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Mangrove growth response to experimental warming is greatest near the range limit in northeast Florida by Samantha K. Chapman; Ilka C. Feller; Gabriela Canas; Matthew A. Hayes; Nicole Dix; Mark Hester; Jim Morris; J. Adam Langley is a Environmental Science article available to read on EtoBox.
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Shrubs are invading into grasslands around the world, but we don't yet know how these shrubs will fare in a warmer future. In ecotonal coastal wetland ecosystems, woody mangroves are encroaching into herbaceous salt marshes owing to changes in temperature, precipitation, and sediment dynamics. Increasing mangrove biomass in wetlands often increases carbon storage, which is high in these productive ecosystems, but little is known about how mangrove growth will change in response to warming. To address this knowledge gap, we deployed warming experiments at three coastal wetland sites along a latitudinal gradient in northeast Florida where Avicennia germinans, black mangroves, are encroaching into salt marshes. We achieved air temperature warming (+1.6°C during the day) at all three sites and measured stem elongation, canopy height and area changes, and leaf and node number. After 2 yr of warming, we found that mangrove growth rate in height increased due to warming. Warming increased stem elongation by 130% over unwarmed control plots after 1 yr at the northern site. Mangrove growth in canopy area did not respond to warming. Site differences in growth rate were pronounced, and mangro
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- Author
- Samantha K. Chapman; Ilka C. Feller; Gabriela Canas; Matthew A. Hayes; Nicole Dix; Mark Hester; Jim Morris; J. Adam Langley
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2021
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Environmental Science (Physical Sciences)