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Shifting cyclone travel speed and its impact on global mangrove ecosystems Open

Yu Mo, Andrew H. Baldwin, Ian Donohue · 2025

Cyclones cause major damage to mangrove ecosystems globally. While this damage is projected to increase as storms intensify with climate change, the consequences of changes in cyclone attributes other than wind speed remain largely unexplo…

Coastal inundation regime moderates the short-term effects of sediment and soil additions on seawater oxygen and greenhouse gas dynamics: a microcosm experiment Open

Peter Regier, Nicholas Ward, Alex Izquierdo, Andrew H. Baldwin, Donnie Day , et al. · 2023

The frequency and persistence of tidal inundation varies along the coastal terrestrial-aquatic interface, from frequently inundated wetlands to rarely inundated upland forests. This inundation gradient controls soil and sediment biogeochem…

Long-term periodic management of Phragmites australis maintains native brackish wetland plant communities Open

Hope Brooks, Sylvia Jacobson, Andrew H. Baldwin, Melissa McCormick, Karin M. Kettenring , et al. · 2023

Complete eradication of invasive plants is often infeasible while in some cases ‘functional eradication’, the reduction of an invader to low levels with reduced ongoing management costs, is a sustainable option. Non-native Phragmites austr…

What Happens After Phragmites is Killed: A Retrospective Analysis Open

Hope Brooks, Sylvia Jacobson, Andrew H. Baldwin, Melissa McCormick, Karin Kettering , et al. · 2023

This database contains nine spreadsheets titled: “2011_TMON_All.csv,” “2014_TMON_All.csv,” “2020_TMON_All.csv,” “Historical_Covers.csv,” “Modern_Covers_01.csv,” “Modern_Sommes.csv,” “Modern_Sommes_PresAbs.csv,” “Combined_HistModern.csv,” a…

What Happens After Phragmites is Killed; Native Transplant Experiment Open

Sylvia Jacobson, Dennis F. Whigham, Hope Brooks, Andrew H. Baldwin, Melissa McCormick , et al. · 2023

Dataset on tidal wetland site recovery following Phragmites removal and planting with native species along Maryland, USA subestuaries of the Chesapeake Bay. Includes data on plant cover, plant survival, plant aboveground and belowground bi…

What Happens After Phragmites Is Killed; Effect of Variable Tidal Flooding on Plant Growth and Carbon Allocation: A Marsh Organ Experiment Open

Sylvia Jacobson, Dennis F. Whigham, Hope Brooks, Andrew H. Baldwin, Melissa McCormick , et al. · 2023

This dataset is from a mesocosm experiment where different native wetland species and the invasive species Phragmites australis were planted at different flooding levels in a tidal creek along the Rhode River, a subestuary of the Chesapeak…

Soil, Plant, and Microbiome Tracers of Coastal Wetland Migration Open

Jared Wilmoth, R. Kyle Derby, Sylvia Jacobson, Andrew H. Baldwin, Isabelle Van Benschoten · 2023

Field Experiment Reveals Unintended Consequences of Organic Matter Amendments in Restoring Wetlands Open

Andrew H. Baldwin, Stephanie A. Yarwood, Brian Scott · 2022

Wetlands are identified as key ecosystems in the UN Decade on Restoration initiative because of their water management and global warming benefits. Wetland restoration sometimes includes adding organic matter (+ OM) to accelerate hydric so…

Making sense of multivariate community responses in global change experiments Open

Meghan L. Avolio, Kimberly J. Komatsu, Sally E. Koerner, Emily Grman, Forest Isbell , et al. · 2022

Ecological communities are being impacted by global change worldwide. Experiments are a powerful tool to understand how global change will impact communities by comparing control and treatment replicates. Communities consist of multiple sp…

Variation in Plant Community Composition and Biomass to Macro and Micronutrients and Salinity across Egypt’s Five Major Coastal Lakes Open

Amr E. Keshta, Kamal H. Shaltout, Andrew H. Baldwin, Ahmed Sharaf El-Din, Ebrahem M. Eid · 2022

