An integrative salt marsh conceptual framework for global comparisons
Abstract Salt marshes occur globally across climatic and coastal settings, providing key linkages between terrestrial and marine ecosystems. However, salt marsh science lacks a unifying conceptual framework; consequently, historically well‐studied locations have been used as normative benchmarks. To...
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| author | Erik S. Yando Scott F. Jones W. Ryan James Denise D. Colombano Diana I. Montemayor Stefanie Nolte Jacqueline L. Raw Shelby L. Ziegler Luzhen Chen Daniele Daffonchio Marco Fusi Kerrylee Rogers Liudmila Sergienko |
| author_facet | Erik S. Yando Scott F. Jones W. Ryan James Denise D. Colombano Diana I. Montemayor Stefanie Nolte Jacqueline L. Raw Shelby L. Ziegler Luzhen Chen Daniele Daffonchio Marco Fusi Kerrylee Rogers Liudmila Sergienko |
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| description | Abstract Salt marshes occur globally across climatic and coastal settings, providing key linkages between terrestrial and marine ecosystems. However, salt marsh science lacks a unifying conceptual framework; consequently, historically well‐studied locations have been used as normative benchmarks. To allow for more effective comparisons across the diversity of salt marshes, we developed an integrative salt marsh conceptual framework. We review ecosystem‐relevant drivers from global to local spatial scales, integrate these multi‐scale settings into a framework, and provide guidance on applying the framework using specific variables on 11 global examples. Overall, this framework allows for appropriate comparison of study sites by accounting for global, coastal, inter‐, and intra‐system spatial settings unique to each salt marsh. We anticipate that incorporating this framework into salt marsh science will provide a mechanism to critically evaluate research questions and a foundation for effective quantitative studies that deepen our understanding of salt marsh function across spatial scales. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5b59fe20f57b4dfb8ac457ae30d448d12023-11-11T07:40:16ZengWileyLimnology and Oceanography Letters2378-22422023-12-018683084910.1002/lol2.10346An integrative salt marsh conceptual framework for global comparisonsErik S. Yando0Scott F. Jones1W. Ryan James2Denise D. Colombano3Diana I. Montemayor4Stefanie Nolte5Jacqueline L. Raw6Shelby L. Ziegler7Luzhen Chen8Daniele Daffonchio9Marco Fusi10Kerrylee Rogers11Liudmila Sergienko12Department of Biological Sciences Old Dominion University Norfolk VirginiaDepartment of Biology University of North Florida Jacksonville FloridaInstitute of Environment Florida International University Miami FloridaDepartment of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management University of California Berkeley CaliforniaInstituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (IIMyC) CONICET‐UNMDP Mar del Plata ArgentinaSchool of Environmental Sciences University of East Anglia Norwich UKDSI/NRF Research Chair in Shallow Water Ecosystems, Institute for Coastal and Marine Research, Department of Botany Nelson Mandela University Gqeberha South AfricaOdum School of Ecology University of Georgia Athens GeorgiaState Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Coastal and Wetland Ecosystems, College of the Environment and Ecology Xiamen University Xiamen ChinaMarine Science Program, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Thuwal Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaJoint Nature Conservation Committee Monkstone House Peterborough UKSchool of Earth, Atmospheric and Life Sciences University of Wollongong Wollongong New South Wales AustraliaInstitute of Biology, Ecology and Agrotechnology Petrozavodsk State University Petrozavodsk Russian FederationAbstract Salt marshes occur globally across climatic and coastal settings, providing key linkages between terrestrial and marine ecosystems. However, salt marsh science lacks a unifying conceptual framework; consequently, historically well‐studied locations have been used as normative benchmarks. To allow for more effective comparisons across the diversity of salt marshes, we developed an integrative salt marsh conceptual framework. We review ecosystem‐relevant drivers from global to local spatial scales, integrate these multi‐scale settings into a framework, and provide guidance on applying the framework using specific variables on 11 global examples. Overall, this framework allows for appropriate comparison of study sites by accounting for global, coastal, inter‐, and intra‐system spatial settings unique to each salt marsh. We anticipate that incorporating this framework into salt marsh science will provide a mechanism to critically evaluate research questions and a foundation for effective quantitative studies that deepen our understanding of salt marsh function across spatial scales.https://doi.org/10.1002/lol2.10346 |
| spellingShingle | Erik S. Yando Scott F. Jones W. Ryan James Denise D. Colombano Diana I. Montemayor Stefanie Nolte Jacqueline L. Raw Shelby L. Ziegler Luzhen Chen Daniele Daffonchio Marco Fusi Kerrylee Rogers Liudmila Sergienko An integrative salt marsh conceptual framework for global comparisons Limnology and Oceanography Letters |
| title | An integrative salt marsh conceptual framework for global comparisons |
| title_full | An integrative salt marsh conceptual framework for global comparisons |
| title_fullStr | An integrative salt marsh conceptual framework for global comparisons |
| title_full_unstemmed | An integrative salt marsh conceptual framework for global comparisons |
| title_short | An integrative salt marsh conceptual framework for global comparisons |
| title_sort | integrative salt marsh conceptual framework for global comparisons |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/lol2.10346 |
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