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The Use of Dredged Sediments as a Soil Amendment for Improving Plant Responses in Prairie Restorations

Maureen E. Roddy, William E. Viney, Corry T. Platt and View ORCID ProfileMegan A. Rúa
Ecological Restoration, June 2023, 41 (2-3) 70-74; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/er.41.2-3.70
Maureen E. Roddy
Wright State University, Department of Biological Sciences, Dayton, OH, USA
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William E. Viney
Wright State University, Department of Biological Sciences, Dayton, OH, USA
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Corry T. Platt
Geosyntec Consultants, Raleigh, NC, USA
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Megan A. Rúa
Department of Biological Sciences, Wright State University, 3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy, Dayton, OH, 45435, USA,
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    Box and whisker plots for A) average number of species present in pots planted with a prairie restoration mix when grown on varying ratios of agricultural soil to dredged sediments across time and B) number of species per pot by sampling time. Individual points represent raw data for individual pots with bars representing 95% confidence intervals and smaller points outliers. Points are jittered to avoid overlap.

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    Box and whisker plots for A) total biomass, B) belowground biomass and C) aboveground biomass of plant material in pots planted with a prairie restoration mix over time when grown on varying agricultural soil:dredged sediment ratios. Points represent raw data for individual pots and are jittered to avoid overlapping. Bars represent 95% confidence intervals and smaller points reflect outliers.

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    Percent of pots with each species from the prairie mix. Pots had varying agricultural soil:dredged sediment ratios. Values shown are percentages (%).

    Plant Species100:070:3050:5030:700:100
    Ambrosia spp. (ragweed)    0    0  20    0    0
    Asclepias syriaca (common milkweed)    0  20  20    0  20
    Brassica spp. (mustard)  20    0    0  20    0
    Chamaecrista fasciculata (partridge pea)  60  60  80100  60
    Coreopsis tinctoria (plains coreopsis)    0    0  40  20  40
    Helianthus maximiliani (Maximillian’s sunflower)    0    0  40  20    0
    Trifolim repens (clover)100100100100100
    Secale cereale (rye)    0    0    0    0  40
    Schizachyrium scoparium (little bluestem)100100100100100
    Solidago rugosa (wrinkleleaf goldenrod)    0    0  20    0    0
    Symphyotrichum leave (smooth blue aster)  20    0  60  20  20
    Unknown spp.    0  20    0    0    0
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Maureen E. Roddy, William E. Viney, Corry T. Platt, Megan A. Rúa
Ecological Restoration Jun 2023, 41 (2-3) 70-74; DOI: 10.3368/er.41.2-3.70

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