Litter controls plant community composition in a northern fen

Article Abstract:

A litter addition and removal experiment in a fen in northern Minnesota, USA, between 1998 and 2001 is conducted to investigate the importance of litter on a fen peatland plant community. Findings reveal that the addition of littler had little effect on fen plant community composition or microenvironmental variables, despite a two-fold increase in litter mass compared to control plots.

United States, Ecosystems

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Importance of canopy structure on photosynthesis in single- and multi-species assemblages of marine macroalgae

Article Abstract:

Macroalgal community photosynthesis in artificial constructed communities of one to four species with different morphologies along a range of leaf area densities is evaluated. It was found that canopy structure influenced community photosynthesis both at low and high leaf area densities.

Photosynthesis research

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