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Warming and mangrove encroachment alter belowground processes with positive implications for surface elevation maintenance at the GTMNERR: findings from the WETFEET project

April 5, 2021

Samantha Chapman, Professor, Department of Biology, Villanova University, Villanova, PA Join us for the live stream April 7, 11:45am EST: youtu.be/Zf826a-yvDM Abstract Samantha Chapman, Adam Langley, Gabby Canas, Emily Geoghegan, Candy Feller, Nikki Dix, Ches Vervake, Mark Hester, and Jim Morris Though we are beginning to understand some consequences of mangrove encroachment into marshes, the […]

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Buying time – Salt marsh adaptive management to sea level rise using runnels

March 29, 2021

Alice Besterman, NE CASC Postdoctoral Fellow, Buzzards Bay Coalition & Woodwell Climate Research Center, MA Join us for the live stream March 24, 11:45am EST: youtu.be/a1Lyc2p5u6Q Abstract Salt marshes across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic are experiencing rapid expansion of shallow pools, which are “eating” marshes from the inside out. Sea level rise, in interaction with numerous […]

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Taking the “pulse” of river ecosystems: from stream reaches to watersheds

March 22, 2021

Lauren Koenig, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT Join us for the live stream March 24, 11:45am EST: youtu.be/eWguwMVGjy8 Abstract In streams and rivers, physical and ecological processes impart a seasonal rhythm in ecosystem energetics and nutrient cycling. High-resolution data are improving our ability to observe temporal […]

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Dynamic spatiotemporal patterns of metapopulation occupancy in wetlandscapes

March 6, 2021

Leonardo Bertassello, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Environmental Change Initiative, University of Notre Dame, IN
March 10, 11:45am EST: youtu.be/bKdATRLSF6I

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Applying cumulative effects and long-term ecological research to strategically advance large-scale ecosystem restoration

February 28, 2021

Heida Diefenderfer, Restoration Ecologist, Marine and Coastal Research Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Sequim, WA Join us for the live stream March 3, 11:45am EST: youtu.be/QkhgaOyB1Oo Bio Dr. Heida Diefenderfer is a Restoration Ecologist at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory’s Marine and Coastal Research Lab, located on the north Olympic Peninsula in Washington State. She […]

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Climate change and coastal ecosystems: Ecological consequences of mangrove expansion into Gulf of Mexico salt marshes

February 19, 2021

Anna Armitage, Professor, Department of Marine Biology, Texas A&M University at Galveston, TX Join us for the live stream Feb 24, 11:45am EST: youtu.be/S9EQvCYJrsE Abstract Climate change is driving landscape-scale shifts in plant species distributions and abundances, subsequently altering ecosystem structure and function. Such shifts are occurring along the Texas Gulf Coast (USA), where increases […]

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Ghosts of the coast: Ecological investigations of a mid-Atlantic ghost forest

February 3, 2021

Keryn Gedan, Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences, George Washington University, DC Join us for the live stream Feb 10, 11:45am EST (note, there will not be a public recording for this seminar): youtu.be/DtmPfdG_ID4 Abstract Ghost forests are formed when sea level rise and saltwater intrusion kill trees at the coastal interface. While the formation of ghost […]

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Seasonal dynamics of terrestrially sourced nitrogen influenced Karenia brevis blooms off Florida’s southern Gulf Coast

February 1, 2021

Miles Medina, Environmental Scientist / Data Engineer, Wood Environment and Infrastructure Solutions, Gainesville, FL Join us for the live stream Feb 3, 11:45am EST, or view later: youtu.be/Wl-Ro1XU6SM Abstract Harmful algal blooms (HABs) threaten coastal ecological systems, public health, and local economies, but the complex physical, chemical, and biological processes that culminate in HABs vary […]

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Unoccupied aircraft systems (UAS) are transforming marine science and conservation

January 22, 2021

David W. Johnston, Associate Professor of the Practice of Marine Conservation & Ecology Division of Marine Science and Conservation, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University Marine Laboratory, 135 Duke Marine Lab Rd., Beaufort, NC 28516 Join us for the live stream Feb 17, 11:45am EST, or view later: youtu.be/p000JB2BaRA. Abstract The use of unoccupied aircraft […]

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No Flow? No Problem! Drivers of flow and long-term change in non-perennial streams

January 22, 2021

Sam Zipper, Assistant Scientist, Kansas Geological Survey, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS Join us for the live stream March 17, 11:45am EST, or view later: youtu.be/OFpqrcblnS0. Abstract Non-perennial streams and rivers account for over 50% of global river network length, but are poorly understood relative to their perennial counterparts. This lack of understanding of the hydrology […]

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