Development and application of landsat-based wetland vegetation cover and unvegetated-vegetated marsh ratio (UVVR) for the conterminous United States

NK Ganju, BR Couvillion, Z Defne, KV Ackerman - Estuaries and Coasts, 2022 - Springer
Effective management and restoration of salt marshes and other vegetated intertidal habitats
require objective and spatially integrated metrics of geomorphic status and vulnerability. The …

Runnels mitigate marsh drowning in microtidal salt marshes

EB Watson, W Ferguson, LK Champlin… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
As a symptom of accelerated sea level rise and historic impacts to tidal hydrology from
agricultural and mosquito control activities, coastal marshes in the Northeastern US are …

Suboptimal rootzone growth prevents Long Island (NY) salt marshes from kee** pace with sea level rise

N Maher, A Starke - Estuaries and Coasts, 2024 - Springer
Salt marsh habitat loss and conversion are well documented across the marine-coastal
district of New York. Regionally, these losses are characterized by marsh edge erosion …

[HTML][HTML] Distribution and disturbances of ditches across salt marshes of the Northeast US with implications for management and restoration

EK Peck, JE Walker, KV Ackerman, J Carr… - Journal of …, 2025 - Elsevier
Effective management of valuable coastal systems, such as salt marshes requires an
understanding of the complex stressors influencing their continued threat of drowning …

Widespread expansion of salt marsh pools observed on Maine marshes since 2009

K DeWater, W Kochtitzky, R Ellis… - Journal of …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Salt marshes provide critical habitats, protect coastal infrastructure, and are increasingly
exposed to sea level rise, with many having a history of agricultural use and ditching over …

The Effect of Runnels on Salt Marsh Sediment Dynamics, Vegetation, and Nitrogen Cycling

HL Sullivan, J Holtzer, LA Deegan, JL Bowen - Estuaries and Coasts, 2025 - Springer
Runnels, a climate adaptation technique that drains surface water to restore marsh
vegetation and habitat, are increasingly being used to prevent the formation of shallow water …

Drainage Influences Coastal Salt Marsh Productivity and Soil Biogeochemistry

K Cherneskie, D Njie, L Champlin, DS Perger… - Aquatic Botany, 2024 - Elsevier
Coastal wetlands display ecohydrological zonation such that horizontal differences in plant
zones are driven by soil aeration and varying groundwater levels. However, it is less clear …

Runnels reverse mega-pool expansion and improve marsh resiliency in the Great Marsh, Massachusetts (USA)

JG McKown, DM Burdick, GE Moore, CR Peter… - Wetlands, 2023 - Springer
One of the main mechanisms for salt marsh decline across the United States is the inability
of the marsh surface to keep pace with sea level rise. The interior platform is especially …

Evaluation of Drainage Enhancement for Vegetation Recovery in New England Salt Marshes Using Public Domain, High-Resolution Aerial Imagery

JG McKown, DM Burdick, GE Moore… - Journal of Coastal …, 2024 - meridian.allenpress.com
ABSTRACT McKown, JG; Burdick, DM; Moore, GE; Gibson, JL, and Ferguson, W., 2024.
Evaluation of drainage enhancement for vegetation recovery in New England salt marshes …

Salt marsh migration into coastal uplands and application for conservation in New Hampshire

G McKown, D Burdick - 2024 - scholars.unh.edu
Salt marshes across the East Coast, including New Hampshire, have lost considerable
areas of vegetation cover from shoreline erosion and interior pool formation as sea level rise …