UF research improves production of sea oats essential to beach survival
Tuesday, January 5, 2010 - 17:36
in Earth & Climate
(PhysOrg.com) -- It might be easy for the casual beachgoer to write off sea oats as mere weeds. However, the lanky grass holds the soil of beach dunes, making it a keystone of the natural barrier between land and water?and University of Florida researchers are using cutting-edge techniques to keep that barrier in place.