Z Organismal movement can bring individuals, resources, and novel interactions across ecosystem boundaries and into recipient habitats, thereby forming meta-ecosystems. For example, Pacific salmon ecosystems receive large marine-derived nitrogen subsidies during annual spawning events, which can have a wide range of effects on aquatic and terrestrial plant species and communities. In this study, we evaluate the effects of cross-ecosystem nutrient subsidies on terrestrial plant growth and reproduction. We conducted a large-scale field experiment with four treatments: (1) addition of a pink salmon ( Oncorhynchus gorbuscha ) carcass, (2) addition of the drift seaweed rockweed ( Fucus distichus ), (3) addition of both salmon + rockweed, and (4) a control. We examined treatment effects on leaf nitrogen and fitness-associated floral traits in four common estuarine wildflower species. We found elevated leaf ∂ 15 N in all plant species and all sampling years in treatments with salmon carcass additions but did not observe any differences in leaf percent nitrogen. We also observed larger leaf area in two species, a context-dependent increase in floral display area in two species, and a limited increase in plant seed set in response to both salmon carcass treatments. In sum, our study suggests that marine nutrients can affect terrestrial plant growth and reproduction. Funding provided by: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Crossref Funder Registry ID: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000038 Award Number: Other/Unknown Material Oncorhynchus gorbuscha Pink salmon Zenodo |
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Organismal movement can bring individuals, resources, and novel interactions across ecosystem boundaries and into recipient habitats, thereby forming meta-ecosystems. For example, Pacific salmon ecosystems receive large marine-derived nitrogen subsidies during annual spawning events, which can have a wide range of effects on aquatic and terrestrial plant species and communities. In this study, we evaluate the effects of cross-ecosystem nutrient subsidies on terrestrial plant growth and reproduction. We conducted a large-scale field experiment with four treatments: (1) addition of a pink salmon ( Oncorhynchus gorbuscha ) carcass, (2) addition of the drift seaweed rockweed ( Fucus distichus ), (3) addition of both salmon + rockweed, and (4) a control. We examined treatment effects on leaf nitrogen and fitness-associated floral traits in four common estuarine wildflower species. We found elevated leaf ∂ 15 N in all plant species and all sampling years in treatments with salmon carcass additions but did not observe any differences in leaf percent nitrogen. We also observed larger leaf area in two species, a context-dependent increase in floral display area in two species, and a limited increase in plant seed set in response to both salmon carcass treatments. In sum, our study suggests that marine nutrients can affect terrestrial plant growth and reproduction. Funding provided by: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Crossref Funder Registry ID: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000038 Award Number: |
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Experimental addition of marine-derived nutrients affects wildflower traits in a coastal meta-ecosystem |
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Experimental addition of marine-derived nutrients affects wildflower traits in a coastal meta-ecosystem |
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Experimental addition of marine-derived nutrients affects wildflower traits in a coastal meta-ecosystem |
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