Salt Marsh Flashcards
1
Q
Where to they grow
A
Where ever its to cold for Mangrove swamps
2
Q
trasnstion zones
A
Alterniflora->Patens->Juncus->Fuctus
3
Q
Competition
A
Alterniflora can handle salt more but Patens sucks up more nitrogen
–abundance of nitrogen causes alterniflora to shade patens
4
Q
Panns
A
Areas that get covered in dead grass and ice, then get flooded with so much salt water that they stay dead
5
Q
habitat modification
A
Green Crabs
-dig holes and aerate the soil
Ribbed mussels
-hold the soil together to help alterniflora grow
