Applying cumulative effects to strategically advance large‐scale ecosystem restoration

HL Diefenderfer, GD Steyer, MC Harwell… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
International efforts to restore degraded ecosystems will continue to expand over the coming
decades, yet the factors contributing to the effectiveness of long‐term restoration across …

Quantitative distinction of the relative actions of climate change and human activities on vegetation evolution in the Yellow River Basin of China during 1981–2019

Y Liu, B Guo, M Lu, W Zang, T Yu, D Chen - Journal of Arid Land, 2023 - Springer
Under the combined influence of climate change and human activities, vegetation
ecosystem has undergone profound changes. It can be seen that there are obvious …

Temporal variability in the relative strength of external drivers controlling ecosystem succession in a coastal wetland near Bayou Lafourche, southeast Louisiana, USA

J Ryu, K Liu, TA McCloskey - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
The coastal wetlands of Louisiana are extremely dynamic due to their location on the edge
of the continent, the heavy but spatially and temporally variable influence of the discharge of …

[PDF][PDF] The effects of intra-annual variability of river discharge on the spatio-temporal dynamics of saltmarsh vegetation at river mouth bar: Insights from an …

S Zheng, W Gao, D Shao, W Nardin, C Gualtieri… - J. Environ …, 2023 - researchgate.net
Natural or human-induced intra-annual variation of river discharge alters estuarine
hydrological regimes and further affects habitat conditions for saltmarsh vegetation …

Multidecadal biogeomorphic dynamics of a deltaic mangrove forest in Costa Rica

JF Acuña-Piedra, A Quesada-Román - Ocean & Coastal Management, 2021 - Elsevier
Térraba-Sierpe National Wetland (TSNW) is the largest wetland in Costa Rica located in the
southeastern part of the country. The protected area comprises the Térraba-Sierpe delta …

Leveraging the historical Landsat catalog for a remote sensing model of wetland accretion in coastal Louisiana

DJ Jensen, KC Cavanaugh… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
A wetland's ability to vertically accrete—capturing sediment and biological matter for soil
accumulation—is key for maintaining elevation to counter soil subsidence and sea level rise …

Using normalize difference vegetation index to infer wetlands salinity and organic contribution to vertical accretion rates

L Cortese, DJ Jensen, M Simard… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Vegetation is a key component controlling soil accretion in coastal wetlands through
production of belowground organic matter and enhanced deposition of mineral sediments …

Deltaic floodplain wetland vegetation dynamics along the sediment surface elevation gradient and in response to disturbance from river flooding and hurricanes in …

AE Bevington, RR Twilley, CE Sasser - Geomorphology, 2022 - Elsevier
Herbaceous wetland vegetation species percent cover data collected over five growing
seasons (2007–2011) was used to define unique species assemblages along the elevation …

Aboveground biomass distributions and vegetation composition changes in Louisiana's Wax Lake Delta

D Jensen, KC Cavanaugh, M Simard… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Wax Lake Delta (WLD) is an actively prograding delta in the Mississippi River
Delta Plain that is otherwise experiencing widespread degradation and submergence of its …

Simulating hydrological connectivity and water age within a coastal deltaic floodplain of the Mississippi River Delta

A Christensen, RR Twilley, CS Willson… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Located at the mouth of large rivers, coastal deltaic floodplains are important ecosystems for
trapping sediment and removing excess nitrogen introduced to the river through agricultural …