Mangroves in Texas are expanding, and salt marshes are shrinking...but are they related?
The bottom line: Our research confirmed that mangroves are expanding and, in some instances, displacing salt marshes at certain locations. However, this shift is not widespread when analyzed at a larger, regional level. Rather, local, relative sea level rise was indirectly implicated as another important driver causing regional-level salt marsh loss.
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The latest news, research projects, and positions in Anna Armitage's Coastal and Wetlands Ecology Laboratory at Texas A&M University at Galveston.
Monday, May 18, 2015
Thursday, May 7, 2015
Bird use of mangroves and marshes
Check out Ashley's award winning poster on bird use of mangrove and marsh habitats in Texas. This poster won recognition at the 2015 Texas Bays and Estuaries Meeting and at the 2015 University of Houston Ecology and Evolution Student Symposium.
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