Effects of Sea Level Rise on Tidal Marshes

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dc.contributor.advisorHarris, Loraen_US
dc.contributor.authorBryan, Jenniferen_US
dc.contributor.departmentMarine-Estuarine-Environmental Sciencesen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-24T06:16:27Z
dc.date.available2014-06-24T06:16:27Z
dc.date.issued2014en_US
dc.description.abstractThere is growing concern regarding the potentially negative impacts of sea level rise (SLR) on tidal wetlands in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. In Chapter one, I investigate the phenotypic plasticity and biomechanical properties of <italic>Zizania aquatica</italic> under experimental inundation treatments. At lower elevations and higher inundation designed to simulate SLR, <italic>Zizania aquatica</italic> did indeed respond with phenotypic changes such as increased height and stem thickness, and decreased stem density, areal aboveground biomass, and modulus of elasticity. In Chapter two, I investigate the nitrogen removal role of Chesapeake Bay tidal wetlands under current and simulated long-term SLR. I also examine nitrogen removal at smaller scales in Maryland, comparing restoration goals for nitrogen loading reductions with the loss of nitrogen removal services expected by 2025. Tidal wetlands are expected to decrease in the Bay and Maryland and associated loss of nitrogen removal services may affect attainment of restoration goals.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/15387
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEnvironmental scienceen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledChesapeake Bayen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledMorphologyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledNitrogen Removalen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledSea Level Riseen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledTidal Wetlandsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledZizania aquaticaen_US
dc.titleEffects of Sea Level Rise on Tidal Marshesen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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