Stressor effects on salt marsh plant-microbe associations

This study evaluates strategies to promote positive plant-microbe associations to aid in restoring coastal wetland ecosystems where human stressors and climate change (e.g., hurricanes, sea-level rise) challenge restoration outcomes. This research examined how salinity stressors influence plant-microbe relationships using a whole sediment inocula approach to test this hypothesis that the presence of microbes will buffer salinity stressor effects.