Resistance of salt marsh substrates to near‐instantaneous hydrodynamic forcing

H Brooks, I Möller, S Carr, C Chirol… - Earth Surface …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Salt marshes deliver vital ecosystem services by providing habitats, storing pollutants and
atmospheric carbon, and reducing flood and erosion risk in the coastal hinterland. Net …

Blue carbon benefits from global saltmarsh restoration

VG Mason, A Burden, G Epstein, LL Jupe… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Coastal saltmarshes are found globally, yet are 25%–50% reduced compared with their
historical cover. Restoration is incentivised by the promise that marshes are efficient storers …

Do you want to breach an embankment? Synthesis of the literature and practical considerations for breaching of tidally influenced causeways and dikes

TG Gerwing, MM Davies, J Clements, AM Flores… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Breaching of coastal causeways and dikes (embankments) is a common method used to
restore estuaries and marshes to a more natural state. Here, we reviewed literature …

Tidal marsh restoration optimism in a changing climate and urbanizing seascape

NJ Waltham, C Alcott, MA Barbeau, J Cebrian… - Estuaries and …, 2021 - Springer
Tidal marshes (including saltmarshes) provide remarkable value for many social (cultural,
recreational) and environmental (fish production, water quality, shoreline protection, carbon …

[HTML][HTML] Restored saltmarshes lack the topographic diversity found in natural habitat

PJ Lawrence, GR Smith, MJP Sullivan… - Ecological …, 2018 - Elsevier
Saltmarshes can be created to compensate for lost habitat by a process known as managed
realignment (MR), where sea defences are deliberately breached to flood low-lying …

Shear strength and erosion resistance of salt marsh substrates: Which method to use?

H Brooks, I Moeller, T Spencer, K Royse - Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf …, 2023 - Elsevier
Salt marshes provide a variety of ecosystem services, including habitat provision, pollutant
storage and attenuation of waves and currents. However, marsh edge, surface and interior …

Impacts of land reclamation on tidal marsh 'blue carbon'stocks

CJE Lewis, JA Baldock, B Hawke, PS Gadd… - Science of the total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Tidal marsh ecosystems are among earth's most efficient natural organic carbon (C) sinks
and provide myriad ecosystem services. However, approximately half have been 'reclaimed' …

How management interacts with environmental drivers to control greenhouse gas fluxes from Pacific Northwest coastal wetlands

MA Schultz, CN Janousek, LS Brophy, J Schmitt… - Biogeochemistry, 2023 - Springer
There is increasing interest in utilizing the high carbon sequestration capacity of wetlands as
a rationale for their restoration, but this requires careful assessment of their greenhouse gas …

Long-term effects of land-use change on water resources in urbanizing watersheds

A Talib, TO Randhir - PLoS Water, 2023 - journals.plos.org
The changes in energy balance resulting from land-use change may significantly affect the
amount and timing of water loss to the atmosphere as evapotranspiration (ET). Also, these …

Rapid carbon accumulation at a saltmarsh restored by managed realignment exceeded carbon emitted in direct site construction

HL Mossman, N Pontee, K Born, C Hill, PJ Lawrence… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Increasing attention is being paid to the carbon sequestration and storage services provided
by coastal blue carbon ecosystems such as saltmarshes. Sites restored by managed …