Processes Contributing to Resilience of Coastal Wetlands to Sea-Level Rise

• Published in: Ecosystems (New York) Vol. 19; no. 8; pp. 1445 - 1459
• Main Authors: Stagg, Camille L., Krauss, Ken W., Cahoon, Donald R., Cormier, Nicole, Conner, William H., Swarzenski, Christopher M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer Science + Business Media 01.12.2016; Springer US; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Accretion; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Coasts; Ecology; Environmental Management; Forested wetlands; Fresh water; freshwater; Freshwater ecology; Geoecology/Natural Processes; Hydrology/Water Resources; Life Sciences; Marshes; Original Articles; Plant Sciences; rhizosphere; Root zone; Sea level; Sea level rise; Wetlands; Zoology; accretion; tidal freshwater forested wetlands; elevation change; resilience; sea-level rise; oligohaline marsh

The objectives of this study were to identify processes that contribute to resilience of coastal wetlands subject to rising sea levels and to determine whether the relative contribution of these processes varies across different wetland community types. We assessed the resilience of wetlands to seal...