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Seasonal Temperature Distributions and Variations in Salt Marshes: Field Investigation and Numerical Simulation

Water Resources Research
Soil temperature regulates biogeochemical processes and is a key environmental factor affecting salt marsh ecosystems. Previous studies on soil temperature and heat transport in intertidal marshes predominantly focused on short‐term changes, leaving ...
Xiayang Yu, Xinghua Xu, Lucheng Zhan, Haifeng Cheng, Pei Xin   +4 more
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A high-resolution methodology for mapping and predicting salt marsh dynamics: integrating LiDAR data and spatiotemporal varying tidal datums

Ecological Informatics
Accurate assessment of salt marsh dynamics is crucial to reverse their widespread decline. Previous modelling studies investigated the resilience to mean sea level rise, ignoring the tidal dynamics observed in many estuaries.
Carina Lurdes Lopes, João Miguel Dias
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Windows of opportunity for salt marsh establishment: the importance for salt marsh restoration in the Yangtze Estuary

Ecosphere, 2020
Restoration has been promoted as an important strategy to reverse the decline of salt marsh ecosystems. Physical and biological processes limiting the colonization of bare tidal flats by pioneer salt marsh species are commonly recognized.
Lin Yuan, Ya‐Hui Chen, Heng Wang, Hao‐Bing Cao, Zhi‐Yuan Zhao, Chen‐Dong Tang, Li‐Quan Zhang   +6 more
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Ecosystem engineers and functional dominance: when species loss matters for ecosystem function

Oikos, EarlyView.
Understanding when and why species loss affects community function in natural communities remains an open question in ecology. Recent cross‐system analyses have shown that functional dominance is associated with whether species loss matters: in communities dominated by few high‐performing species, lost species contribute little to function.
Gianluca Sarà, Yun‐wei Dong, Maria Cristina Mangano   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Data presented in the paper "Quantifying bed level change at the transition of tidal flat and salt marsh: can we understand the lateral location of the marsh edge?"

, 2018
Bed level dynamics at the interface of the salt marsh and tidal flat have been highlighted as a key factor connecting the long-term bio-geomorphological development of the marsh to large-scale physical forcing.
Borsje, B.W. (Bas), Oteman, B. (Bas), van der Wal, D. (Daphne), Möller, I. (Iris), Willemsen, P. (Pim), Bouma, T.J. (Tjeerd), Evans, B. (Ben), Hulscher, S.J.M.H. (Suzanne), Zhu, Z. (Zhenchang)   +8 more
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Assessing the Impacts of Tidal Creeks on the Spatial Patterns of Coastal Salt Marsh Vegetation and Its Aboveground Biomass

Remote Sensing, 2022
The spatial distribution patterns of salt marsh plant communities and their biomass provide useful information for monitoring the stability and productivity of coastal salt marsh ecosystems in space and time.
Ya-Nan Tang, Jun Ma, Jing-Xian Xu, Wan-Ben Wu, Yuan-Chen Wang, Hai-Qiang Guo   +5 more
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Tourism as a Catalyst for Blue Carbon Restoration and Conservation: Pathways, Gaps, and Opportunities

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Tourism is a major driver of coastal economies worldwide, yet it is also a growing source of pressure on blue carbon ecosystems (BCEs) such as mangroves, seagrasses, and salt marshes. Nowadays, tourism‐led conservation/restoration is increasingly promoted under the banner of regenerative tourism, but how these projects are motivated ...
Ahalya Suresh, Enayat A. Moallemi, Melissa Wartman, A. Rifaee Rasheed, Phebe I. Rowland, Peter I. Macreadie   +5 more
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Edges of opportunity: tidal creek edge processes drive pioneer marsh vegetation establishment

Frontiers in Marine Science
Tidal marshes provide many critical ecosystem services, yet extensive losses have occurred due to human land use change. This has created a demand for tidal marsh restoration.
Sarah Hautekiet, Gregory S. Fivash, Lauren Van Nimmen, Ken Schoutens, Jim van Belzen, Jim van Belzen, Oberon Geunens, Wim Mertens, Bart Vandevoorde, Maarten G. Kleinhans, Stijn Temmerman   +10 more
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Invertebrate communities of Bay of Fundy salt marsh pools: comparison of a natural and recovering marsh

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023
Disturbed salt marshes may recover with little additional management once tidal inundation is restored. We assessed the success of such recovery by comparing the invertebrate biota of Bay of Fundy salt marsh pools in a reference site at Dipper Harbour to
Paula E. Noel, Bidhya Sharma, Gail L. Chmura   +2 more
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Factors influencing wintering turfgrass field use in Atlantic brant

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Atlantic brant Branta bernicla hrota increasingly use turfgrass fields, such as baseball fields and golf courses, throughout their wintering range. Most studies have focused on their primary food source, submerged aquatic vegetation, while studies of other goose species worldwide have examined field use in different contexts, including agricultural ...
David J. Weber, Christopher K. Williams, Theodore C. Nichols, Joshua C. Stiller   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source