Search Results - "Court Stevenson, J."

The effect of nutrients on seedling growth of native and introduced Phragmites australis by Saltonstall, Kristin, Court Stevenson, J.

“…Differing responses to abiotic stresses and increased nutrient availability may play a role in the invasion and spread of introduced Phragmites australis Cav…”
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The Fate of Nitrogen in Dredged Material Used for Tidal Marsh Restoration by Staver, Lorie W., Cornwell, Jeffrey C., Nidzieko, Nicholas J., Staver, Kenneth W., Stevenson, J. Court, Owens, Michael, Boynton, Walter, Lopez-Gonzalez, Leysa

“…Tidal marsh restoration using dredged material is being undertaken in many coastal areas to replace lost habitat and ecosystem services due to tidal marsh…”
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Twenty-first century climate change and submerged aquatic vegetation in a temperate estuary: the case of Chesapeake Bay by Arnold, Thomas M., Zimmerman, Richard C., Engelhardt, Katharina A. M., Stevenson, J. Court

“…Introduction: The Chesapeake Bay was once renowned for expansive meadows of submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV). However, only 10% of the original meadows…”
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Habitat Requirements for Submerged Aquatic Vegetation in Chesapeake Bay: Water Quality, Light Regime, and Physical-Chemical Factors by Kemp, W. Michael, Batiuk, Richard, Bartleson, Richard, Bergstrom, Peter, Carter, Virginia, Gallegos, Charles L., Hunley, William, Karrh, Lee, Koch, Evamaria W., Landwehr, Jurate M., Moore, Kenneth A., Murray, Laura, Naylor, Michael, Rybicki, Nancy B., Stevenson, J. Court, Wilcox, David J.

“…We developed an algorithm for calculating habitat suitability for seagrasses and related submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) at coastal sites where monitoring…”
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Assessing Water Quality with Submersed Aquatic Vegetation by Dennison, William C., Orth, Robert J., Moore, Kenneth A., Stevenson, J. Court, Carter, Virginia, Kollar, Stan, Bergstrom, Peter W., Batiuk, Richard A.

“…The habitat requirements of submersed aquatic vegetation are used to gauge the water quality of Chesapeake Bay. Research has indicated a rapid decline in the…”
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The Effects of Tidal Inundation on the Reflectance Characteristics of Coastal Marsh Vegetation by Kearney, Michael S., Stutzer, David, Turpie, Kevin, Stevenson, J. Court

“…Hyperspectral and sophisticated multispectral imagery are increasingly used to obtain detailed information on species composition, condition, biomass, and…”
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COLONIZATION AND EXPANSION OF PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS IN UPPER CHESAPEAKE BAY TIDAL MARSHES by Rice, Dan, Rooth, Jill, Court Stevenson, J.

“…The common reed, Phragmites australis, has spread throughout Gulf and Atlantic Coast marshes of the U.S. in the past thirty years. In the Chesapeake Bay area,…”
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A Long-Term Record of Photosynthetically Available Radiation (PAR) and Total Solar Energy at 38.6°N, 78.2°W by Fisher, Thomas R., Gustafson, Anne B., Radcliffe, Gregory M., Sundberg, Karen L., Stevenson, J. Court

“…Photosynthetically available radiation (PAR; 400-700 nm, E m-2 d-1) is the fraction of the total solar energy (Mjoules m-2 d-1) that is used by organisms for…”
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Elevation Changes in Restored Marshes at Poplar Island, Chesapeake Bay, MD: I. Trends and Drivers of Spatial Variability by Staver, Lorie W., Morris, James T., Cornwell, Jeffrey C., Stevenson, J. Court, Nardin, William, Hensel, Philippe, Owens, Michael S., Schwark, Amanda

“…Tidal marshes provide numerous ecosystem services, but are threatened by recent increases in global sea level rise (SLR). Marsh restoration and creation are…”
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Increased sediment accretion rates following invasion byPhragmites australis: The role of litter by Rooth, Jill E., Stevenson, J. Court, Cornwell, Jeffrey C.

