Barrier island forest ecosystem: Role of meteorologic nutrient inputs
Art HW, Bormann FH, Voight GK, Woodwell GM. 1974. Barrier island forest ecosystem: Role of meteorologic nutrient inputs. Science. 184(4132):60-62
The Sunken Forest, located on Fire Island, a barrier island in the Atlantic Ocean off Long Island, New York, is an ecosystem in which most of the basic cation input is in the form of salt spray. This meteorologic input is sufficent to compenstate for the lack of certain nutrients in the highly weathered sandy soils. In other ecosystems these nutrients are generally supplied by weathering of soil particles. The compensatory effect of meteorlogic input allows for primary production rates in the Sunken Forest similar to those of inland temperate forests.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Art, Henry; Bormann, F; Voight, Garth; Woodwell, George
- Units
- FIIS
- Keywords
- atmosph salts, Maritime Forest, Meteorology, Nutrients, sunken forest, Vegetation