A5028724258- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Irish and British Studies
- Historical Studies of British Isles
- Coastal and Marine Dynamics
- Scottish History and National Identity
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Aeolian processes and effects
- American Constitutional Law and Politics
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Avian ecology and behavior
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation
- Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies
- Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
- Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
- Philippine History and Culture
- Cassava research and cyanide
- Soil and Land Suitability Analysis
- Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Plant and animal studies
- Religious Tourism and Spaces
- Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
- Rangeland and Wildlife Management
National Park Service
2012-2024
United States Geological Survey
2005-2016
University College Dublin
1983-2016
Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center
2013
University of Limerick
2008
Florida International University
2005-2006
In the northeast Caribbean, doldrum-like conditions combined with elevated water temperatures in summer/fall 2005 created most severe coral bleaching event ever documented within this region. Video monitoring of 100 randomly chosen, permanent transects at five study sites US Virgin Islands revealed over 90% scleractinian cover showed signs thermal stress by paling or becoming completely white. Lower October allowed some re-coloring corals; however, a subsequent unprecedented regional...
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Abstract Rates of organic carbon (OC) burial in some coastal wetlands appear to be greater recent years than they were the past. Possible explanations include ongoing mineralization older OC or influence an unaccounted‐for artifact methods used measure rates. Alternatively, trend may represent real acceleration burial. We quantified rates mangrove and freshwater marshes southwest Florida through a comparison derived from 210 Pb, 137 Cs, surface marker horizons. Age/depth profiles lignin:...
ABSTRACT Woody debris is abundant in hurricane‐impacted forests. With a major hurricane affecting South Florida mangroves approximately every 20 yr, carbon storage and nutrient retention may be influenced greatly by woody dynamics. In addition, can influence seedling regeneration mangrove swamps trapping propagules enhancing growth potential. Here, we report on line‐intercept surveys conducted wetlands of 9–10 yr after the passage Hurricane Andrew. The total volume for all sites combined was...
Airborne light detection and ranging (LIDAR) measurements derived before after Hurricanes Katrina Wilma (2005) were used to quantify the impact of hurricanes lightning strikes on mangrove forest at two sites in Everglades National Park (ENP). Analysis LIDAR covering 61 68 ha areas Shark River Broad showed that proportion high tree canopy detected by 2005 hurricane season decreased significantly due defoliation breakage branches trunks, while low ground increased drastically. Tall forests...
The Catholic Church in Ireland underwent profound transformations the early modern period. Among most significant of these was need to reconstruct its parish network and provide places worship for adherents. This reconstruction rebuilding phase largely compressed into 1780–1860 period gave rise a radically new framework which adapted demographic, social economic conditions that time. Chapels were also constructed large numbers their sites determined by attitudes landlords, wealth local...
Mangrove ecosystems in the Caribbean are frequently exposed to hurricanes, leading structural and regenerative change that elicit calls for recovery action. For those mangroves unaffected by human modifications, can occur naturally. Indeed, observable natural after hurricanes is genesis of “disturbance adaptation” classification mangroves; while legacies exist, unaltered stands often regenerate persist. However, among >7,000 islands, islets, cays make up archipelago, coastal alterations...
A thermal stress anomaly in 2005 caused mass coral bleaching at a number of north-east Caribbean reefs. The impact the event and subsequent White-plague disease type II on Porites porites Colpophyllia natans was monitored using time series photographs from Tektite Reef, Virgin Islands National Park, St. John. Over 92% P. 96% C. experienced extensive (>30% colony bleached). During study, 56% 42% whole-colony mortality within sample plots. While all directly attributed to bleaching, majority...
Abstract Oceanic mangroves accumulate peat with sea-level rise without terrestrial sediment inputs, but fossil peat’s elevation as a tide-range limited indicator is assumed to be affected by compaction. Despite assumption of decomposition, compression, and dewatering, pure Rhizophora mangle appears coarse, water-saturated, loose even at depth. Calibrated densities from computed tomography (CT) petrologic analysis allow quantitative assessment compaction in continuous peats Florida (6 m...
ABSTRACT Predicting the distribution, structure, and biomass of mangrove forests is an area high research interest. Across Atlantic East Pacific biogeographic region, three species are common abundant members local communities; Rhizophora mangle , Avicennia germinans Laguncularia racemosa . Biomass prediction for these has relied on two approaches: site‐specific allometries based idea that environmental/climatic differences between sites drive growth differences, or use allometric equations...