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  • Presentation | B33B: Coastal Wetland Carbon and Nitrogen Cycles: Recent Advances in Measurements, Modeling, and Syntheses II Oral
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Author(s):
Christopher Gough, Virginia Commonwealth University (First Author, Presenting Author)
Lisa Haber, Virginia Commonwealth University
Paul Bukaveckas, Virginia Commonwealth University
Scott Neubauer, Virginia Commonwealth University
Shawn Serbin, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Benjamin Poulter, Spark Climate Solutions
Mindy Priddy, Virginia Commonwealth University
Brandon Alveshere, University of Connecticut
Sara Tenda, Virginia Commonwealth University
S. McCallister, Virginia Commonwealth University
Douglas Giles, Virginia Commonwealth University
Eric Ward, NASA GSFC/UMD ESSIC
Bruce Cook, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Ronald Lopez, Virginia Commonwealth University
Edward Crawford, Virginia Commonwealth University
Glenn Wolfe, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Rima Franklin, Virginia Commonwealth University
Robert Swap, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Qing Ying, NASA GSFC/UMD ESSIC
Erin Delaria, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Paul Zimba, Virginia Commonwealth Rice Rivers Center


Coastal wetlands and adjoining ecosystems in the Chesapeake Bay region provide numerous ecologically and economically beneficial goods and services, including carbon sequestration and biomass production. Understanding the interacting factors that constrain carbon cycling processes and biomass production is essential to the effective management and restoration of the region’s degraded wetlands. Using a combination of approaches that include ground-based inventories, meteorological measurements, water chemistry sampling, and remote sensing, we present an integrative summary of findings from the VCU Rice Rivers Center-led Coastal Plain Biogeochemistry Observatory (CPBO). We find that: the legacies of disturbance in restored wetlands exert lasting influences over greenhouse gas exchanges with the atmosphere and marsh accretion; wetlands may recover rapidly from short- but not long-term changes in water chemistry; and wetlands are important contributors to brackish but not freshwater rivers in the region. Through partnerships with NASA and wetland restorationists, we aim to make our data and findings openly available, translational, and relevant to the region’s stakeholders.



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