Each year millions of larval and 0+ juvenile fishes are recruited into estuarine fish
populations around the world. For several decades the roles of littoral aquatic and emergent …

Coastal marine organisms experience dynamic pH and dissolved oxygen (DO) conditions in
their natural habitats, which may impact their susceptibility to long-term anthropogenic …

Breaching of coastal causeways and dikes (embankments) is a common method used to
restore estuaries and marshes to a more natural state. Here, we reviewed literature …

Coastal habitats, such as seagrasses, mangroves, rocky and coral reefs, salt marshes, and
kelp forests, sustain many key fish and invertebrate populations around the globe. Our …

Phragmites australis (common reed) is widespread in North America, with native and non-
native haplotypes. Many ecologists and wetland managers have considered P. australis a …

Sea level rise is a major stressor on many salt marshes, and its impacts include creek
widening, ponding, vegetation dieback, and drowning. Marsh vegetation changes have …

Tidal flow to salt marshes throughout the northeastern United States is often restricted by
roads, dikes, impoundments, and inadequately sized culverts or bridge openings, resulting …

While the most obvious effects of dike construction and marsh conversion are those affecting
the converted land (direct or intended effects), less immediately apparent effects also occur …

Decapod crustaceans occupying seagrass, salt marsh edge, and oyster habitats within the
St. Martins Aquatic Preserve along the central Gulf coast of Florida were quantitatively …

Estuarine wetlands are important nurseries for fish and decapod crustaceans. Flood
mitigation structures (such as levees, culverts and floodgates) that fragment wetland habitat …