Eutrophication and consumer control of new England salt marsh primary productivity.

@article{Bertness2008EutrophicationAC,
  title={Eutrophication and consumer control of new England salt marsh primary productivity.},
  author={Mark D. Bertness and Caitlin Mullan Crain and Christine Holdredge and Nicholas Sala},
  journal={Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology},
  year={2008},
  volume={22 1},
  pages={
          131-9
        }
}
  • M. Bertness, C. Crain, +1 author N. Sala
  • Published 1 February 2008
  • Environmental Science
  • Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology
Although primary productivity in salt marshes is thought to be controlled by physical forces, recent evidence suggests that human disturbances can drive a switch to consumer control in these ecologically valuable ecosystems. We tested the hypothesis that nitrogen enrichment can trigger consumer control in salt marshes in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, with (1) a field experiment in which we manipulated nutrient availability (with nutrient additions) and insect herbivory (with insecticide… 
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