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Call, M. N., Pongnon, R. S., Wails, C. N., Karpanty, S. M., Lapenta, K. C., Wilke, A. L., Boettcher, R., Alvino, C. R., & Fraser, J. D. (2024). Biotic and abiotic factors affecting Atlantic ghost crab (Ocypode quadrata) spatiotemporal activity at an important shorebird nesting site in Virginia. PLOS ONE, 19(8), e0307821. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0307821 Cite

Woods, N. N., & Zinnert, J. C. (2024). Shrub encroachment of coastal ecosystems depends on dune elevation. Plant Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11258-024-01453-2 Cite

Kottler, E. J., Hamilton, M. B., & Gedan, K. B. (2024). Plasticity drives the trait variation of a foundation marsh species migrating into coastal forests with sea‐level rise. Ecosphere, 15(8), e4962. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4962 Cite

Dominguez, R., Fenster, M. S., & McManus, J. W. (2024). Storm frequency, magnitude, and cumulative storm beach impact along the US east coast. Earth Surface Dynamics, 12(5), 1145–1163. https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-12-1145-2024 Cite

Tassone, S. J., Ewers Lewis, C. J., McGlathery, K. J., & Pace, M. L. (2024). Seagrass ecosystem recovery: Experimental removal and synthesis of disturbance studies. Limnology and Oceanography. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.12608 Cite

Turrietta, E., & Reidenbach, M. A. (2024). Edge effects of a fragmented seagrass habitat on flow, bivalve recruitment, and sediment dynamics. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 732, 53–71. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14545 Cite

Rubin, E. V. L., Blum, L. K., & Mills, A. L. (2024). Effect of Flooding on Water-Table Elevation and Salinity in an Abandoned Coastal Agricultural Field. Journal of Coastal Research. https://doi.org/10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-23-00071.1 Cite

Rubin, E. V. (2024). Salt Marsh Migration into Abandoned Agricultural Fields and the Role of Kosteletzkya pentacarpos in Ecosystem Transition (10.18130/mxtn-wb21) [University of Virginia]. https://doi.org/10.18130/mxtn-wb21 Cite

Porter, J. H., & Dueser, R. D. (2024). A Low-Cost Small-Mammal Camera Trap for Research and Education. The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, 105(3), e02142. https://doi.org/10.1002/bes2.2142 Cite

LaRoche, C. (2024). Understanding variability and drivers of seawater inorganic carbonate chemistry across temperate nearshore marine systems in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic (10.18130/sc6g-xt43) [Ph.D Dissertation, University of Virginia]. https://doi.org/10.18130/sc6g-xt43 Cite

Berger, A. C., & Berg, P. (2024). Eelgrass meadow response to heat stress. I. Temperature threshold for ecosystem production derived from in situ aquatic eddy covariance measurements. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 736, 35–46. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14587 Cite

Murphy, E. A. K., & Reidenbach, M. A. (2024). Pulsatile Ventilation Flow in Polychaete Alitta succinea Burrows. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 12(7), 1037. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse12071037 Cite

Brahmey, E. I., McGlathery, K. J., & Doney, S. C. (2024). Quantifying seasonal to multi-decadal signals in coastal water quality using high- and low-frequency time series data. Cambridge Prisms: Coastal Futures, 2, e8. Cambridge Core. https://doi.org/10.1017/cft.2024.6 Cite

Berger, A. C., Berg, P., McGlathery, K. J., Aoki, L. R., & Kerns, K. (2024). Eelgrass meadow response to heat stress. II. Impacts of ocean warming and marine heatwaves measured by novel metrics. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 736, 47–62. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14587 Cite

Tassone, S. J., & Pace, M. L. (2023). Increased Frequency of Sediment Heatwaves in a Virginia Seagrass Meadow. Estuaries and Coasts. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-023-01314-7 Cite

Smith, A. J., McGlathery, K., Chen, Y., Ewers Lewis, C. J., Doney, S. C., Gedan, K., LaRoche, C. K., Berg, P., Pace, M. L., Zinnert, J. C., & Kirwan, M. L. (2023). Compensatory Mechanisms Absorb Regional Carbon Losses Within a Rapidly Shifting Coastal Mosaic. Ecosystems. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-023-00877-7 Cite

