What's Killing the Coastal Saltmarshes of Southern New England? (IMAGE)

Brown University

What's Killing the Coastal Saltmarshes of Southern New England?

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Senior Sinead Crotty checks a cage that protects Sesarma crabs from predators. Excluding predators for a single growing season, the experiment showed, more than doubled Sesarma consumption of marsh grass, with damage above and below ground.

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Bertness Lab/Brown University

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