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Science 11 November 1977:
Vol. 198. no. 4317, pp. 612 - 614
DOI: 10.1126/science.198.4317.612
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Salt-Marsh Plant Geratology

MICHAEL A. HARDISKY 1 and ROBERT J. REIMOLD 1

1 University of Georgia, Marine Extension Service, Brunswick 31520

Measurement of individual culms of several salt-marsh plants demonstrates seasonal community change in terms of height increments and live and dead leaves. Tissue production and its ultimate transition from live to dead components and culm mortality all suggest a continuum of geratologic processes contributing to the estuarine ecosystem.

Submitted on April 25, 1977
Revised on June 22, 1977

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