Below the Salt Marsh Surface: Visualization of Plant Roots by Computer-Aided Tomography
As sea level rises, salt marshes become subtidal mudflats unless soil surface accretion occurs at rates fast enough to keep the marsh from being submerged (Brinson et al., 1995). The individual processes contributing to accretion are well known but vary geographically in their relative importance. W...
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| description | As sea level rises, salt marshes become subtidal mudflats unless soil surface accretion occurs at rates fast enough to keep the marsh from being submerged (Brinson et al., 1995). The individual processes contributing to accretion are well known but vary geographically in their relative importance. While the complicated interactions among accretion processes are poorly understood (Murray et al., 2008), production of roots and rhizomes is critical to maintenance of salt marsh soil structural integrity and marsh-surface elevation. Many long-term coastal research programs seek to understand how these interactions influence accretion to more accurately predict salt marsh response to sea level rise under widely differing rates of relative sea level rise, tide ranges, sediment supplies, nutrient inputs, coastal geomorphology, and climate. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e9bff8b043ef4152998657eb77c4536c2022-12-22T03:25:54ZengThe Oceanography SocietyOceanography1042-82752013-09-01263858710.5670/oceanog.2013.49Below the Salt Marsh Surface: Visualization of Plant Roots by Computer-Aided TomographyLinda K. BlumEarl DaveyAs sea level rises, salt marshes become subtidal mudflats unless soil surface accretion occurs at rates fast enough to keep the marsh from being submerged (Brinson et al., 1995). The individual processes contributing to accretion are well known but vary geographically in their relative importance. While the complicated interactions among accretion processes are poorly understood (Murray et al., 2008), production of roots and rhizomes is critical to maintenance of salt marsh soil structural integrity and marsh-surface elevation. Many long-term coastal research programs seek to understand how these interactions influence accretion to more accurately predict salt marsh response to sea level rise under widely differing rates of relative sea level rise, tide ranges, sediment supplies, nutrient inputs, coastal geomorphology, and climate.http://tos.org/oceanography/archive/26-3_blum.pdfLTERsea level risesalt marshsubtidal mud flat |
| spellingShingle | Linda K. Blum Earl Davey Below the Salt Marsh Surface: Visualization of Plant Roots by Computer-Aided Tomography Oceanography LTER sea level rise salt marsh subtidal mud flat |
| title | Below the Salt Marsh Surface: Visualization of Plant Roots by Computer-Aided Tomography |
| title_full | Below the Salt Marsh Surface: Visualization of Plant Roots by Computer-Aided Tomography |
| title_fullStr | Below the Salt Marsh Surface: Visualization of Plant Roots by Computer-Aided Tomography |
| title_full_unstemmed | Below the Salt Marsh Surface: Visualization of Plant Roots by Computer-Aided Tomography |
| title_short | Below the Salt Marsh Surface: Visualization of Plant Roots by Computer-Aided Tomography |
| title_sort | below the salt marsh surface visualization of plant roots by computer aided tomography |
| topic | LTER sea level rise salt marsh subtidal mud flat |
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