Beyond marsh drowning: The many faces of marsh loss (and gain)

G Mariotti - Advances in Water Resources, 2020 - Elsevier
The morphodynamics of tidal marshes is investigated using a novel model
(MarshMorpho2D) that couples 2D tidal dynamics, wave dynamics, mass-conserving …

[HTML][HTML] Biogeomorphic modeling to assess the resilience of tidal-marsh restoration to sea level rise and sediment supply

O Gourgue, J Van Belzen, C Schwarz… - Earth Surface …, 2022 - esurf.copernicus.org
There is an increasing demand for the creation and restoration of tidal marshes around the
world, as they provide highly valued ecosystem services. Yet restored tidal marshes are …

Patterns and mechanisms of wetland change in the Breton sound estuary, Mississippi River delta: A review

J Day, R Lane, M Moerschbaecher, HC Clark… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2025 - Elsevier
Abstract The Breton Sound Estuary, located within the Mississippi River Delta, has
experienced significant wetland loss over the past century due to a combination of natural …

Soil organic carbon development and turnover in natural and disturbed salt marsh environments

SY Luk, K Todd‐Brown, M Eagle… - Geophysical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Salt marsh survival with sea‐level rise (SLR) increasingly relies on soil organic carbon
(SOC) accumulation and preservation. Using a novel combination of geochemical …

Dense vegetation hinders sediment transport toward saltmarsh interiors

O Gourgue, JP Belliard, Y Xu… - Limnology and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
To save saltmarshes and their valuable ecosystem services from sea level rise, it is crucial to
understand their natural ability to gain elevation by sediment accretion. In that context, a …

[HTML][HTML] Salt marsh fragmentation in a mesotidal estuary: Implications for medium to long-term management

M Aranda, G Peralta, J Montes, FJ Gracia… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
During the last decades many salt marshes worldwide have suffered important losses in
their extent and associated ecosystem services. The salt marshes of San Vicente de la …

A Framework to Simplify Astro‐Meteorological Water Level and Wind Inputs for Modeling Coastal Marsh Ecomorphodynamics

G Mariotti, SM Zapp - Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Modeling long‐term marsh ecomorphodynamics often requires simplifying hydrodynamic
inputs. This is usually achieved by selecting the mean or spring astronomic tidal range …

Mechanisms of pond expansion in a rapidly submerging marsh

J Himmelstein, OD Vinent, S Temmerman… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The development and expansion of ponds within otherwise vegetated coastal marshes is a
primary driver of marsh loss throughout the world. Previous studies propose that large ponds …

Peat decomposition and erosion contribute to pond deepening in a temperate salt marsh

S Luk, MJ Eagle, G Mariotti, K Gosselin… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Salt marsh ponds expand and deepen over time, potentially reducing ecosystem carbon
storage and resilience. The water filled volumes of ponds represent missing carbon due to …

A Flow‐Curvature‐Based Model for Channel Meandering in Tidal Marshes

G Mariotti, A Finotello - Water Resources Research, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Channel meandering is ubiquitous in tidal marshes, yet it is either omitted or weakly
implemented in morphodynamic models. Here we propose a novel numerical method to …