To better assess the relationship between excess nutrient runoff and plant species diversity in the Egyptian northern coastal lakes, the relationships between aboveground biomass, species diversity, and both micro and macronutrient concent…

Loss of Coastal Wetlands in Lake Burullus, Egypt: A GIS and Remote-Sensing Study Open

Amr E. Keshta, J. C. Alexis Riter, Kamal H. Shaltout, Andrew H. Baldwin, Michael Kearney , et al. · 2022

Lake Burullus is the second largest lake at the northern edge of the Nile Delta, Egypt, and has been recognized as an internationally significant wetland that provides a habitat for migrating birds, fish, herpetofauna, and mammals. However…

Quantification of potential methane emissions associated with organic matter amendments following oxic-soil inundation Open

Brian Scott, Andrew H. Baldwin, Stephanie A. Yarwood · 2022

Methane (CH4) emissions are a potent contributor to global warming, and wetlands can be a significant CH4 source. In a microcosm study, we evaluated how the practice of amending soils with organic matter as part of wetland restoration proj…

Do trade‐offs govern plant species’ responses to different global change treatments? Open

J. Adam Langley, Emily Grman, Kevin R. Wilcox, Meghan L. Avolio, Kimberly J. Komatsu , et al. · 2021

Plants are subject to trade‐offs among growth strategies such that adaptations for optimal growth in one condition can preclude optimal growth in another. Thus, we predicted that a plant species that responds positively to one global chang…

A two-phase plant-soil feedback experiment to explore biotic influences on <i>Phragmites australis</i> invasion in North American wetlands Open

Sean F.H. Lee, Thomas J. Mozdzer, Samantha Chapman, Martina Gonzalez Mateu, Andrew H. Baldwin , et al. · 2021

Plants can cultivate soil microbial communities that affect subsequent plant growth through a plant-soil feedback (PSF). Strong evidence indicates that PSFs can mediate the invasive success of exotic upland plants, but many of the most inv…

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Brian Scott, Andrew H. Baldwin, Stephanie A. Yarwood · 2021

Abstract. Methane (CH₄) emissions are a potent contributor to global warming, and wetlands can be a significant CH₄ source. In a microcosm study, we evaluated how the practic…

Adding organic matter to restore wetland soils may increase methane generation and is not needed for hydric soil development Open

Brian Scott, Andrew H. Baldwin, Stephanie A. Yarwood · 2021

Methane (CH4) emissions are a potent contributor to global warming and wetlands can be a significant CH4 source. In a microcosm study we evaluated how the practice of amending soils with organic matter as part of wetland restoration projec…

Contributions of Organic and Mineral Matter to Vertical Accretion in Tidal Wetlands across a Chesapeake Bay Subestuary Open

J. R. L. Allen, Jeffrey C. Cornwell, Andrew H. Baldwin · 2021

Persistence of tidal wetlands under conditions of sea level rise depends on vertical accretion of organic and inorganic matter, which vary in their relative abundance across estuarine gradients. We examined the relative contribution of org…

Macro and microscopic visual imaging tools to investigate metal reducing bacteria in soils Open

Brian Scott, Andrew H. Baldwin, Stephanie A. Yarwood, Carmen Castañeda, Borja Latorre , et al. · 2020

Indicator of Reduction In Soils (IRIS) technology is an important tool for identifying hydric soils, but it does not allow the user to monitor in real time. IRIS uses metal‐oxide coatings on a polyvinyl chloride surface that, under anaerob…

Ungrazed salt marsh has well connected soil pores and less dense sediment compared with grazed salt marsh: a CT scanning study Open

Amr E. Keshta, Ketil Koop‐Jakobsen, Jürgen Titschack, Peter Mueller, Kai Jensen , et al. · 2020

Plant litter amendments in restored wetland soils altered microbial communities more than clay additions Open

Christine E. Maietta, Victoria Monsaint-Queeney, Lindsay Wood, Andrew H. Baldwin, Stephanie A. Yarwood · 2020

Wetland restoration efforts aim to enhance the structure and function of degraded and damaged wetlands. Unfortunately, restoration techniques often alter a site's soil habitat and plant community structure, which affect the activity and co…