Buelo, C. D., Besterman, A. F., Walter, J. A., Pace, M. L., Ha, D. T., & Tassone, S. J. (2023). Quantifying Disturbance and Recovery in Estuaries: Tropical Cyclones and High-Frequency Measures of Oxygen and Salinity. Estuaries and Coasts. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-023-01255-1 Cite

Yang, J., Dai, Z., Lou, Y., Mei, X., & Fagherazzi, S. (2023). Image-based machine learning for monitoring the dynamics of deltaic islands in the Atchafalaya River Delta Complex between 1991 and 2019. Journal of Hydrology, 623, 129814. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.129814 Cite

Sward, R., Philbrick, A., Morreale, J., Baird, C. J., & Gedan, K. (2023). Shrub expansion in maritime forest responding to sea level rise. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 6. https://doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2023.1167880 Cite

Valentine, K., Herbert, E. R., Walters, D. C., Chen, Y., Smith, A. J., & Kirwan, M. L. (2023). Climate-driven tradeoffs between landscape connectivity and the maintenance of the coastal carbon sink. Nature Communications, 14(1), 1137. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36803-7 Cite

Wittyngham, S. S., Carey, J., & Johnson, D. S. (2023). Resource availability and plant age drive defense against herbivory in salt marshes. Oikos, 2023(8), e09672. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.09672 Cite

Wiberg, P. L. (2023). Temperature amplification and marine heatwave alteration in shallow coastal bays. Frontiers in Marine Science, 10, 1129295. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1129295 Cite

Wisnoski, N. I., Andrade, R., Castorani, M. C., Catano, C. P., Compagnoni, A., Lamy, T., Lany, N. K., Marazzi, L., Record, S., & Smith, A. C. (2023). Diversity–stability relationships across organism groups and ecosystem types become decoupled across spatial scales. Ecology, 104(9), e4136. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.4136 Cite

Tassone, S. J. (2023). Quantifying Heatwaves and Seagrass Recovery Dynamics in Aquatic Ecosystems (10.18130/0vkc-jj16) [University of Virginia]. https://doi.org/10.18130/0vkc-jj16 Cite

Smith, R. S., Cheng, S. L., & Castorani, M. C. (2023). Meta‐analysis of ecosystem services associated with oyster restoration. Conservation Biology, 37(1), e13966. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13966 Cite

Smith, R. S., & Castorani, M. C. (2023). Meta‐analysis reveals drivers of restoration success for oysters and reef community. Ecological Applications, e2865. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2865 Cite

Reeves, I. R. B., Moore, L. J., Valentine, K., Fagherazzi, S., & Kirwan, M. L. (2023). Sediment Exchange Across Coastal Barrier Landscapes Alters Ecosystem Extents. Geophysical Research Letters, 50(14), e2023GL103680. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL103680 Cite

Nur, N. B., & Bachmann, C. M. (2023). Comparison of Soil Moisture Content Retrieval Models Utilizing Hyperspectral Goniometer Data and Hyperspectral Imagery From an Unmanned Aerial System. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 128(6), e2023JG007381. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JG007381 Cite

Lang, S. E., Luis, K. M. A., Doney, S. C., Cronin-Golomb, O., & Castorani, M. C. N. (2023). Modeling Coastal Water Clarity Using Landsat-8 and Sentinel-2. Earth and Space Science, 10(7), e2022EA002579. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022EA002579 Cite

Halpern, B. S., Boettiger, C., Dietze, M. C., Gephart, J. A., Gonzalez, P., Grimm, N. B., Groffman, P. M., Gurevitch, J., Hobbie, S. E., & Komatsu, K. J. (2023). Priorities for synthesis research in ecology and environmental science. Ecosphere, 14(1), e4342. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4342 Cite

Nordio, G., Frederiks, R., Hingst, M., Carr, J., Kirwan, M., Gedan, K., Michael, H., & Fagherazzi, S. (2023). Frequent Storm Surges Affect the Groundwater of Coastal Ecosystems. Geophysical Research Letters, 50(1), e2022GL100191. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL100191 Cite

Nordio, G., & Fagherazzi, S. (2023). Recovery of salt marsh vegetation after ice-rafting. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 710, 57–70. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14294 Cite

Hardison, S. B., McGlathery, K. J., & Castorani, M. C. N. (2023). Effects of seagrass restoration on coastal fish abundance and diversity. Conservation Biology, n/a(n/a), e14147. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.14147 Cite

