Spartina literature

Literature on Spartina in San Francisco Bay

Hybridization between Spartina foliosa and S. alterniflora:

Daehler CC and Strong DR.  1997. Hybridization between introduced smooth cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora; Poaceae) and native California cordgrass (S. foliosa) in San Francisco Bay, California, USA.  American Journal of Botany 84

Ayres DR, Garcia-Rossi D, Davis, HG, Strong DR.  1999.  Extent and degree of hybridization between exotic (Spartina alterniflora) and native (S. foliosa) cordgrass (Poaceae) in California, USA determined by random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPDs).  Molecular Ecology 8: 1179-1186.

Anttila CK, King AR, Ferris C, Ayres DR, Strong DR.  2000.  Reciprocal hybrid formation of Spartina in San Francisco Bay.  Molecular Ecology 9: 765-771.

Spread of Spartina in the Bay:

Ayres DR, Strong DR.  2002.  The Spartina invasion of San Francisco Bay.  Aquatic Nuisance Species Digest 4 (4): 37-38.

Ayres DR, Smith DL, Zaremba K, Klohr S, Strong DR.  2004.  Spread of exotic cordgrasses and hybrids (Spartina sp.) in the tidal marshes of San Francisco Bay.  Biological Invasions. 6:   221-231.

Hall RJ, Hastings A, and DR Ayres.  2006.  Explaining the explosion: modelling a hybrid invasion. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 273:  1385-1389.

Ayres, D. A., Zaremba, K., Sloop, C. M. and Strong, D. R. 2008.  Sexual reproduction of cordgrass hybrids (Spartina foliosa x alterniflora) invading tidal marshes in San Francisco Bay. Diversity and Distributions 14: 187-195.

Hall RJ and Ayres DR.  2009. What can mathematical modeling tell us about hybrid

invasions? Biological Invasions 11:1217–1224  DOI 10.1007/s10530-008-9387-y

Evolutionary consequences:

Ayres, D. R., D. R. Strong, and P. Baye. 2003. Spartina foliosa—a common

species on the road to rarity? Madron˜o 50:209–213.

Daehler CC, Antilla, CK, Ayres DR, Strong DR.  1999.  Evolution of a new ecotype of Spartina alterniflora (Poaceae) in San Francisco Bay, California, USA.  American Journal of Botany 86: 543-546.

Ayres DR, Zaremba K and DR Strong.  2004.  Extinction of a Common Native Species by Hybridization with an Invasive Congener.  Weed Technology 18:288-1291

Sloop CM, Ayres DR, Strong DR.  2009.  The rapid evolution of self-fertility in Spartina hybrids (S. alterniflora x foliosa) invading San Francisco Bay, CA.  Biological Invasions 11:1131–1144  DOI 10.1007/s10530-008-9385-0

Sloop CM, Ayres DR, and Strong DR. 2010. Spatial and temporal genetic structure in a hybrid cordgrass invasion.  Heredity. online publication 26 May 2010; doi: 10.1038/hdy.2010.63

Other Spartina hybridizations:

Strong DR and Ayres DR. “Spartina Introductions and Consequences in Salt Marshes: Arrive, Survive, Thrive, and sometimes Hybridize”. 2009. Book Chapter in  “Human Impacts on Salt Marshes”, Editors: Brian R. Silliman, Ted Grosholz, and Mark Bertness. University of California Press; pages 3-22.

Castillo JM,  Ayres DR,  Leira-Doce P,  Bailey J, Blum M,  Strong DR,  Luque T, and E. Figueroa. 2010.  The production of hybrids with high ecological amplitude between exotic Spartina densiflora and native S. maritima in the Iberian Peninsula. Diversity and Distributions 16: 547–558.

Ayres DR, Grotkopp EK, Zaremba K, Sloop CM, Blum MJ, Bailey JP, Anttila CK &. Strong DR. 2008.  Hybridization between invasive Spartina densiflora (Poaceae) and native S. foliosa in San Francisco Bay, California, USA.  American Journal of Botany 95: 713–719.

Fortune PM, Schierenbeck,K, Ayres DR, Bortolus A, Catrice O, Brown S & Ainouche M. L. 2008. The enigmatic invasive Spartina densiflora: A history of hybridizations in a polyploidy context. Molecular Ecology 17: 4304–4316

Ayres DR, Strong DR.  2001. Origin and genetic diversity of Spartina anglica C. E. Hubbard (Poaceae).  American Journal of Botany 88: 1863-1867

Biological Control of Spartina:

Wu M-Y, Hacker S, Ayres DR, Strong DR. 1999.  Potential of Prokelisia spp.  as biological control agents of English cordgrass, Spartina anglica.  Biological Control. 16: 267-273.

Garcia-Rossi D, Rank, N and Strong DR. 2003. Potential for Self-Defeating Biological Control? Variation in Herbivore Vulnerability among Invasive Spartina Genotypes.  Ecological Applications 13: 1640-1649.

Community structure and ecosystem effects of invasive cordgrass:

Grosholz, E. D., L. A. Levin, A. C. Tyler, and C. Neira. 2009. Changes in community structure and ecosystem function following Spartina alterniflora invasion of Pacific estuaries. In: B. R. Silliman, E. D. Grosholz and M. D. Bertness, eds. Human Impacts on Salt Marshes: A Global Perspective. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA.

Brusati, E. D. and E. D. Grosholz. 2008. Does invasion of hybrid cordgrass change estuarine food webs? Biological Invasions 11: 917-926.

Brusati, E. D. and E. D. Grosholz. 2007. Effect of native and invasive cordgrass on Macoma petalum density, growth, and isotopic signatures. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 71: 517-522.

Tyler, A. C., J. G. Lambrinos and E. D. Grosholz. 2007. Nitrogen inputs promote the spread of an invasive marsh grass. Ecological Applications 17: 1886–1898.

Neira C., Levin, L.A., Edwin D. Grosholz &  Guillermo Mendoza. 2007. Influence of invasive Spartina growth stages on associated macrofaunal communities. Biological Invasions. 8: 683-695.

Levin, L. A., C. Neira, and E. D. Grosholz. 2006. Invasive cordgrass modifies wetland trophic function. Ecology 87: 419–432.

Neira, C., E. D. Grosholz, L. A. Levin, and R. Blake. 2006. Mechanisms generating modification of benthos following tidal flat invasion by a Spartina hybrid. Ecological Applications 16: 1391-1404.

Diana Stralberg, Viola Toniolo, Gary W. Page and Lynne E. Stenzel. 2004. Potential Impacts of Non-Native Spartina Spread on Shorebird Populations in South San Francisco Bay.  PRBO Conservation Science, 4990 Shoreline Highway, Stinson Beach, CA 94970. Online access http://www.prbo.org/wetlands/prbo_spartina_feb04.pdf (accessed Jan 2011).