Freshwater plant responses to saltwater pulses
Freshwater plant responses to saltwater pulses
Dr.
Steven
C.
Pennings
University of Houston
Department of Biology and Biochemistry
University of Houston
Houston
Texas
77204-5513
USA
scpennin@central.uh.edu
https://uh.edu/nsm/biology-biochemistry/people/profiles/steven-pennings/
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4757-7125
Georgia Coastal Ecosystems LTER Project
Dept. of Marine Sciences
University of Georgia
Athens
Georgia
30602-3636
USA
gcelter@uga.edu
https://gce-lter.marsci.uga.edu/
Dr.
Steven
C.
Pennings
University of Houston
Department of Biology and Biochemistry
University of Houston
Houston
Texas
77204-5513
USA
scpennin@central.uh.edu
https://uh.edu/nsm/biology-biochemistry/people/profiles/steven-pennings/
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4757-7125
Principal investigator
Fan
Li
University of Houston
Department of Biology and Biochemistry
369 Science and Research Bldg 2
University of Houston
Houston
Texas
77204-5001
USA
lifan.uh@gmail.com
Co-investigator
2026
Project Goals
The goal is to understand how communities of tidal freshwater plants respond to pulses of brackish water. Plants will be collected from the vicinity of the Saltex project and grown in mesocosms at UGAMI, and subjected to pulses of saline water (3 levels) for varying durations. Plants will be collected under the UGAMI permit.
Associated GCE LTER research questions
Area 3: Responses to Salinity and Inundation (more information)
marsh
biomass
LTER
NSF
GCE
plants
Zizaniopsis
botany
plant ecology
Overall geographic extent of the research project
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31.401403
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2014-04-01
estuary marsh complex
Altamaha River - Altamaha River transect used for GCE quarterly hydrographic monitoring surveys. Nominal profiling stations are defined every 2km from -4km to 40km (relative to station 0km at the line of demarcation), based on an estimated Thalweg line running up the main river channel.
-81.582311
-81.237936
31.401403
31.296034
UGA Marine Institute - The University of Georgia Marine Institute is located on the southern end of Sapelo Island, a barrier island off the central Georgia coast.
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31.398877
31.395295
Map (Google Earth KML/KMZ or map image)
https://gce-lter.marsci.uga.edu/private/registration/files/Maps/GCE-55-2014_Maps_GCE-55-2014_sampling.kml
Project Location
Collections: vicinity of saltex (creek upstream from saltex). 31°20'24.22"N, 81°28'6.50"W
Experiment: UGAMI mesocosms.
Plant and Animal Collection
Tidal freshwater plants (6-8 species) will be collected under the UGAMI permit.