Donatelli, C., Passalacqua, P., Wright, K., Salter, G., Lamb, M. P., Jensen, D., & Fagherazzi, S. (2023). Quantifying Flow Velocities in River Deltas via Remotely Sensed Suspended Sediment Concentration. Geophysical Research Letters, 50(4), e2022GL101392. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL101392 Cite

Call, M. N., Wilke, A. L., Poulton, Z., Boettcher, R., Karpanty, S. M., Kwon, E., Lipford, A., Gardner, E. D., Anderson, L., & Fraser, J. D. (2023). Comparing in-person versus camera monitoring of shorebird reproductive success. Waterbirds, 45(3), 312–327. https://doi.org/10.1675/063.045.0310 Cite

Brahmey, E. (2023). Exploring Spatial and Temporal Differences Between High and Low Frequency Water Quality Data in Coastal Virginia (10.18130/99sn-hh38) [M.S., University of Virginia,]. https://doi.org/10.18130/99sn-hh38 Cite

Tedford, K. N., & Castorani, M. C. N. (2022). Meta-analysis reveals controls on oyster predation. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.1055240 Cite

Chen, Y., & Kirwan, M. L. (2022). A phenology- and trend-based approach for accurate mapping of sea-level driven coastal forest retreat. Remote Sensing of Environment, 281, 113229. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2022.113229 Cite

Chen, Y., & Kirwan, M. L. (2022). Climate-driven decoupling of wetland and upland biomass trends on the mid-Atlantic coast. Nature Geoscience. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-022-01041-x Cite

Cheng, S. L., Tedford, K. N., Smith, R. S., Hardison, S., Cornish, M. R., & Castorani, M. C. N. (2022). Coastal Vegetation and Bathymetry Influence Blue Crab Abundance Across Spatial Scales. Estuaries and Coasts, 45(6), 1701–1715. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-021-01039-5 Cite

Tassone, S. J., Besterman, A. F., Buelo, C. D., Walter, J. A., & Pace, M. L. (2022). Co-occurrence of Aquatic Heatwaves with Atmospheric Heatwaves, Low Dissolved Oxygen, and Low pH Events in Estuarine Ecosystems. Estuaries and Coasts, 45(3), 707–720. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-021-01009-x Cite

Nordio, G., & Fagherazzi, S. (2022). Salinity increases with water table elevation at the boundary between salt marsh and forest. Journal of Hydrology, 608, 127576. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.127576 Cite

Kottler, E. J., & Gedan, K. B. (2022). Sexual reproduction is light-limited as marsh grasses colonize maritime forest. American Journal of Botany, 109(4), 514–525. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.1831 Cite

Wang, J., Dai, Z., Fagherazzi, S., Zhang, X., & Liu, X. (2022). Hydro-morphodynamics triggered by extreme riverine floods in a mega fluvial-tidal delta. Science of The Total Environment, 809, 152076. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152076 Cite

Smith, R. S., Hogan, S., Tedford, K. N., Lusk, B., Reidenbach, M. A., & Castorani, M. C. N. (2022). Long-term data reveal greater intertidal oyster biomass in predicted suitable habitat. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 683, 221–226. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13949 Cite

Berg, P., Huettel, M., Glud, R. N., Reimers, C. E., & Attard, K. M. (2022). Aquatic Eddy Covariance: The Method and Its Contributions to Defining Oxygen and Carbon Fluxes in Marine Environments. Ann Rev Mar Sci, 14, 431–455. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-marine-042121-012329 Cite

Zhu, Q., Wiberg, P. L., & McGlathery, K. J. (2022). Seasonal growth and senescence of seagrass alters sediment accumulation rates and carbon burial in a coastal lagoon. Limnology and Oceanography, 67(9), 1931–1942. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.12178 Cite

Zhang, X., Wright, K., Passalacqua, P., Simard, M., & Fagherazzi, S. (2022). Improving Channel Hydrological Connectivity in Coastal Hydrodynamic Models With Remotely Sensed Channel Networks. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 127(3), e2021JF006294. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JF006294 Cite

Zhu, Q., & Wiberg, P. L. (2022). The Importance of Storm Surge for Sediment Delivery to Microtidal Marshes. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 127(9), e2022JF006612. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JF006612 Cite