Marshes and mangroves as nature-based coastal storm buffers

S Temmerman, EM Horstman… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Tidal marshes and mangroves are increasingly valued for nature-based mitigation of coastal
storm impacts, such as flooding and shoreline erosion hazards, which are growing due to …

How plants influence resilience of salt marsh and mangrove wetlands to sea-level rise

DR Cahoon, KL McKee, JT Morris - Estuaries and Coasts, 2021 - Springer
This review evaluates the importance of plants and associated biological processes in
determining the vulnerability of coastal wetlands to sea-level rise. Coastal wetlands occur …

The gathering storm: optimizing management of coastal ecosystems in the face of a climate-driven threat

ME Hanley, TJ Bouma, HL Mossman - Annals of botany, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background The combination of rising sea levels and increased likelihood of extreme storm
events poses a major threat to our coastlines and as a result, many ecosystems recognized …

Assessing the coastal protection services of natural mangrove forests and artificial rock revetments

EMA Strain, T Kompas, A Boxshall, J Kelvin… - Ecosystem Services, 2022 - Elsevier
Coastal flooding and erosion cause significant social and economic impacts, globally. There
is a growing interest in using natural habitats such as mangroves to defend coastlines. The …

Kelp beds as coastal protection: wave attenuation of Ecklonia radiata in a shallow coastal bay

RL Morris, TDJ Graham, J Kelvin, M Ghisalberti… - Annals of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Aims Coastal protection from erosion and flooding is a significant
ecosystem service provided by vegetated marine systems. Kelp beds are a dominant habitat …

Effects of mangrove cover on coastal erosion during a hurricane in Texas, USA

SC Pennings, RM Glazner, ZJ Hughes, JS Kominoski… - 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We tested the hypothesis that mangroves provide better coastal protection than salt marsh
vegetation using 10 1,008‐m2 plots in which we manipulated mangrove cover from 0 to …

Long-term ecological research and evolving frameworks of disturbance ecology

EE Gaiser, DM Bell, MCN Castorani, DL Childers… - …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Detecting and understanding disturbance is a challenge in ecology that has grown more
critical with global environmental change and the emergence of research on social …

A tropical cyclone-induced ecological regime shift: Mangrove forest conversion to mudflat in Everglades National Park (Florida, USA)

MJ Osland, LC Feher, GH Anderson, WC Vervaeke… - Wetlands, 2020 - Springer
The ecological effects of tropical cyclones on mangrove forests are diverse and highly
location-and cyclone-dependent. Ecological resistance, resilience, and enhancement are …

A system level analysis of coastal ecosystem responses to hurricane impacts

CJ Patrick, L Yeager, AR Armitage, F Carvallo… - Estuaries and …, 2020 - Springer
Tropical cyclones are major disturbances for coastal systems. Hurricane Harvey made
landfall in Texas, USA, on August 25, 2017 as a category 4 storm. There were two distinct …

Quantifying how changing mangrove cover affects ecosystem carbon storage in coastal wetlands

SP Charles, JS Kominoski, AR Armitage, H Guo… - Ecology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Despite overall global declines, mangroves are expanding into and within many subtropical
wetlands, leading to heterogeneous cover of marsh–mangrove coastal vegetation …