| Title | Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi associations across multiple saltmarsh plant species mitigating the impacts of sea-level rise [poster] |
| Publication Type | Report |
| Year of Publication | 2019 |
| Authors | Koberstein, Rayna, and Catherine E. de Rivera |
| Secondary Title | Student Research Symposium |
| Volume | no.21 |
| Date Published | 2019, Jul. 5 |
| Institution | Portland State University |
| City | Portland, Or. |
| Call Number | OSU Libraries: Digital Open Access |
| Keywords | Salmon River Estuary, climate change, fungi, Marsh jaumea = Jaumea carnosa, Lyngbye’s sedge = Carex lyngbyei, Pickleweed = Salicornia virginica, salinity, salt marsh, Saltgrass = Distichlis spicata, sea levels, wetland vegetation |
| Notes | Fungi are omnipresent and frequently beneficial in ecosystems. Fungi are dependent on plants for their nourishment. An arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus is one that derives carbon nutrition from the roots of an associated plant. This association is beneficial to the plant because the plant can experience increased uptake of nutrients and an increased ability to withstand saltwater inundation. In an age of rising sea levels, the ability to withstand inundation is important. This poster describes research conducted by Portland State University faculty and students on two marshes in the Salmon River estuary, a low marsh and a high marsh. Natural resource managers need to know which plants will be able to withstand saline stress and have better chances of success with marsh restoration projects and in mitigation of rising sea levels. The researchers want to know which plant species host arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, and what the pattern of their distribution is across the low and high marshes. |
| URL | https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/studentsymposium/2019/Posters/21 |
