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Assessment of Blue Carbon Storage by Baja California (Mexico) Tidal Wetlands and Evidence for Wetland Stability in the Face of Anthropogenic and Climatic Impacts by Watson, Elizabeth Burke, Hinojosa Corona, Alejandro

“…Although saline tidal wetlands cover less than a fraction of one percent of the earth's surface (~0.01%), they efficiently sequester organic carbon due to high…”
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Emerging Sensor Platforms Allow for Seagrass Extent Mapping in a Turbid Estuary and from the Meadow to Ecosystem Scale by Krause, Johannes R., Hinojosa-Corona, Alejandro, Gray, Andrew B., Burke Watson, Elizabeth

“…Seagrass meadows are globally important habitats, protecting shorelines, providing nursery areas for fish, and sequestering carbon. However, both anthropogenic…”
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Tidal Flushing Rather Than Non-Point Source Nitrogen Pollution Drives Nutrient Dynamics in A Putatively Eutrophic Estuary by Johannes R. Krause, Michelle E. Gannon, Autumn J. Oczkowski, Morgan J. Schwartz, Lena K. Champlin, David Steinmann, Martha Maxwell-Doyle, Emily Pirl, Victoria Allen, Elizabeth Burke Watson

“…The effects of nonpoint source nutrients on estuaries can be difficult to pinpoint, with researchers often using indicator species, monitoring, and models to…”
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Removal of Positive Elevation Bias of Digital Elevation Models for Sea-Level Rise Planning by Burke Watson, Elizabeth, Haaf, LeeAnn, Raper, Kirk, Reilly, Erin

“…Digital elevation models (DEMs) based on LiDAR surveys provide critical information for predicting the vulnerability of coastal areas to sea-level rises. Due…”
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High nutrient loads amplify carbon cycling across California and New York coastal wetlands but with ambiguous effects on marsh integrity and sustainability by Watson, Elizabeth Burke, Rahman, Farzana I, Woolfolk, Andrea, Meyer, Robert, Maher, Nicole, Wigand, Cathleen, Gray, Andrew B

“…Eutrophic conditions in estuaries are a globally important stressor to coastal ecosystems and have been suggested as a driver of coastal salt marsh loss…”
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Particle size characterization of historic sediment deposition from a closed estuarine lagoon, Central California by Watson, Elizabeth Burke, Pasternack, Gregory B., Gray, Andrew B., Goñi, Miguel, Woolfolk, Andrea M.

“…Recent studies of estuarine sediment deposits have focused on grain size spectra as a tool to better understand depositional processes, in particular those…”
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Recent (1975–2004) Vegetation Change in the San Francisco Estuary, California, Tidal Marshes by Watson, Elizabeth Burke, Byrne, Roger

“…WATSON, E.B. and BYRNE, R., 2012. Recent (1975–2004) vegetation change in the San Francisco Estuary, California, tidal marshes. The establishment and…”
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Pond Excavation Reduces Coastal Wetland Carbon Dioxide Assimilation by Powell, Elisabeth B., Krause, Johannes R., Martin, Rose M., Watson, Elizabeth Burke

“…Coastal wetlands comprise important global carbon sinks; however, anthropogenic disturbance accompanied with accelerating sea level rise threaten their…”
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Lagoon Biogeochemical Processing is Reflected in Spatial Patterns of Sediment Stable Isotopic Ratios by Watson, Elizabeth Burke, Hinojosa-Corona, Alejandro, Krause, Johannes R., Herguera, Juan Carlos, McDonnell, Julianna, Villegas Manríquez, Karen Raquel Villegas, Gannon, Michelle E., Gray, Andrew B.

