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German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig

Marsh

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According a new study, inter-annual variation in climate has stronger effects on predators such as spiders than populations of their detritivorous prey, such as isopods.

The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center is examining plant communities on a marsh in Maryland that is dominated by saltmeadow cordgrass (Spartina patens, in the foreground) and American bulrush (Scirpus olneyi, in the background).

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Photo: Dr. Bert G. Drake / Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC)

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