Salt marshes cover much of the state of ... alterniflora is predominated by sulfur-oxidizing and sulfate-reducing bacteria in Georgia saltmarshes, U.S." is published in Microbiome.

The native species, the purple marsh crab, feeds on cordgrass. In recent years, overfishing has depleted the crab’s predators. As purple marsh crab populations have soared, they’ve eaten increasing ...

Those bacteria, however, do not like salt, so salt marshes produce less methane. Quantifying Elkhorn Slough’s carbon storage is a complicated process. J.J. Jabuka, a graduate student in Paytan ...

Her current research focus is on the ecology of microorganisms that mediate critical steps in the nitrogen cycle in estuaries and salt marshes. Nitrogen is key ... Molecular Ecology and Microbiology.

The North Carolina Coastal Federation is partnering with two private firms to build a one-acre salt marsh to serve as a "donor marsh" for scarce native salt marsh plants coastal restoration projects.

Pluff mud, unique to tidal salt marshes, may not be immediately appealing ... This unique aroma is caused by anaerobic bacteria that decompose the organic material in the mud.