Experimental addition of marine-derived nutrients affects wildflower traits in a coastal meta-ecosystem

PubMed – Royal Society Open Science
Allison M Dennert, E Elle, John D Reynolds
2023 01 25

Organismal movement can bring individuals, resources and novel interactions across ecosystem boundaries and into recipient habitats, thereby forming meta-ecosystems. For example, Pacific salmon ecosystems receive large marine-derived nitrogen subsidies during annual spawning events, which can have a wide range of effects on aquatic and terrestrial plant species and communities.