Forecasting the effects of accelerated sea‐level rise on tidal marsh ecosystem services
Indiana University Bloomington · University of Georgia · +1 more institution
Abstract
We used field and laboratory measurements, geographic information systems, and simulation modeling to investigate the potential effects of accelerated sea‐level rise on tidal marsh area and delivery of ecosystem services along the Georgia coast. Model simulations using the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) mean and maximum estimates of sea‐level rise for the year 2100 suggest that salt marshes will decline in area by 20% and 45%, respectively. The area of tidal freshwater marshes will increase by 2% under the IPCC mean scenario, but will decline by 39% under the maximum scenario. Delivery of ecosystem services associated with productivity (macrophyte biomass) and waste treatment (nitrogen…
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8Topics & keywords
- Salt marsh
- Marsh
- Environmental science
- Ecosystem services
- Ecosystem
- Wetland
- Sea level
- Biomass (ecology)