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A linear relationship between wave power and erosion determines salt-marsh resilience to violent storms and hurricanes by Leonardi, Nicoletta, Ganju, Neil K., Fagherazzi, Sergio

“…Salt marsh losses have been documented worldwide because of land use change, wave erosion, and sea-level rise. It is still unclear how resistant salt marshes…”
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Spatially integrative metrics reveal hidden vulnerability of microtidal salt marshes by Ganju, Neil K., Defne, Zafer, Kirwan, Matthew L., Fagherazzi, Sergio, D’Alpaos, Andrea, Carniello, Luca

“…Salt marshes are valued for their ecosystem services, and their vulnerability is typically assessed through biotic and abiotic measurements at individual…”
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Identifying Salt Marsh Shorelines from Remotely Sensed Elevation Data and Imagery by Farris, Amy S., Defne, Zafer, Ganju, Neil K.

“…Salt marshes are valuable ecosystems that are vulnerable to lateral erosion, submergence, and internal disintegration due to sea level rise, storms, and…”
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Understanding tidal marsh trajectories: evaluation of multiple indicators of marsh persistence by Wasson, Kerstin, Ganju, Neil K, Defne, Zafer, Endris, Charlie, Elsey-Quirk, Tracy, Thorne, Karen M, Freeman, Chase M, Guntenspergen, Glenn, Nowacki, Daniel J, Raposa, Kenneth B

“…Robust assessments of ecosystem stability are critical for informing conservation and management decisions. Tidal marsh ecosystems provide vital services, yet…”
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A geospatially resolved wetland vulnerability index: Synthesis of physical drivers by Defne, Zafer, Aretxabaleta, Alfredo L, Ganju, Neil K, Kalra, Tarandeep S, Jones, Daniel K, Smith, Kathryn E L

“…Assessing wetland vulnerability to chronic and episodic physical drivers is fundamental for establishing restoration priorities. We synthesized multiple data…”
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Variability in marsh migration potential determined by topographic rather than anthropogenic constraints in the Chesapeake Bay region by Molino, Grace D., Carr, Joel A., Ganju, Neil K., Kirwan, Matthew L.

“…Sea level rise (SLR) and saltwater intrusion are driving inland shifts in coastal ecosystems. Here, we make high‐resolution (1 m) predictions of land…”
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A novel approach for direct estimation of fresh groundwater discharge to an estuary by Ganju, Neil K.

“…Coastal groundwater discharge is an important source of freshwater and nutrients to coastal and estuarine systems. Directly quantifying the spatially…”
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Marshes Are the New Beaches: Integrating Sediment Transport into Restoration Planning by Ganju, Neil K.

“…Recent coastal storms and associated recovery efforts have led to increased investment in nature-based coastal protection, including restoration of salt…”
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Modeling Marsh Dynamics Using a 3-D Coupled Wave-Flow-Sediment Model by Kalra, Tarandeep S., Ganju, Neil K., Aretxabaleta, Alfredo L., Carr, Joel A., Defne, Zafer, Moriarty, Julia M.

“…Salt marshes are dynamic biogeomorphic systems that respond to external physical factors, including tides, sediment transport, and waves, as well as internal…”
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Complex mean circulation over the inner shelf south of Martha's Vineyard revealed by observations and a high-resolution model by Ganju, Neil K., Lentz, Steven J., Kirincich, Anthony R., Farrar, J. Thomas

“…Inner‐shelf circulation is governed by the interaction between tides, baroclinic forcing, winds, waves, and frictional losses; the mean circulation ultimately…”
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How Much Marsh Restoration Is Enough to Deliver Wave Attenuation Coastal Protection Benefits? by Castagno, Katherine A., Ganju, Neil K., Beck, Michael W., Bowden, Alison A., Scyphers, Steven B.

“…As coastal communities grow more vulnerable to sea-level rise and increased storminess, communities have turned to nature-based solutions to bolster coastal…”
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Sensitivity analysis of a coupled hydrodynamic-vegetation model using the effectively subsampled quadratures method (ESQM v5.2) by Kalra, Tarandeep S, Aretxabaleta, Alfredo, Seshadri, Pranay, Ganju, Neil K, Beudin, Alexis

“…Coastal hydrodynamics can be greatly affected by the presence of submerged aquatic vegetation. The effect of vegetation has been incorporated into the Coupled…”
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Simulated Estuary-Wide Response of Seagrass (Zostera marina) to Future Scenarios of Temperature and Sea Level by Scalpone, Cara R., Jarvis, Jessie C., Vasslides, James M., Testa, Jeremy M., Ganju, Neil K.

“…Seagrass communities are a vital component of estuarine ecosystems, but are threatened by projected sea level rise (SLR) and temperature increases with climate…”
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Quantifying the Residence Time and Flushing Characteristics of a Shallow, Back-Barrier Estuary: Application of Hydrodynamic and Particle Tracking Models by Defne, Zafer, Ganju, Neil K

“…Estuarine residence time is a major driver of eutrophication and water quality. Barnegat Bay-Little Egg Harbor (BB-LEH), New Jersey, is a lagoonal back-barrier…”
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Dataset of numerical modelling results of wave thrust on salt marsh boundaries with different seagrass coverages in a shallow back-barrier estuary by Donatelli, Carmine, Ganju, Neil K., Kalra, Tarandeep Singh, Fagherazzi, Sergio, Leonardi, Nicoletta

“…This article contains data on the effects of seagrass decline on wave energy along the shoreline of Barnegat Bay (USA) previously evaluated in Donatelli…”
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Are Elevation and Open‐Water Conversion of Salt Marshes Connected? by Ganju, Neil K., Defne, Zafer, Fagherazzi, Sergio

“…Salt marsh assessments focus on vertical metrics such as accretion or lateral metrics such as open‐water conversion, without exploration of how the dimensions…”
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Discontinuous hindcast simulations of estuarine bathymetric change: A case study from Suisun Bay, California by Ganju, Neil K., Jaffe, Bruce E., Schoellhamer, David H.

“…Simulations of estuarine bathymetric change over decadal timescales require methods for idealization and reduction of forcing data and boundary conditions…”
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Estimating Connectivity of Hard Clam (Mercenaria mercenaria) and Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea virginica) Larvae in Barnegat Bay by Goodwin, Jacob D., Munroe, Daphne M., Defne, Zafer, Ganju, Neil K., Vasslides, James

“…Many marine organisms have a well-known adult sessile stage. Unfortunately, our lack of knowledge regarding their larval transient stage hinders our…”
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Modeling the Dynamics of Salt Marsh Development in Coastal Land Reclamation by Xu, Yiyang, Kalra, Tarandeep S., Ganju, Neil K., Fagherazzi, Sergio

“…The valuable ecosystem services of salt marshes are spurring marsh restoration projects around the world. However, it is difficult to determine the final…”
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Horizontal Integrity a Prerequisite for Vertical Stability: Comparison of Elevation Change and the Unvegetated-Vegetated Marsh Ratio Across Southeastern USA Coastal Wetlands by Ganju, Neil K., Defne, Zafer, Schwab, Caroline, Moorman, Michelle

“…Surface elevation tables (SETs) estimate the vertical resilience of coastal wetlands to sea-level rise (SLR) and other stressors but are limited in their…”
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