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Glenn Guntenspergen

US Geological Survey
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Limits on the adaptability of coastal marshes to rising sea level

ML Kirwan, GR Guntenspergen… - Geophysical …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Assumptions of a static landscape inspire predictions that about half of the world's coastal
wetlands will submerge during this century in response to sea‐level acceleration. In contrast, …

The vulnerability of Indo-Pacific mangrove forests to sea-level rise

…, DR Cahoon, DA Friess, GR Guntenspergen… - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
Sea-level rise can threaten the long-term sustainability of coastal communities and valuable
ecosystems such as coral reefs, salt marshes and mangroves 1 , 2 . Mangrove forests have …

Overestimation of marsh vulnerability to sea level rise

…, EE Skeehan, GR Guntenspergen… - Nature Climate …, 2016 - nature.com
Coastal marshes are considered to be among the most valuable and vulnerable ecosystems
on Earth, where the imminent loss of ecosystem services is a feared consequence of sea …

Numerical models of salt marsh evolution: Ecological, geomorphic, and climatic factors

…, SM Mudd, GR Guntenspergen… - Reviews of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Salt marshes are delicate landforms at the boundary between the sea and land. These
ecosystems support a diverse biota that modifies the erosive characteristics of the substrate and …

Guidelines for a graph‐theoretic implementation of structural equation modeling

JB Grace, DR Schoolmaster Jr, GR Guntenspergen… - …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
… of 37 wetlands is small in absolute terms, we note that the universe of inference, the
complete set of wetlands in the park, is estimated to be somewhere around 1,600 (Guntenspergen, …

Vulnerability of northern prairie wetlands to climate change

…, T Gilmanov, RA Voldseth, GR Guntenspergen… - …, 2005 - academic.oup.com
The prairie pothole region (PPR) lies in the heart of North America and contains millions of
glacially formed, depressional wetlands embedded in a landscape matrix of natural …

Prairie wetland complexes as landscape functional units in a changing climate

WC Johnson, B Werner, GR Guntenspergen… - …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
The wetland complex is the functional ecological unit of the prairie pothole region (PPR) of
central North America. Diverse complexes of wetlands contribute high spatial and temporal …

A global standard for monitoring coastal wetland vulnerability to accelerated sea-level rise

…, KW Krauss, DR Cahoon, GR Guntenspergen… - Nature Climate …, 2013 - nature.com
Sea-level rise threatens coastal salt-marshes and mangrove forests around the world, and a
key determinant of coastal wetland vulnerability is whether its surface elevation can keep …

Feedbacks between inundation, root production, and shoot growth in a rapidly submerging brackish marsh

ML Kirwan, GR Guntenspergen - Journal of Ecology, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Ecogeomorphic feedbacks between mineral sediment deposition and above‐ground plant
growth are thought to have dominated the evolution of many coastal ecosystems and …

Latitudinal trends in Spartina alterniflora productivity and the response of coastal marshes to global change

ML Kirwan, GR Guntenspergen… - Global Change …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Marshes worldwide are actively degrading in response to increased sea level rise rates and
reduced sediment delivery, though the growth rate of vegetation plays a critical role in …