CONTENTS 

 TABLES - Continued 



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3 Fertilizer effects on growth of plants removed from 



the nursery area at Beaufort and transplanted at 



Pine Knoll Shores 21 



4 Effect of furrow application of nitrogen and phos- 



phorus at transplanting 22 



5 Comparison of greenhouse-grown and field-grown 



transplants at Pine Knoll Shores 23 



6 Effect of transplant source and elevation on the 



development of Spartina alteimiflora in the fourth 

 growing season at Snow's Cut 28 



7 Comparison of plants from Beaufort and Oregon Inlet 



seed grown at Beaufort. Transplanted 18 April 1974 



at Pine Knoll Shores 29 



8 Effect of elevation and seeding date on aerial dry 



weight the third growing season after seeding. 



(Sampled 9 October 1974) 32 



9 Effect of spacing on growth of Spartina alteimiflora 



at Pine Knoll Shores 39 



10 Development of Spavti-na alteimifZora transplanted 19 



May 1974 along an eroding shoreline at Pine Knoll 

 Shores Golf Course 41 



11 Fresh weight of shoots and roots after a 6-week growth 



in nitrogen and aeration treatments 45 



12 Characteristics of 6-week-old Spartina altemiflora 



as affected by nitrogen source and aeration .... 48 



13 Dry weight and nutrient concentration after 14 weeks' 



growth under nonaerated conditions 49 



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14 Experiment 3. Total nitrogen and N incorporation 



into soluble and insoluble fractions after 21 hours' 



exposure to 0.5-mM ^S^Hi^Cl or K^'^NOg (98 atom % 



^^N) 55 