“…Negative connotations of invasive plants worldwide have implicated them as the bearers of unfavorable ecosystem change. We contrasted 5-yr-old and…”
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Tidal Marsh Restoration at Poplar Island I: Transformation of Estuarine Sediments into Marsh Soils by Cornwell, Jeffrey C., Owens, Michael S., Staver, Lorie W., Stevenson, J. Court

“…Dredged materials from navigation channel maintenance represent a potentially valuable resource for wetland creation and restoration. In the northern…”
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Island Land Loss and Marsh Vertical Accretion Rate Evidence for Historical Sea-Level Changes in Chesapeake Bay by Kearney, Michael S., Stevenson, J. Court

“…Long-term changes in marsh vertical accretion rates based on pollen and radionuclide geochronologies and historical reconstruction of land loss in bay islands…”
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Increased Sediment Accretion Rates Following Invasion by Phragmites australis: The Role of Litter by Rooth, Jill E., Stevenson, J. Court, Cornwell, Jeffrey C.

“…Negative connotations of invasive plants worldwide have implicated them as the bearers of unfavorable ecosystem change. We contrasted 5-yr-old and 20-yr-old…”
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Marsh loss in Nanticoke estuary, Chesapeake Bay by Kearney, M.S, Grace, R.E, Stevenson, J.C

“…Marsh loss in the Nanticoke estuary dates from the 1920s. Since 1938 overall rate of loss has averaged 49.6 ha annually, with rates increasing down estuary…”
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Comparative Ecology of Submersed Grass Beds in Freshwater, Estuarine, and Marine Environments by Stevenson, J. Court

“…Worldwide, there are 500-700 species of submersed angiosperms adapted to freshwater and estuarine environments compared with 50 species adapted to marine…”
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Production, predation, and decomposition in a low-salinity Hibiscus marsh by Cahoon, Donald R., Stevenson, J. Court

“…The rates of production, leaf grazing, and stem decomposition associated with Hibiscus moscheutos were quantified to contrast the ecology of this brackish…”
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Multiscale Experiments in Coastal Ecology: Improving Realism and Advancing Theory by PETERSEN, JOHN E, KEMP, W. MICHAEL, BARTLESON, RICK, BOYNTON, WALTER R, CHEN, CHUNG-CHI, CORNWELL, JEFFREY C, GARDNER, ROBERT H, HINKLE, DEBORAH C, HOUDE, EDWARD D, MALONE, THOMAS C, MOWITT, WILLIAM P, MURRAY, LAURA, SANFORD, LAWRENCE P, STEVENSON, J. COURT, SUNDBERG, KAREN L, SUTTLES, STEVE E

“…The Multiscale Experimental Ecosystem Research Center has conducted a series of mesocosm experiments to quantify the effects of scale—in terms of time, depth,…”
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Water Quality Associated with Survival of Submersed Aquatic Vegetation along an Estuarine Gradient by Stevenson, J. Court, Staver, Lorie W., Staver, Kenneth W.

“…The decline of submersed aquatic vegetation (SAV) in tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay has been associated with increasing anthropogenic inputs, and…”
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Use of a simulation model to examine effects of nutrient loading and grazing on Potamogeton perfoliatus L. communities in microcosms by Bartleson, Richard D., Kemp, W. Michael, Stevenson, J. Court

“…We constructed a numerical simulation model of an enclosed, submersed macrophyte ecosystem to examine the effects of nutrient supply rates, grazer densities…”
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Effects of different submersed macrophytes on sediment biogeochemistry by Wigand, Cathleen, Stevenson, J.Court, Cornwell, Jeffry C.

“…Porewater phosphate levels in submersed macrophyte grassbeds varied among years in the upper Chesapeake Bay (Maryland, USA) coincident with macrophyte species…”
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