Collaborative Research: TIDE: Legacy effects of long-term nutrient enrichment on recovery of saltmarsh ecosystems

合作研究：潮汐：长期营养富集对盐沼生态系统恢复的遗留影响

• 批准号: 1902704
• 负责人: James Nelson
• 金额: $ 10万
• 依托单位: University of Louisiana at Lafayette
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-05-01 至 2023-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1902704&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; TIDE; Legacy; effects

Coastal nutrient enrichment has resulted in saltmarshes being one of the most endangered ecosystems in the world. This over enrichment has compromised the ability of saltmarshes to provide key ecosystem services such as buffering coastal cities from storms, providing habitat for fish and shellfish, and mitigating climate impacts by storing carbon. The U.S. is investing millions of dollars to reduce nitrogen to coastal regions and embarking on large-scale saltmarsh restoration costing millions to billions of dollars to restore lost ecosystem services. Currently, it is unknown how quickly or if ecosystem services will return after nutrient inputs are cut. This research will provide insight into nitrogen pollution as a cause of marsh loss and the potential for ecosystem recovery with management strategies. There are several education efforts associated with this project that will train students. The project enhances education by developing high school curriculum on "Research and Resiliency: Investigating the Local Effects of Global Changes" in collaboration with the Massachusetts Audubon Society. A program for mid-career journalists about environmental science will also be developed. This project will facilitate sustainability and provide a science-based foundation for state and federal nutrient standards. This project will address how the effects of historical nutrient over enrichment influences the ability of marshes to recover their ability to provide ecosystem services. The project will use a combination of whole-ecosystem experimental manipulations, field measurements of key species, assays of genetic change, nutrient and carbon cycle processes, and food-web structure in six experimental sites to determine recovery trajectories. Researchers will measure changes in the decomposer community genetic diversity and activity by sequence amplicons of functional genes responsible for encoding key enzymes in the nitrogen cycling processes. The project will measure plant traits and genotypic diversity. The recovery of carbon and nitrogen cycling will be determined from marsh geomorphology, habitat-specific denitrification rates, nitrogen exchange with the open bay, and decomposition. Measuring the species diversity, abundance and productivity and stable isotope of invertebrates and fish will assess food web recovery.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

沿海营养丰富导致盐沼成为世界上最濒危的生态系统之一。这种过度富集损害了盐沼提供关键生态系统服务的能力，例如缓冲沿海城市免受风暴的影响、为鱼类和贝类提供栖息地以及通过储存碳来减轻气候影响。美国正在投资数百万美元来减少沿海地区的氮，并开始大规模的盐沼恢复，耗资数百万至数十亿美元来恢复失去的生态系统服务。目前，尚不清楚养分投入减少后生态系统服务会以多快的速度或是否会恢复。这项研究将深入了解氮污染作为沼泽损失的原因以及通过管理策略恢复生态系统的潜力。与该项目相关的多项教育工作将培训学生。该项目通过与马萨诸塞州奥杜邦协会合作开发“研究与复原力：调查全球变化对当地的影响”的高中课程来加强教育。还将为处于职业生涯中期的记者制定有关环境科学的计划。该项目将促进可持续性，并为州和联邦营养标准提供科学基础。该项目将解决历史养分过度富集的影响如何影响沼泽恢复提供生态系统服务的能力。该项目将结合整个生态系统实验操作、关键物种的实地测量、遗传变化分析、营养和碳循环过程以及六个实验地点的食物网结构来确定恢复轨迹。研究人员将通过负责编码氮循环过程中关键酶的功能基因的序列扩增子来测量分解者群落遗传多样性和活性的变化。该项目将测量植物性状和基因型多样性。碳和氮循环的恢复将根据沼泽地貌、栖息地特定的反硝化率、与开放海湾的氮交换和分解来确定。测量无脊椎动物和鱼类的物种多样性、丰度和生产力以及稳定同位素将评估食物网的恢复。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

项目成果

Not All Nitrogen Is Created Equal: Differential Effects of Nitrate and Ammonium Enrichment in Coastal Wetlands

并非所有氮都是一样的：沿海湿地硝酸盐和铵富集的不同影响

• DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biaa140
• 发表时间: 2020-12
• 期刊: BioScience
• 影响因子: 10.1
• 作者: Bowen, Jennifer L;Giblin, Anne E;Murphy, Anna E;Bulseco, Ashley N;Deegan, Linda A;Johnson, David S;Nelson, James A;Mozdzer, Thomas J;Sullivan, Hillary L
• 通讯作者: Sullivan, Hillary L

Habitat decoupling via saltmarsh creek geomorphology alters connection between spatially- coupled food webs

通过盐沼溪地貌的栖息地脱钩改变了空间耦合食物网之间的联系

• DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2020.106825
• 发表时间: 2021-07
• 期刊: Food webs
• 影响因子: 1.7
• 作者: Lesser, J. S.;Floyd O.;Fedors K.;Deegan L. A.;Johnson, D. S.;Nelson, J. A.
• 通讯作者: Nelson, J. A.

Fisheries rely on threatened salt marshes

渔业依赖受威胁的盐沼

• DOI: 10.1126/science.abe9332
• 发表时间: 2020-11
• 期刊: Science
• 影响因子: 56.9
• 作者: Baker, Ronald;Taylor, Matthew D.;Able, Kenneth W.;Beck, Michael W.;Cebrian, Just;Colombano, Denise D.;Connolly, Rod M.;Currin, Carolyn;Deegan, Linda A.;Feller, Ilka C.;et al
• 通讯作者: et al

Resolving Estuarine Nitrogen Use by Phytoplankton Communities Using a Whole Ecosystem Tracer Approach

使用整个生态系统示踪方法解决河口浮游植物群落的氮利用问题

• DOI: 10.1007/s12237-021-00905-6
• 发表时间: 2021-02
• 期刊: Estuaries and Coasts
• 影响因子: 2.7
• 作者: Babitch, Jaylyn W.;Nelson, James A.;Deegan, Linda A.;Sullivan, Hillary;Stauffer, Beth A.
• 通讯作者: Stauffer, Beth A.

Geographic Variation in Salt Marsh Structure and Function for Nekton: a Guide to Finding Commonality Across Multiple Scales

Nekton 盐沼结构和功能的地理变化：跨尺度寻找共性的指南

• DOI: 10.1007/s12237-020-00894-y
• 发表时间: 2021-01
• 期刊: Estuaries and Coasts
• 影响因子: 2.7
• 作者: Ziegler, Shelby L.;Baker, Ronald;Crosby, Sarah C.;Colombano, Denise D.;Barbeau, Myriam A.;Cebrian, Just;Connolly, Rod M.;Deegan, Linda A.;Gilby, Ben L.;Mallick, Debbrota;et al
• 通讯作者: et al