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Seagrass blue carbon spatial patterns at the meadow-scale by Oreska, Matthew P J, McGlathery, Karen J, Porter, John H

“…Most information on seagrass carbon burial derives from point measurements, which are sometimes scaled by meadow area to estimate carbon stocks; however,…”
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Genetic diversity enhances restoration success by augmenting ecosystem services by Reynolds, Laura K, McGlathery, Karen J, Waycott, Michelle

“…Disturbance and habitat destruction due to human activities is a pervasive problem in near-shore marine ecosystems, and restoration is often used to mitigate…”
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Rates and Forcing of Marsh Edge Erosion in a Shallow Coastal Bay by McLoughlin, Sean M, Wiberg, Patricia L, Safak, Ilgar, McGlathery, Karen J

“…Salt marshes can experience a significant land loss through erosion and retreat of their perimeter edges. Rates of shoreline change between 1957 and 2007 were…”
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Restoration recovers population structure and landscape genetic connectivity in a dispersal-limited ecosystem by Reynolds, Laura K., Waycott, Michelle, McGlathery, Karen J.

“…1. Ecological restoration assists the recovery of degraded ecosystems; however, restoration can have deleterious effects such as outbreeding depression when…”
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Ecosystem services returned through seagrass restoration by Reynolds, Laura K., Waycott, Michelle, McGlathery, Karen J., Orth, Robert J.

“…Ecosystem restoration is often costly, but can be effective at increasing biodiversity and ecosystem services. We used a case study—reseeding seagrass to a…”
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Seagrass restoration enhances "blue carbon" sequestration in coastal waters by Greiner, Jill T, McGlathery, Karen J, Gunnell, John, McKee, Brent A

“…Seagrass meadows are highly productive habitats that provide important ecosystem services in the coastal zone, including carbon and nutrient sequestration…”
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Dissolved oxygen fluxes and ecosystem metabolism in an eelgrass (Zostera marina) meadow measured with the eddy correlation technique by Hume, Andrew C., Berg, Peter, McGlathery, Karen J.

“…Dissolved oxygen (DO) fluxes were measured by eddy correlation to estimate net ecosystem metabolism (NEM) during summer in a restored eelgrass (Zostera marina)…”
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Nitrogen fixation in restored eelgrass meadows by Cole, Luke W., McGlathery, Karen J.

“…Biological nitrogen (N₂) fixation is the primary input of new nitrogen (N) to marine systems, and is important in meeting the N demands of primary producers…”
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Quantifying seasonal to multi-decadal signals in coastal water quality using high- and low-frequency time series data by Brahmey, Emma I., McGlathery, Karen J., Doney, Scott C.

“…Abstract To inform water quality monitoring techniques and modeling at coastal research sites, this study investigated seasonality and trends in coastal…”
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Marsh Collapse Does Not Require Sea Level Rise by FAGHERAZZI, SERGIO, MARIOTTI, GIUILIO, WIBERG, PATRICIA L., McGLATHERY, KAREN J.

“…Salt marshes are among the most productive ecosystems on Earth, providing nurseries for fish species and shelter and food for endangered birds. Salt marshes…”
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MACROALGAL BLOOMS CONTRIBUTE TO THE DECLINE OF SEAGRASS IN NUTRIENT-ENRICHED COASTAL WATERS by McGlathery, Karen J.

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Evidence of grazer control on nitrogen fixation by eelgrass epiphytes in a temperate coastal bay by Reynolds, Laura K., Marino, Roxanne, Muth, Meredith F., McLenaghan, Natalie, Hayn, Melanie, Tyler, Anna Christina, McGlathery, Karen J., Howarth, Robert W.

“…In this study, we present data to support the hypothesis that removal of epiphytes by grazers is an important control of nitrogen fixation in temperate…”
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Eelgrass recovery in the coastal bays of the Virginia Coast Reserve, USA by Orth, Robert J, McGlathery, Karen J

“…Coastal bay systems are prominent features of coastlines on nearly all continents and are vulnerable to long-term environmental changes related to climate and…”
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Nitrogen Uptake by Native and Invasive Temperate Coastal Macrophytes: Importance of Dissolved Organic Nitrogen by Mozdzer, Thomas J., Zieman, Joseph C., McGlathery, Karen J.

“…We investigated if the success of the invasive common reed Phragmites australis could be attributed to a competitive ability to use dissolved organic nitrogen…”
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A novel subsurface sediment plate method for quantifying sediment accumulation and erosion in seagrass meadows by Ewers Lewis, Carolyn J., McGlathery, Karen J.

“…Sediment dynamics in seagrass meadows are key determinants of carbon sequestration and storage, surface elevation, and resilience and recovery from…”
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The greenhouse gas offset potential from seagrass restoration by Oreska, Matthew P. J., McGlathery, Karen J., Aoki, Lillian R., Berger, Amélie C., Berg, Peter, Mullins, Lindsay

“…Awarding CO 2 offset credits may incentivize seagrass restoration projects and help reverse greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from global seagrass loss. However,…”
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Seagrass ecosystems as a globally significant carbon stock by Fourqurean, James W., Duarte, Carlos M., Kennedy, Hilary, Marbà, Núria, Holmer, Marianne, Mateo, Miguel Angel, Apostolaki, Eugenia T., Kendrick, Gary A., Krause-Jensen, Dorte, McGlathery, Karen J., Serrano, Oscar

“…The protection of organic carbon stored in forests is considered as an important method for mitigating climate change. Like terrestrial ecosystems, coastal…”
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Latitudinal variation in the availability and use of dissolved organic nitrogen in Atlantic coast salt marshes by Mozdzer, Thomas J, McGlathery, Karen J, Mills, Aaron L, Zieman, Joseph C

“…North American Atlantic salt marshes are generally considered to be nitrogen (N) limited systems, and plants within these marshes were historically thought to…”
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Eutrophication in shallow coastal bays and lagoons: the role of plants in the coastal filter by McGlathery, Karen J., Sundbäck, Kristina, Anderson, Iris C.

“…Nutrient loading to coastal bay ecosystems is of a similar magnitude as that to deeper, river-fed estuaries, yet our understanding of the eutrophication…”
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A meta-analysis of seaweed impacts on seagrasses: generalities and knowledge gaps by Thomsen, Mads S, Wernberg, Thomas, Engelen, Aschwin H, Tuya, Fernando, Vanderklift, Mat A, Holmer, Marianne, McGlathery, Karen J, Arenas, Francisco, Kotta, Jonne, Silliman, Brian R

“…Seagrasses are important habitat-formers and ecosystem engineers that are under threat from bloom-forming seaweeds. These seaweeds have been suggested to…”
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