Seasonal and spatial patterns in sediment transport in an erosional marsh system

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Abstract

Salt marshes provide expansive ecosystem services to coastal regions, including serving as bird and fish habitat, providing flood protection, and sequestering carbon and toxins (Barbier et al. 2011). While marshes are naturally dynamic, they are undergoing net loss in the 21st century largely due to lateral erosion (Camp- bell et al. 2022). In regions where marsh migration is constrained by built infrastructure, or where sediment resources may be insufficient for vertical or lateral expansion, approaches to prevent net marsh loss against lateral erosion are limited. To better understand and strategize around these conditions, detailed studies of marsh-edge loss mechanisms and their connections to sediment transport dynamics are necessary (Smith et al. 2021). 

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WinklerPrins, L.T., Lacy, J.R., Stacey, M.T., Thorne, K.M., 2024, Seasonal and spatial patterns in sediment transport in an erosional marsh system, Physics of Estuaries and Coastal Seas (PECS) - 2024, Bordeaux, France, September 23-27, 2024, p. 249-251.

Publication type Conference Paper
Publication Subtype Conference Paper
Title Seasonal and spatial patterns in sediment transport in an erosional marsh system
Year Published 2024
Language English
Publisher PECS (Physics of Estuaries and Coastal Seas)
Contributing office(s) Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Description 3
First page 249
Last page 251
Conference Title Physics of Estuaries and Coastal Seas (PECS) - 2024
Conference Location Bordeaux, France
Conference Date September 23-27, 2024
Country United States
State California
Other Geospatial Whale's Tail Marsh South
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