Ecosystem services altered by human changes in the nitrogen cycle: a new perspective for US decision making

JE Compton, JA Harrison, RL Dennis… - Ecology …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Ecology Letters (2011) 14: 804–815 Abstract Human alteration of the nitrogen (N) cycle has
produced benefits for health and well‐being, but excess N has altered many ecosystems …

Effects of air pollution on ecosystems and biological diversity in the eastern United States

GM Lovett, TH Tear, DC Evers… - Annals of the New …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Conservation organizations have most often focused on land‐use change, climate change,
and invasive species as prime threats to biodiversity conservation. Although air pollution is …

Contributions of organic and inorganic matter to sediment volume and accretion in tidal wetlands at steady state

JT Morris, DC Barber, JC Callaway, R Chambers… - Earth's …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
A mixing model derived from first principles describes the bulk density (BD) of intertidal
wetland sediments as a function of loss on ignition (LOI). The model assumes that the bulk …

Effects of nitrogen deposition and empirical nitrogen critical loads for ecoregions of the United States

LH Pardo, ME Fenn, CL Goodale… - Ecological …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Human activity in the last century has led to a significant increase in nitrogen (N) emissions
and atmospheric deposition. This N deposition has reached a level that has caused or is …

Below- and Aboveground Biomass of Spartina alterniflora: Response to Nutrient Addition in a Louisiana Salt Marsh

FA Darby, RE Turner - Estuaries and Coasts, 2008 - Springer
The responses of Spartina alterniflora above-and belowground biomass to various
combinations of N, P, and Fe were documented in a 1-year field experiment in a Louisiana …

Interactive effects of anthropogenic nitrogen enrichment and climate change on terrestrial and aquatic biodiversity

EM Porter, WD Bowman, CM Clark, JE Compton… - Biogeochemistry, 2013 - Springer
Biodiversity has been described as the diversity of life on earth within species, among
species, and among ecosystems. The rate of biodiversity loss due to human activity in the …

Vegetation dynamics in Rhode Island salt marshes during a period of accelerating sea level rise and extreme sea level events

KB Raposa, RLJ Weber, MC Ekberg, W Ferguson - Estuaries and Coasts, 2017 - Springer
Sea level rise is a major stressor on many salt marshes, and its impacts include creek
widening, ponding, vegetation dieback, and drowning. Marsh vegetation changes have …

Salt marshes and eutrophication: An unsustainable outcome

RE Turner, BL Howes, JM Teal… - Limnology and …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Most plant production by emergent coastal marshes occurs belowground. This belowground
production adds to the accumulation of organic matter sustaining salt marshes as sea level …

Below the disappearing marshes of an urban estuary: historic nitrogen trends and soil structure

C Wigand, CT Roman, E Davey, M Stolt… - Ecological …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Marshes in the urban Jamaica Bay Estuary, New York, USA are disappearing at an average
rate of 13 ha/yr, and multiple stressors (eg, wastewater inputs, dredging activities …

Coastal wetland stability maintained through counterbalancing accretionary responses to chronic nutrient enrichment

SA Graham, IA Mendelssohn - Ecology, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The link between anthropogenically modified nutrient loading and coastal wetland stability is
not well understood due to limited data from long‐term experiments and inconsistent …