New England salt marsh recovery: opportunistic colonization of an invasive species and its non-consumptive effects.

New England salt marsh recovery: opportunistic colonization of an invasive species and its non-consumptive effects.

Predator depletion on Cape Cod (USA) has released the herbivorous crab Sesarmareticulatum from predator control leading to the loss of cordgrass from salt marsh creek banks. After more than three decades of die-off, cordgrass is recovering at heavily damaged sites coincident with the invasion of gre...

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Main Authors: Tyler C Coverdale, Eric E Axelman, Caitlin P Brisson, Eric W Young, Andrew H Altieri, Mark D Bertness
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3756972?pdf=render

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