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The effects of salinity and nutrients, on a tritrophic salt-marsh system
Author(s): D. C. Moon and P. Stiling
Month: Sep
Year: 2002
Publication Type: Article
Journal: Ecology
Volume: 83
Issue: 9
Pages: 2465-2476
Article Topic(s): Disturbance,Fertilizer,Stress
Research Setting(s): Coastal,Wetland
Species Referenced: Borrichia frutescens (Bushy seaside tansy),
Abstract
Researches the effects of salinity and nutrients on the relationship among a gall-making midge (Asphondylia borrichiae), its host plant (Borrichia frutescens, and organisms that parasitize the midge. Increasing salinity decreased the number of galls and decreased the parasitism of galls. Increasing fertilizer increased the number of galls and increased the parasitism of galls. The effects of salinity and fertilizer seemed to drive the interactions (bottom-up) rather than being driven by the presence of parasitoids (top-down).Suggested Citation
D. C. Moon and P. Stiling. "The effects of salinity and nutrients, on a tritrophic salt-marsh system." Ecology 83.9 (2002): 2465-2476.Go back