Tidal wetland stability in the face of human impacts and sea-level rise

ML Kirwan, JP Megonigal - Nature, 2013 - nature.com
Coastal populations and wetlands have been intertwined for centuries, whereby humans
both influence and depend on the extensive ecosystem services that wetlands provide …

Human‐induced salinity changes impact marine organisms and ecosystems

T Röthig, SM Trevathan‐Tackett… - Global change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change is fundamentally altering marine and coastal ecosystems on a global scale.
While the effects of ocean warming and acidification on ecology and ecosystem functions …

Future response of global coastal wetlands to sea-level rise

M Schuerch, T Spencer, S Temmerman, ML Kirwan… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
The response of coastal wetlands to sea-level rise during the twenty-first century remains
uncertain. Global-scale projections suggest that between 20 and 90 per cent (for low and …

An 'extreme'future for estuaries? Effects of extreme climatic events on estuarine water quality and ecology

MS Wetz, DW Yoskowitz - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2013 - Elsevier
Recent climate observations suggest that extreme climatic events (ECE; droughts, floods,
tropical cyclones, heat waves) have increased in frequency and/or intensity in certain world …

The impacts of mangrove range expansion on wetland ecosystem services in the southeastern United States: Current understanding, knowledge gaps, and emerging …

MJ Osland, AR Hughes, AR Armitage… - Global Change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change is transforming ecosystems and affecting ecosystem goods and services.
Along the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic coasts of the southeastern United States, the frequency …

Coastal Wetlands in the Anthropocene

J Day, E Anthony, R Costanza… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
We review the functioning and sustainability of coastal marshes and mangroves. Urbanized
humans have a 7,000-year-old enduring relationship to coastal wetlands. Wetlands include …

A keystone mutualism underpins resilience of a coastal ecosystem to drought

C Angelini, JN Griffin, J van de Koppel… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Droughts are increasing in severity and frequency, yet the mechanisms that strengthen
ecosystem resilience to this stress remain poorly understood. Here, we test whether positive …

Vegetation's importance in regulating surface elevation in a coastal salt marsh facing elevated rates of sea level rise

JJ Baustian, IA Mendelssohn… - Global Change …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Rising sea levels threaten the sustainability of coastal wetlands around the globe, thus
understanding how increased inundation alters the elevation change mechanisms in these …

Fungal biodiversity in salt marsh ecosystems

MS Calabon, EBG Jones, I Promputtha, KD Hyde - Journal of Fungi, 2021 - mdpi.com
This review brings together the research efforts on salt marsh fungi, including their
geographical distribution and host association. A total of 486 taxa associated with different …

Responses of coastal ecosystems to climate change: Insights from long-term ecological research

DC Reed, RJ Schmitt, AB Burd, DE Burkepile… - …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
abstract Coastal ecosystems play a disproportionately large role in society, and climate
change is altering their ecological structure and function, as well as their highly valued …