The impacts of mangrove range expansion on wetland ecosystem services in the southeastern United States: Current understanding, knowledge gaps, and emerging …

MJ Osland, AR Hughes, AR Armitage… - Global Change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change is transforming ecosystems and affecting ecosystem goods and services.
Along the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic coasts of the southeastern United States, the frequency …

Rapidly changing range limits in a warming world: critical data limitations and knowledge gaps for advancing understanding of mangrove range dynamics in the …

R Bardou, MJ Osland, S Scyphers, C Shepard… - Estuaries and …, 2023 - Springer
Climate change is altering species' range limits and transforming ecosystems. For example,
warming temperatures are leading to the range expansion of tropical, cold-sensitive species …

Modeling strategies and data needs for representing coastal wetland vegetation in land surface models

S LaFond‐Hudson, B Sulman - New Phytologist, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Vegetated coastal ecosystems sequester carbon rapidly relative to terrestrial ecosystems.
Coastal wetlands are poorly represented in land surface models, but work is underway to …

Monitoring detailed mangrove hurricane damage and early recovery using multisource remote sensing data

DA Vizcaya-Martínez, F Flores-de-Santiago… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to their location in tropical latitudes, mangrove forests are susceptible to the impact of
hurricanes and can be vastly damaged by their high-speed winds. Given the logistic …

Mangrove trees outperform saltmarsh grasses in building elevation but collapse rapidly under high rates of sea‐level rise

JT Morris, JA Langley, WC Vervaeke, N Dix… - Earth's …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Mangrove trees are invading saltmarshes at subtropical ecotones globally, but the
consequences of this vegetation shift for ecosystem sustainability remain unknown. Using …

Hurricanes enhance coral connectivity but also superspread coral diseases

T Dobbelaere, A Dekens, A Saint‐Amand… - Global Change …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change poses an existential threat to coral reefs. A warmer and more acidic ocean
weakens coral ecosystems and increases the intensity of hurricanes. The wind–wave …

Nitrogen Addition Increases Freeze Resistance in Black Mangrove (Avicennia germinans) Shrubs in a Temperate-Tropical Ecotone

IC Feller, U Berger, SK Chapman, EM Dangremond… - Ecosystems, 2023 - Springer
Low temperature stress is the primary factor determining the latitudinal limits of tropical
plants. As the climate warms, tropical species are migrating poleward, displacing native …

The Distribution and Structure of Mangroves (Avicennia germinans and Rhizophora mangle) Near a Rapidly Changing Range Limit in the Northeastern Gulf of …

CM Snyder, LC Feher, MJ Osland, CJ Miller… - Estuaries and …, 2022 - Springer
In coastal wetlands, one of the most striking examples of climate change is the poleward
range expansion of mangrove forests in response to warming winters. In North America, the …

Genetic impacts of physical disturbance processes in coastal marine ecosystems

E Parvizi, CI Fraser, JM Waters - Journal of Biogeography, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Coastal habitats are among the most dynamic environments on earth and are highly
vulnerable to large‐scale physical disturbance. Genetic studies of nearshore marine species …

Mangrove diversity is more than fringe deep

SWJ Canty, JP Kennedy, G Fox, K Matterson… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Mangroves form coastal tropical forests in the intertidal zone and are an important
component of shoreline protection. In comparison to other tropical forests, mangrove stands …