Publications

Coastal forests are increasingly threatened by long-term sea-level rise (SLR) and episodic storms, with forest mortality creating striking “ghost forests” surrounded by marshes. While SLR is widely recognized as a chronic stressor that gradually displaces forests, storms are hypothesized to act…

Coastal wetlands perform a unique set of physical, chemical, and biological functions, which provide billions of dollars of ecosystem services annually. These wetlands also face myriad environmental and anthropogenic pressures, which threaten their ecological condition and undermine their…

Accelerating sea level rise and increasing frequency of storms are impacting coastal wetlands. Similar to salt marshes, coastal freshwater wetlands provide important flood protection and storm abatement services, but their capacity to keep up with sea level rise and associated saltwater…

The United States (U.S.) coastal plain is subject to rising sea levels, land subsidence, more severe coastal storms,  and more intense droughts. These changes lead to inputs of marine salts into freshwater-dependent coastal systems, creating saltwater intrusion. The penetration of salinity…

Ecotone communities are areas of high species turnover and steep environmental gradients. We investigated how
environmental gradients shape species interactions between upland and tidal wetland grass species to shed light
on zonation in these species’ distribution patterns, in the context…