“…The spatial analysis of biota, particulate organic matter, and sediments for stable isotopes of carbon (δ13C), nitrogen (δ15N), and sulfur (δ34S) have proved…”
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Climate and Vegetation Change in a Coastal Marsh: Two Snapshots of Groundwater Dynamics and Tidal Flooding at Piermont Marsh, NY Spanning 20 Years by Courtney, Sofi, Montalto, Franco, Watson, Elizabeth Burke

“…Groundwater hydrology plays an important role in coastal marsh biogeochemical function, in part because groundwater dynamics drive the zonation of macrophyte…”
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Abundance and diversity of tidal marsh plants along the salinity gradient of the San Francisco Estuary: implications for global change ecology by Watson, Elizabeth Burke, Byrne, Roger

“…From 2003 through 2005, tidal marsh plant species diversity and abundance on historically surveyed vegetation transects along the salinity gradient of the San…”
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Wetland Loss Patterns and Inundation-Productivity Relationships Prognosticate Widespread Salt Marsh Loss for Southern New England by Watson, Elizabeth Burke, Wigand, Cathleen, Davey, Earl W., Andrews, Holly M., Bishop, Joseph, Raposa, Kenneth B.

“…Tidal salt marsh is a key defense against, yet is especially vulnerable to, the effects of accelerated sea level rise. To determine whether salt marshes in…”
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Unraveling the Gordian Knot: Eight testable hypotheses on the effects of nutrient enrichment on tidal wetland sustainability by Mozdzer, Thomas J., Watson, Elizabeth Burke, Orem, William H., Swarzenski, Christopher M., Turner, R. Eugene

“…The position of tidal wetlands at the land-sea interface makes them especially vulnerable to the effects of nutrient discharges and sea level rise (SLR)…”
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Beyond habitat boundaries: Organic matter cycling requires a system‐wide approach for accurate blue carbon accounting by Krause, Johannes Renke, Hinojosa‐Corona, Alejandro, Gray, Andrew B., Herguera, Juan Carlos, McDonnell, Julianna, Schaefer, Michael V., Ying, Samantha C., Watson, Elizabeth Burke

“…As coastal ecosystems become widely recognized for their capacity to sequester carbon (blue carbon), standard accounting methodologies for the generation of…”
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Late Holocene Marsh Expansion in Southern San Francisco Bay, California by Watson, Elizabeth Burke, Byrne, Roger

“…Currently, the largest tidal wetlands restoration project on the US Pacific Coast is being planned and implemented in southern San Francisco Bay; however,…”
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Sediment Accumulation, Elevation Change, and the Vulnerability of Tidal Marshes in the Delaware Estuary and Barnegat Bay to Accelerated Sea Level Rise by Haaf, LeeAnn, Watson, Elizabeth Burke, Elsey-Quirk, Tracy, Raper, Kirk, Padeletti, Angela, Maxwell-Doyle, Martha, Kreeger, Danielle, Velinsky, David J.

“…Tidal marshes are highly valued habitats, yet are vulnerable to loss from both anthropogenic and natural disturbances including sea-level rise (SLR). Many…”
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Retention of alluvial sediment in the tidal delta of a river draining a small, mountainous coastal watershed by Watson, Elizabeth Burke, Gray, Andrew B., Pasternack, Gregory B., Woolfolk, Andrea M.

“…Small mountainous coastal watersheds are thought to be responsible for transporting disproportionately large volumes of sediment to the global ocean. In…”
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Improved mapping of coastal salt marsh habitat change at Barnegat Bay (NJ, USA) using object-based image analysis of high-resolution aerial imagery by Krause, Johannes R., Oczkowski, Autumn J., Watson, Elizabeth Burke

“…Tidal wetlands are valued for the ecosystem services they provide yet are vulnerable to loss due to anthropogenic disturbances such as land conversion,…”
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Cultural Eutrophication Is Reflected in the Stable Isotopic Composition of the Eastern Mudsnail, Nassarius obsoletus by Watson, Elizabeth Burke, Szura, Katelyn, Powell, Elisabeth, Maher, Nicole, Wigand, Cathleen

“…In aquatic ecosystems, biological indicators are used in concert with nutrient concentration data to identify habitat impairments related to cultural…”
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Are Tidal Salt Marshes Exposed to Nutrient Pollution more Vulnerable to Sea Level Rise? by Krause, Johannes R., Watson, Elizabeth Burke, Wigand, Cathleen, Maher, Nicole

“…Over the past four decades, Long Island, NY, USA, has lost coastal wetlands at a rate of 4% per decade due to submergence. In this study, we examined…”
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