Dune Science

Ecology

The role of fungal communities in sand dunes

As we have learned in previous posts, a fungal community interacts with and influences an ecosystem in a multitude of ways such as binding soil particles or bringing nutrients to plants. To understand how our inoculums may affect restored dunes, we must investigate each property individually How much fungi is…
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Birds nesting in the dunes

Every spring, the Houston Audubon Society ropes off an area of its Bolivar Peninsula refuge high up on the beach…

If you’ve ever shone a light on the beach at night, you’ve probably seen armies of white crabs scurrying across…