Salt marshes sit at the terrestrial–aquatic interface of oceans around the world. Unique
features of salt marshes that differentiate them from their upland or offshore counterparts …

Salt marsh survival with sea‐level rise (SLR) increasingly relies on soil organic carbon
(SOC) accumulation and preservation. Using a novel combination of geochemical …

Salt marsh ponds expand and deepen over time, potentially reducing ecosystem carbon
storage and resilience. The water filled volumes of ponds represent missing carbon due to …

Roots of salt marsh grasses contribute to soil building but also affect decomposition by
releasing bioavailable carbon exudates and oxygen. Disentangling exudate and oxygen …

Coastal ecosystems provide key services that benefit human wellbeing yet are undergoing
rapid degradation due to natural and anthropogenic pressures. This thesis seeks to …

We characterized five years of seasonal metabolic patterns in two tidal sloughs in Lower
South San Francisco Bay, one surrounded by a broad tidal marsh and the other connected …