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ESTUARIES AND COASTS
卷 39, 期 3, 页码 707-717出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-015-0033-5
关键词
Climate change; SAV; San Francisco Estuary; Salinity; Temperature; Aquatic plant
资金
- CALFED Ecosystem Restoration Program/CA Department of Fish and Wildlife
- Delta Science Program
- NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service
- Romberg Tiburon Center
- Society of Wetland Scientists
- Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation
- San Francisco State University
- California State University's Council on Ocean Affairs, Science, and Technology
Both abiotic and biotic factors govern distributions of estuarine vegetation, and experiments can reveal effects of these drivers under current and future conditions. In upper San Francisco Estuary (SFE), increased salinity could result from sea level rise, levee failure, or water management. We used mesocosms to test salinity effects on, as well as competition between, the native Stuckenia pectinata (sago pondweed) and invasive Egeria densa (Brazilian waterweed), species with overlapping distributions at the freshwater transition in SFE. Grown alone at a salinity of 5, E. densa decreased fivefold in biomass relative to the freshwater treatment and decomposed within 3 weeks at higher salinities. In contrast, S. pectinata biomass accumulated greatly (similar to 4x initial) at salinities of 0 and 5, doubled at 10, and was unchanged at 15. When grown together in freshwater, S. pectinata produced 75 % less biomass than in monoculture and significantly more nodal roots (suggesting increased nutrient foraging). At a salinity of 5, a decline in E. densa performance coincided with a doubling of S. pectinata shoot density. Additional experiments on E. densa showed elevated temperature (26 and 30 A degrees C) suppressed growth especially at higher salinities (a parts per thousand yen5). We conclude that salinity strongly influences distributions of both species and that competition from E. densa may impose limits on S. pectinata abundance in the fresher reaches of SFE. With a salinity increase of 5, S. pectinata is likely to maintain its current distribution while spreading up-estuary at the expense of E. densa, especially if increased temperature also reduces E. densa biomass.
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