Response of tidal salt marshes of the US Atlantic and Gulf coasts to rising sea levels. Article

Orson, R, Panageotou, W, Leatherman, SP. (1985). Response of tidal salt marshes of the US Atlantic and Gulf coasts to rising sea levels. . JOURNAL OF COASTAL RESEARCH, 1(1), 29-37.

cited authors

  • Orson, R; Panageotou, W; Leatherman, SP

authors

abstract

  • A salt marsh responds in diverse ways to a rising sea level. A major factor is its ability to maintain surface elevations with respect to the mean high water level. Other influences include local submergence rates, sedimentation rates, density and composition of the indigenous flora, and type and intensity of cultural modifications. If the relative rate of sea level rise reaches catastrophic proportions (>10 mm yr-1), substantial reductions in wetland area and a corresponding increase in open water habitats is projected. -from Authors

publication date

  • January 1, 1985

published in

start page

  • 29

end page

  • 37

volume

  • 1

issue

  • 1