Hybrid Beachgrass Discovery: How Does A Newly-Discovered Beachgrass Hybrid Affect Coastal Ecosystems?

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• Personal Author:
  Drexler, Amorette ; Getter, Chuck ; Askerooth, Risa
• NOAA Program & Office:
  OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research) ; Sea Grant
• Sea Grant Program:
  ORESU (Oregon Sea Grant)
• Description:
  Invasive beachgrasses on Oregon coastal dunes produce tradeoffs: ; They build dunes that protect the coastline from climate change- ; induced extreme storms and sea level rise (positive), but these ; grasses also outcompete native species (negative). Researchers ; have discovered a hybrid beachgrass that has different traits than ; its parents and has the potential to build taller dunes, which will ; impact the ways that humans interact with beachgrasses and ; dunes. In this lesson, students will investigate how the hybrid ; differs from its parents, how that may impact ecosystem services, ; and will more broadly learn about human-environment ; interactions.
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• Keywords:
  • Beachgrass
• Format:
  PDF
• Sea Grant Document Number:
  ORESU-E-22-004
• Document Type:
  Instructional Material
• Funding:
  Grant no. NA22OAR4170102
• Place as Subject:
  Oregon ; Pacific Coast (U.S.)
• License:
  https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
• Rights Information:
  CC0 Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Submitted
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/56862/noaa_56862_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 710.12 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) ; Sea Grant Publications
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:ae30133d97e3f4b0ccb1b24675e04108595bb34ea7ed44e5fc0ade3a217aedf6