Effects of wind waves versus ship waves on tidal marsh plants: a flume study on different life stages of Scirpus maritimus.

Recent research indicates that many ecosystems, including intertidal marshes, follow the alternative stable states theory. This theory implies that thresholds of environmental factors can mark a limit between two opposing stable ecosystem states, e.g. vegetated marshes and bare mudflats. While eleva...

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Main Authors: Alexandra Silinski, Maike Heuner, Jonas Schoelynck, Sara Puijalon, Uwe Schröder, Elmar Fuchs, Peter Troch, Tjeerd J Bouma, Patrick Meire, Stijn Temmerman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0118687