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 TABLES - Continued 



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15 Experiment 3. Composition of ammonium- grown plants 



5 days after transfer to a nitrogen- free solution 



and after a subsequent 21 hours' exposure to 0.5- 



mM NH4CI or KNO3 57 



16 Experiment 5. Growth of shoots and roots in 17 days 



as influenced by nitrogen source and aeration. 

 Plants were grown for 6 weeks with ammonium and 

 without aeration, at which time shoot and root fresh 

 weight averaged 3.21 and 1.04 grams per plant ... 59 



17 Effect of the fourth year of fertilizer on growth of 



Spartina altemiflora at Ocracoke. Plots 4 by 25 

 feet three replications. (Harvested 19 September 

 1974) , 64 



18 Third-year effect of nitrogen and phosphorus fertili- 



zers on the short form of Spartina aZtemifZopa 



at Oak Island (30 September 1974), Plots 4 by 



50 feet, three replications 65 



19 Third-year effect of nitrogen and phosphorus ferti- 



lizers on the tall form of Spartina altemiflora 



at Oak Island (30 September 1974) . Plots 4 by 



25 feet, three replications 67 



20 Effect of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizers in 



second-year growth on seeded Spartina altemiflora 



at South Island (Drum Inlet) . Plot size 4 by 25 



feet, three replications. (Seeded 18 April 1973, 



sampled 25 September 1974) 68 . 



FIGURES 



1 Views of Pine Knoll Shores 12 



2 Unpruned transplants planted 17 April 1974 (photo 



taken 4 April 1975) 17 



3 Culms with rhizomes attached planted 17 April 1974 



(photo taken 4 April 1975) 18 



4 Rhizomes without culms planted 17 April 1974 (photo 



taken 4 April 1975) 19 



