A5022712257- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Coastal and Marine Dynamics
- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Plant responses to water stress
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
- Cassava research and cyanide
- Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment
- Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
- Turfgrass Adaptation and Management
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Aeolian processes and effects
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Geological formations and processes
- Marine and coastal ecosystems
- Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
- Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
- Oil Palm Production and Sustainability
- Rural development and sustainability
- Coastal and Marine Management
- Oil Spill Detection and Mitigation
- Maritime Ports and Logistics
St Johns River State College
2024-2025
Florida Ornithological Society
2023
University of Alabama
2020-2021
University of Florida
2015-2020
Smithsonian Marine Station
2015-2020
Whitney Museum of American Art
2018-2020
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
2012-2018
Villanova University
2012
Abstract Mangroves sequester large quantities of carbon (C) that become significant sources greenhouse gases when disturbed through land‐use change. Thus, they are great value to incorporate into climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies. In response, a global network mangrove plots was established provide policy‐relevant ecological data relating interactions C stocks with climatic, tidal, plant community, geomorphic factors. from 190 sites were sampled across five continents...
Mangrove ecosystems are important for carbon storage due to their high productivity and low decomposition rates. Waterways have experienced increased nutrient loads as a result of anthropogenic activities it is unclear how this may affect cycles in downstream mangroves that receive these nutrient-rich waters. Using laboratory-based incubation experiment, study aimed assess the effects addition on diversity structure mangrove soil bacterial communities, well biomass activity microbial...
<title>Abstract</title> Tidal wetlands are hotspots of soil accumulation due to high sedimentation rates and low oxygen concentrations that inhibit organic matter decomposition1. Accordingly, tidal can sequester “blue carbon” at much higher than other ecosystems2,3 helping offset human emissions. Organic carbon burial is tightly linked the cycling nitrogen, which a key pollutant limiting nutrient for many ecosystems4–6. Yet, current global rate nitrogen” how it may respond future change...
There are few detailed carbon (C) budgets of mangrove forests, yet these important for understanding C sequestration in how they support the productivity coast and their vulnerability to environmental change. Here, we develop mangroves on islands Twin Cays, Belize. We consider seaward fringing forests interior scrub that have been fertilized with phosphorus (P), which severely limits growth trees forests. found respiration aboveground biomass accounted 60%–80% fixed canopy roots were...
In this paper, we present the highest-resolution-available (10 m) national map of mangrove ecosystems Belize. These important are increasingly threatened by human activities and climate change, support both marine terrestrial biodiversity, provide critical ecosystem services to coastal communities in Belize throughout Mesoamerican Reef ecoregion. Previous national- international-level inventories document Belizean forests at spatial resolutions 30 m or coarser, but many patches loss events...
Simpson, L.T.; Osborne, T.Z., and Feller, I.C., 2017. Establishment biomass allocation of black red mangroves: Response to propagule flotation duration seedling light availability.Global climate change is driving the expansion mangroves into salt-marsh habitats around world, ability displace salt marsh attributable a combination factors. Early life history critical initial establishment; mangroves' hydrochorous propagules allow for long-distance dispersal, plasticity allows establishment in...
Human activities have led to 1–2% of coastal wetlands lost per year globally, with subsequent losses in ecosystem services such as nutrient filtering and carbon sequestration. Wetland construction is used mitigate marsh cover resulting from human impacts areas. Though structure can recover relatively quickly (i.e., <10 years) after construction, there are often long‐term lags the recovery functions constructed marshes. We conducted a year‐long study comparing seasonal plant productivity,...
Seagrasses provide valuable ecosystem services, including improved water quality, carbon sequestration, and sediment stabilization. Unfortunately, these critical habitats are declining globally due to a range of anthropogenic impacts. Restoration practitioners have made efforts mitigate loss through the introduction seagrass transplants. However, restoration has low success rates is plagued by quality concerns degradation. Studies improve targeted different functional taxa allow for greater...
Human activities have decreased global salt marsh surface area with a subsequent loss in the ecosystem functions they provide. The creation of marshes terrestrial systems has been used to mitigate this cover. Although these constructed may rapidly recover structure, biogeochemical processes be slow recover. We compared denitrification and dissimilatory nitrate reduction ammonium (DNRA) rates between 32‐year‐old excavation‐created (CON‐2) nearby natural reference (NAT) assess recovery...
The ‘Mangroves of the Warm Temperate Northwest Atlantic’ province is a regional ecosystem subgroup (level 4 unit IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology). It includes marine ecoregions Carolinian and Northern Gulf Mexico. biota characterized by 3 species mangroves: Avicennia germinans, Laguncularia racemosa, Rhizophora mangle, 1 mangrove associate Conocarpus erectus, though not all are equally distributed throughout province. Mangroves in this cross USA Mexico quite unique, as they exist at...