Prioritizing management of the invasive grass Common Reed (Phragmites australis) in Great Salt Lake wetlands

by Samantha Tank | Jul 27, 2017 | Blog, Current Research

A. Lexine Long, Karin M. Kettenring, and Richard Toth Invasive Plant Science and Management, 10(2), 155-165. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/inp.2017.20 Abstract Nonnative invasive species are one of the biggest threats to biodiversity worldwide. In many cases the extent... Continue Reading

Filed under: Invasive Plant Science and Management invasive species control species distribution

Demographic and macro-morphological evidence for common reed dieback in central Italy

by Samantha Tank | Jul 26, 2017 | Blog, Current Research

Lorenzo Lastrucci, Lorenzo Lazzaro, Andrea Coppi, Bruno Foggi, Francesco Ferranti, Roberto Venanzoni Plant Ecology and Diversity DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17550874.2017.1351499 | Published online: 26 July 2017 Abstract Background: Phragmites australis dieback... Continue Reading

Filed under: clumping macro-morphological traits Mediterranean basin permanent flooding Phragmites australis wetlands

Management of invasive Phragmites australis in the Adirondacks: a cautionary tale about prospects of eradication

by Samantha Tank | Jul 17, 2017 | Blog, Current Research

Brendan Quirion, Zachary. Simek, Andrea Dávalos, Bernd Blossey Biological Invasions DOI: 10.1007/s10530-017-1513-2 | Published online: 17 July 2017 Abstract Invasive plant management (largely mechanical and chemical) consumes an ever-increasing portion of budgets for... Continue Reading

Filed under: Adirondacks Eradication herbicide Invasive species Management Phragmites australis

The response of Phragmites to fluctuating subsurface water levels in constructed stormwater management systems

by Samantha Tank | Jul 14, 2017 | Blog, Current Research

Hans Martin Hanslin, Trond Maehlum, Arne Saebo Ecological Engineering DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2017.06.019 | Published online: 14 July 2017 Abstract Area-efficient constructed systems for stormwater management and bioretention may involve large... Continue Reading

Filed under: Biomass allocation Fluctuating watertable Rooting depth Wetland vegetation

Claviceps arundinis identification and its role in the die-back syndrome of Phragmites australispopulations in central Italy

by Samantha Tank | Jul 13, 2017 | Blog, Current Research

M. Cerri, L. Reale, C. Moretti, R. Buonaurio, A. Coppi, V. Ferri et al. Plant Biosystems DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/11263504.2017.1347111 | Published online: 13 July 2017 Abstract Common reed Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud. is one of the most widely... Continue Reading

Filed under: Alkaloid Claviceps common reed die-back sclerotia seed

Can nutrient enrichment influence the invasion of Phragmites australis?

by Samantha Tank | Jun 30, 2017 | Blog, Current Research

Uddin and Robinson 2017. Can nutrient enrichment influence the invasion of Phragmites australis? Science of the Total Environment, forthcoming issue.  Abstract Plant invasion and nutrient enrichment because of anthropogenic landscape modifications seriously threaten... Continue Reading

Filed under: Biodiversity Ecosystems Nutrient enrichment Phragmites australis Plant invasion Wetland

The Impacts of Above- and Belowground Plant Input on Soil Microbiota: Invasive Spartina alterniflora Versus Native Phragmites australis

by Samantha Tank | Jun 20, 2017 | Current Research

Zhang, P., Neher, D.A., Li, B. et al. Ecosystems (2017). doi:10.1007/s10021-017-0162-8 Pei Zhang Deborah A. Neher Bo Li Jihua Wu Invasive plants affect soil food webs through various resource inputs including shoot litter, root litter and living root input. The net... Continue Reading

Filed under: aboveground–belowground interactions exotic plants litter input living root input microbial PLFAs nematodes saltmarsh

Disease protection and allelopathic interactions of seed-transmitted endophytic pseudomonads of invasive reed grass (Phragmites australis)

by Samantha Tank | Jan 7, 2017 | Blog, Current Research

James F. White Kathryn I. Kingsley Kurt P. Kowalski Ivelisse Irizarry April Micci Marcos A. Soares Marshall S. Bergen Plant and Soil (forthcoming issue) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-016-3169-6 | Published online January 7, 2017 Abstract Background and aims... Continue Reading

Filed under: Bioherbicide Ecosystem engineering Microbiome Phragmites Pseudomonas Reactive oxygen Rhizophagy Symbiosis

Enhancement of surface flow constructed wetlands performance at low temperature through seasonal plant collocation

by boxcar-admin | Nov 8, 2016 | Current Research

Available online Nov 4, 2016Jian Zhanga, , ,Haimeng Suna,Wengang Wangb,Zhen Hua,Xiaole Yina,Huu Hao Ngoc,Wenshan Guoc,Jinlin FandAbstractIn the present study, a novel seasonal plant collocation system (SPCS), specificially the Potamogeton crispus and Phragmites... Continue Reading

Filed under: Constructed wetlands; Nutrient removal; Low temperature; Seasonal plant collection

Methanogenic activity of accumulated solids and gas emissions from planted and unplanted shallow horizontal subsurface flow constructed wetlands

by boxcar-admin | Nov 8, 2016 | Current Research

Ecological Engineering Available online Nov 3, 2016 T. Carballeiraa, b, I. Ruizb, M. Sotob, Abstract Anaerobic processes play an important role in horizontal subsurface flow (HSSF) constructed wetlands (CW) and methane generation contributes to overall greenhouse gas... Continue Reading

Filed under: Subsurface flow; Constructed wetlands; Wetland depth; Plant species; Methane; Carbon dioxide; Greenhouse gases