CONTENTS 



Page 



CONVERSION FACTORS, U.S. CUSTOMARY TO METRIC (SI). . . 9 



I INTRODUCTION- 11 



II PROCEDURE 11 



1. Experimental Sites 11 



2. Measurements 13 



3. Laboratory Studies 14 



III PROPAGATION 15 



1. Pruning 15 



2. Pretransplanting Treatment 20 



3. Fertilization at Transplanting 20 



4. Greenhouse Versus Field-Grown Transplants 20 



5. Sources of Variability at Pine Knoll Shores. ... 24 



6. Source of Plants 24 



7. Date and Elevation of Seeding 31 



8. Seeding Experiments at Pine Knoll Shores 31 



IV SHORELINE PROTECTION 31 



1. Sediment Trapping 31 



2. Plant Spacing 38 



3. Pine Knoll Shores Golf Course 38 



V MINERAL NUTRITION 42 



1 . Laboratory Studies 42 



2. Field Studies 60 



VI MARSH DEVELOPMENT 66 



VII PLANTING SPECIFICATIONS FOR SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA. . . 69 



1. Transplanting 69 



2. Seeding 70 



VIII SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 71 



LITERATURE CITED 72 



TABLES 



1 Nutrient solutions employed for nitrogen source and 



aeration experiments with Spartina aZternifZora . . 14 



2 Effect of pruning on growth of transplants planted 



17 April 1974 at Pine Knoll Shores (plot size 9 



by 50 feet, three replications) . 16 



