Our event will follow an agenda, but will be informal, so guests may arrive any time.
Salt Marshes: Where the Living Isn’t Easy
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
Date & Time
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
Time Slot(s):
2:00 pm to 3:30 pm
Description
A salt marsh may conjure up an image of a lovely sea of grasses, waving in the breeze, or the less lovely rotten-egg smell carried by those same breezes! Both are evidence of life highly adapted to stresses of marshes: tides that flood and drain them, high salinity, cyclical exposure to air at the soil surface. We will show how we measure the stressors in the marsh as well as how plants and microbes thrive there despite the challenging environment.
Special Instructions
You may need bug and sun protection, and shoes that could get a little muddy.
Weather Restrictions
We will cancel for steady rain or storms.
Host
Plum Island Ecosystems Long Term Ecological Research project
Address
Nelson Island Trail Parking Lot, Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, Stackyard Rd., Rowley, MA, 01969
Nelson Island Trail Parking Lot, Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, Stackyard Rd., Rowley, MA, 01969
DirectionsAccessibility
Accessible / Wheelchair or stroller accommodating
Parking Available
Event Category
- Nature / Science