Salt Marshes: Function, Dynamics, and Stresses

doi:10.1017/9781316888933

Salt marshes are highly dynamic and important ecosystems that dampen impacts of coastal storms and are an integral part of tidal wetland systems, which sequester half of all global marine carbon. They are now being threatened due to sea-level rise, decreased sediment influx, and human encroachment. This book provides a comprehensive review of the latest salt marsh science, investigating their functions and how they are responding to stresses through formation of salt pannes and pools, headward erosion of tidal creeks, marsh-edge erosion, ice-fracturing, and ice-rafted sedimentation. Written by experts in marsh ecology, coastal geomorphology, wetland biology, estuarine hydrodynamics, and coastal sedimentation, it provides a multidisciplinary summary of recent advancements in our knowledge of salt marshes. The future of wetlands and potential deterioration of salt marshes is also considered, providing a go-to reference for graduate students and researchers studying these coastal systems, as well as marsh managers and restoration scientists.

‘The numerous contributing authors provide important insights that would be useful for decision-making needed by towns and cities facing changes in their shorelines … Recommended. Graduate students, faculty, and professionals.’

F. W. Yow Source: Choice

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Salt Marshes
pp i-ii
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Salt Marshes - Title page
pp iii-iii
Function, Dynamics, and Stresses
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Copyright page
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Contents
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Contributors
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Acknowledgments
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1 - State of Salt Marshes
pp 1-6
- By Duncan M. FitzGerald, Zoe J. Hughes
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Part I - Marsh Function
pp 7-154
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2 - Salt Marsh Distribution, Vegetation, and Evolution
pp 9-30
- By Daniel F. Belknap, Joseph T. Kelley
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3 - Salt Marsh Formation
pp 31-52
- By Antonio B. Rodriguez, Brent A. McKee
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4 - Salt Marsh Hydrodynamics
pp 53-81
- By Andrea D’Alpaos, Alvise Finotello, Guillaume C. H. Goodwin, Simon M. Mudd
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5 - Community Ecology of Salt Marshes
pp 82-112
- By Steven C. Pennings, Qiang He
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6 - The Role of Marshes in Coastal Nutrient Dynamics and Loss
pp 113-154
- By Anne E. Giblin, Robinson W. Fulweiler, Charles S. Hopkinson
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Part II - Marsh Dynamics
pp 155-334
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7 - Marsh Equilibrium Theory
pp 157-177
Implications for Responses to Rising Sea Level
- By James T. Morris, Donald R. Cahoon, John C. Callaway, Christopher Craft, Scott C. Neubauer, Nathaniel B. Weston
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8 - Salt Marsh Ecogeomorphic Processes and Dynamics
pp 178-224
- By Carol A. Wilson, Gerardo M. E. Perillo, Zoe J. Hughes
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9 - Salt Marsh Sediments as Recorders of Holocene Relative Sea-Level Change
pp 225-256
- By W. Roland Gehrels, Andrew C. Kemp
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10 - Storm Processes and Salt Marsh Dynamics
pp 257-277
- By Katherine A. Castagno, Jeffrey P. Donnelly, Jonathan D. Woodruff
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11 - Understanding Marsh Dynamics
pp 278-299
Modeling Approaches
- By Sergio Fagherazzi, William Kearney, Giulio Mariotti, Nicoletta Leonardi, William Nardin
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12 - Understanding Marsh Dynamics
pp 300-334
Laboratory Approaches
- By Charlie E. L. Thompson, Sarah Farron, James Tempest, Iris Möller, Martin Solan, Jasmin Godbold
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Part III - Marsh Response to Stress
pp 335-481
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13 - Climatic Impacts on Salt Marsh Vegetation
pp 337-366
- By Katrina L. Poppe, John M. Rybczyk
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14 - Impacts of Exotic and Native Species Invading Tidal Marshes
pp 367-387
- By David M. Burdick, Gregg E. Moore, Katharyn E. Boyer
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15 - Marsh Edge Erosion
pp 388-422
- By Michele Bendoni, Ioannis Y. Georgiou, Alyssa B. Novak
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16 - Upland Migration of North American Salt Marshes
pp 423-442
- By Dante D. Torio, Gail L. Chmura
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17 - Restoration of Tidal Marshes
pp 443-475
- By John Day, David M. Burdick, Carles Ibáñez, William J. Mitsch, Tracy Elsey-Quirk, Sofia Rivaes
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18 - Impacts of Climate Change and Sea Level Rise
pp 476-481
- By Zoe J. Hughes, Duncan M. FitzGerald, Carol A. Wilson
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Index
pp 482-486
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