Dark septate endophyte improves salt tolerance of native and invasive lineages of <i>Phragmites australis</i> Open

Martina Gonzalez Mateu, Andrew H. Baldwin, Jude E. Maul, Stephanie A. Yarwood · 2020

Fungal endophytes can improve plant tolerance to abiotic stress. However, the role of these plant–fungal interactions in invasive species ecology and their management implications remain unclear. This study characterized the fungal endophy…

Salinity Tolerance and Occurrence of Salix nigra Marshall (Black Willow) in Tidal Wetlands of Chesapeake Bay Tributaries Open

Heike Markus‐Michalczyk, Michelle L. Crawford, Andrew H. Baldwin · 2020

Salix nigra Marshall (Black Willow) is a pioneer tree species that establishes in North American river floodplains and is widely used for bank stabilization. However, its salinity tolerance and occurrence in tidal wetlands of estuar…

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Darold P. Batzer, Andrew H. Baldwin · 2019

Effects of Detritus on the Mosquito Culex pipiens: Phragmites and Schedonorus (Festuca) Invasion Affect Population Performance Open

Paul T. Leisnham, Brandon G. Scott, Andrew H. Baldwin, Shannon L. LaDeau · 2019

Species interactions that influence the performance of the exotic mosquito Culex pipiens can have important effects on the transmission risk of West Nile virus (WNV). Invasive plants that alter the vegetation communities of ephemeral groun…

Global change effects on plant communities are magnified by time and the number of global change factors imposed Open

Kimberly J. Komatsu, Meghan L. Avolio, Nathan P. Lemoine, Forest Isbell, Emily Grman , et al. · 2019

Significance Accurate prediction of community responses to global change drivers (GCDs) is critical given the effects of biodiversity on ecosystem services. There is consensus that human activities are driving species extinctions at the gl…

Urbanization Altered Bacterial and Archaeal Composition in Tidal Freshwater Wetlands Near Washington DC, USA, and Buenos Aires, Argentina Open

Martina Gonzalez Mateu, Cedric Evan Park, Cullen Patrick McAskill, Andrew H. Baldwin, Stephanie A. Yarwood · 2019

Urban expansion causes coastal wetland loss, and environmental stressors associated with development can lead to wetland degradation and loss of ecosystem services. This study investigated the effect of urbanization on prokaryotic communit…

Efficiency of Varying Sediment Traps under Experimental Conditions Simulating Tidal Inundations Open

Stefanie Nolte, Christian Butzeck, Andrew H. Baldwin, Gary K. Felton, Kai Jensen · 2019

Accelerated sea-level rise (SLR) is threatening tidal marshes worldwide. An important control of tidal marsh survival under accelerated SLR is sediment deposition. Therefore, factors affecting sediment deposition rates (SDRs) have been stu…

Hurricane Sandy impacts on coastal wetland resilience Open

Donald R. Cahoon, Jennifer H. Olker, Alice G. Yeates, Glenn R. Guntenspergen, James B. Grace , et al. · 2019

First posted April 10, 2019 For additional information, contact: Director, Patuxent Wildlife Research CenterU.S. Geological Survey12311 Beech Forest RoadLaurel, MD 20708 The goal of this research was to evaluate the impacts of Hurricane Sa…

Global-change effects on early-stage decomposition processes in tidal wetlands – implications from a global survey using standardized litter Open

Peter Mueller, Lisa Schile-Beers, Thomas J. Mozdzer, Gail L. Chmura, Thomas Dinter , et al. · 2018

Tidal wetlands, such as tidal marshes and mangroves, are hotspots for carbon sequestration. The preservation of organic matter (OM) is a critical process by which tidal wetlands exert influence over the global carbon cycle and at the same …

Tea Bag Index S and k data of tidal wetland sites Open

Peter Mueller, Lisa Schile-Beers, Thomas J. Mozdzer, Gail L. Chmura, Thomas Dinter , et al. · 2018

Tidal wetlands, such as tidal marshes and mangroves, are hotspots for carbon sequestration. The preservation of organic matter (OM) is a critical process by which tidal wetlands exert influence over the global carbon cycle and at the same …

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