MARSH ELEVATION AND ACCRETION DYNAMICS ALONG ESTUARINE SALINITY GRADIENTS: OBSERVATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES

dc.contributor.advisorBaldwin, Andrew Hen_US
dc.contributor.authorBeckett, Leah Hope-Menziesen_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.accessioned2009-10-06T06:44:00Z
dc.date.available2009-10-06T06:44:00Z
dc.date.issued2009en_US
dc.description.abstractChesapeake Bay marshes are threatened by sea level rise and have experienced degradation as a result of saltwater intrusion and increased water levels. Rates of elevation and accretion change and vegetation communities may be affected by salt water intrusion and other processes as a result of sea level rise. An observational study of the Nanticoke River, a tributary to the Chesapeake Bay, utilizing surface elevation tables (SET) reflected that during the course of a two year study period, rates of marsh elevation change differed significantly along an estuarine salinity gradient. Surface elevation of oligohaline marshes decreased during the monitoring period and were significantly different from mesohaline marshes which increased in elevation. An experimental study in Patuxent River tidal freshwater marshes in which plots were irrigated with saltwater indicated that with saltwater intrusion vegetation communities may become less diverse.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/9663
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEnvironmental Sciencesen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledaccretionen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledcoastal marshesen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledmarsh elevationen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledsaltwater intrusionen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledsea level riseen_US
dc.titleMARSH ELEVATION AND ACCRETION DYNAMICS ALONG ESTUARINE SALINITY GRADIENTS: OBSERVATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDIESen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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