#marshlife – Page 2

How important are cross ecosystem interactions in a marsh?

Post author:Marc Hensel
Post published:July 6, 2015
Post category:#marshlife Birds Green Crabs Predation Sesarma
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Because of their location on the border of terrestrial and marine ecosystems, marshes act as sponges for runoff, are a factory that churns out millions of juvenile fish, crabs and…

Purple Marsh Crab Grazing…during the day…at high tide!

Post author:Marc Hensel
Post published:May 28, 2015
Post category:#marshlife Herbivory High Tide Science Sesarma
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Well I have never seen this before... This video features the purple marsh crab, Sesarma reticulatum. This crab is a well known marsh herbivore (actually omnivore!) that feeds on aboveground…

Workin on my night marsh

Post author:Marc Hensel
Post published:May 20, 2015
Post category:#marshlife Herbivory Sesarma
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Look who I found eating some grass out at Folgers Marsh outside UMass Boston's Field Station on Nantucket! Thats right, your friendly neighborhood purple marsh crab. Some…

The Frozen Marsh: a story about insulation

Post author:Marc Hensel
Post published:February 24, 2015
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All of New England is covered in a thick layer of ice and snow at the moment. And that makes it a perfect time to see what is going on…

Changes in Latitude, Changes in Snow Marsh Attitude

Post author:jebyrnes
Post published:February 24, 2015
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The pictures we posted of Squantum Marsh (and more on that soon) were pretty dramatic. But it is not that way everywhere. Down further south, in Nantucket, while snows have…

The Marsh in Winter

Post author:jebyrnes
Post published:February 17, 2015
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Well, now that we've had the Snowpocalypse here in Boston, this is Squantum marshes - BEFORE last weekend's extra 8". What is going on under all of that snow and ice?…