Effect of mangroves on transplanted marsh plants, Port Aransas, Texas: 2013

We transplanted three common species of salt marsh plants (Spartina alterniflora, Batis maritima, Sarcocornia sp.) into eight experimental plots (24 x 42 m) varying in plot-level mangrove cover in Port Aransas, Texas in 2013. We transplanted marsh plants into 3 x 3 m “cells” with one of 3 different vegetation treatments (cleared, mangrove, pneumatophores) in each of the eight plots. Marsh plants were harvested to measure final size.