Salt marshes deliver vital ecosystem services by providing habitats, storing pollutants and
atmospheric carbon, and reducing flood and erosion risk in the coastal hinterland. Net …

Coastal saltmarshes are found globally, yet are 25%–50% reduced compared with their
historical cover. Restoration is incentivised by the promise that marshes are efficient storers …

Breaching of coastal causeways and dikes (embankments) is a common method used to
restore estuaries and marshes to a more natural state. Here, we reviewed literature …

Tidal marshes (including saltmarshes) provide remarkable value for many social (cultural,
recreational) and environmental (fish production, water quality, shoreline protection, carbon …

Tidal marsh ecosystems are among earth's most efficient natural organic carbon (C) sinks
and provide myriad ecosystem services. However, approximately half have been 'reclaimed' …

Saltmarshes can be created to compensate for lost habitat by a process known as managed
realignment (MR), where sea defences are deliberately breached to flood low-lying …

Increasing attention is being paid to the carbon sequestration and storage services provided
by coastal blue carbon ecosystems such as saltmarshes. Sites restored by managed …

The changes in energy balance resulting from land-use change may significantly affect the
amount and timing of water loss to the atmosphere as evapotranspiration (ET). Also, these …

This chapter presents the causes of physical and ecological degradation of estuaries in
relation to human activities and climate change. The direct and indirect effects of …

There is increasing interest in utilizing the high carbon sequestration capacity of wetlands as
a rationale for their restoration, but this requires careful assessment of their greenhouse gas …