Dynamic interactions between coastal storms and salt marshes: A review

N Leonardi, I Carnacina, C Donatelli, NK Ganju… - Geomorphology, 2018 - Elsevier
This manuscript reviews the progresses made in the understanding of the dynamic
interactions between coastal storms and salt marshes, including the dissipation of extreme …

Numerical models of salt marsh evolution: Ecological, geomorphic, and climatic factors

S Fagherazzi, ML Kirwan, SM Mudd… - Reviews of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Salt marshes are delicate landforms at the boundary between the sea and land. These
ecosystems support a diverse biota that modifies the erosive characteristics of the substrate …

The present and future role of coastal wetland vegetation in protecting shorelines: answering recent challenges to the paradigm

KB Gedan, ML Kirwan, E Wolanski, EB Barbier… - Climatic change, 2011 - Springer
For more than a century, coastal wetlands have been recognized for their ability to stabilize
shorelines and protect coastal communities. However, this paradigm has recently been …

Vegetation controls on channel network complexity in coastal wetlands

RC Van de Vijsel, J van Belzen, TJ Bouma… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Channel networks are key to coastal wetland functioning and resilience under climate
change. Vegetation affects sediment and hydrodynamics in many different ways, which calls …

Wave attenuation by flexible, idealized salt marsh vegetation

ME Anderson, JM Smith - Coastal Engineering, 2014 - Elsevier
Wave attenuation by vegetation is a highly dynamic process and its quantification is
important for understanding shore protection potential and modeling coastal hydrodynamics …

How does vegetation affect sedimentation on tidal marshes? Investigating particle capture and hydrodynamic controls on biologically mediated sedimentation

SM Mudd, A D'Alpaos, JT Morris - Journal of Geophysical …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Plants are known to enhance sedimentation on intertidal marshes. It is unclear, however, if
the dominant mechanism of enhanced sedimentation is direct organic sedimentation …

Spatial flow and sedimentation patterns within patches of epibenthic structures: Combining field, flume and modelling experiments

TJ Bouma, LA Van Duren, S Temmerman… - Continental Shelf …, 2007 - Elsevier
The objectives of the present study were twofold:(1) to identify spatial sedimentation and
erosion patterns develo** within patches of epibenthic structures (ie physical structures …

Hurricane-induced failure of low salinity wetlands

NC Howes, DM FitzGerald, ZJ Hughes… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
During the 2005 hurricane season, the storm surge and wave field associated with
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita eroded 527 km2 of wetlands within the Louisiana coastal plain …

Sediment erodability in sediment transport modelling: can we account for biota effects?

P Le Hir, Y Monbet, F Orvain - Continental Shelf Research, 2007 - Elsevier
Sediment erosion results from hydrodynamic forcing, represented by the bottom shear stress
(BSS), and from the erodability of the sediment, defined by the critical erosion shear stress …

Prediction of velocity profiles and longitudinal dispersion in salt marsh vegetation

AF Lightbody, HM Nepf - Limnology and oceanography, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
To predict the behavior of solutes and suspended particles in wetlands, it is necessary to
estimate advection and longitudinal dispersion. To better understand these processes …