2026-05-30T12:17:14Zhttps://repository.lib.bcit.ca/oai/requestoai:repository.lib.bcit.ca:node-15462025-05-15T16:53:39Znode:28oai_pmh:all_repository_itemsInvestigating the effect of salinity, elevation, redox potential, and geese herbivory on planting success in a Pacific Northwest salt marsh
The MacKay Creek Estuary, is a severely altered estuarine ecosystem located within an active international port in Vancouver, British Columbia. Several elevated salt marsh terraces were constructed as part of a larger restoration project within the MacKay Creek Estuary. Site visits conducted in 2018 revealed 75% of the terrace surface area failed to establish salt marsh vegetation. Significant difference in soil pore-water salinity, oxidation reduction (redox) potential and tidal elevation were found between vegetated and unvegetated portions of the terraces. Additionally, exclusion from Canada Geese (Branta canadensis) herbivory increased total percent cover and colonization of the adjacent unvegetated area. The combination of soil parameters and herbivory, as well as potential interactions between factors may be responsible for the lack of vegetation progression within the constructed salt marsh terraces at MacKay Creek Estuary.
2019-04-12
English
Fiddler, Derek
Ashley, Ken
Ransome, Douglas
Joy, Ruth
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British Columbia Institute of Technology School of Construction and the Environment
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British Columbia Institute of Technology
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Tidal marshes
Fraser River
Restoration ecology