Challenges and opportunities for sustaining coastal wetlands and oyster reefs in the southeastern United States

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dc.authoridRoddenberry, Annie/0000-0003-1897-2169|Dix, Nicole/0000-0002-0063-5167|Radabaugh, Kara/0000-0001-5974-4539|Safak, Ilgar/0000-0001-7675-0770|Jaeger, John/0000-0003-0248-489X|Kyzar, Tricia/0000-0002-7744-8466
dc.contributor.authorKyzar, Tricia
dc.contributor.authorSafak, Ilgar
dc.contributor.authorCebrian, Just
dc.contributor.authorClark, Mark W.
dc.contributor.authorDix, Nicole
dc.contributor.authorDietz, Kaitlyn
dc.contributor.authorGittman, Rachel K.
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-18T20:42:46Z
dc.date.available2024-07-18T20:42:46Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.departmentİstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractFormed at the confluence of marine and fresh waters, estuaries experience both the seaside pressures of rising sea levels and increasing storm severity, and watershed and precipitation changes that are shifting the quality and quantity of freshwater and sediments delivered from upstream sources. Boating, shoreline hardening, harvesting pressure, and other signatures of human activity are also increasing as populations swell in coastal regions. Given this shifting landscape of pressures, the factors most threatening to estuary health and stability are often uncertain. To identify the greatest contemporary threats to coastal wetlands and oyster reefs across the southeastern United States (Mississippi to North Carolina), we summarized recent population growth and land-cover change and surveyed estuarine management and science experts. From 1996 to 2019, human population growth in the region varied from a 17% decrease to a 171% increase (mean = +43%) with only 5 of the 72 SE US counties losing population, and nearly half growing by more than 40%. Individual counties experienced between 999 and 19,253 km(2) of new development (mean: 5725 km(2)), with 1-5% (mean: 2.6%) of undeveloped lands undergoing development over this period across the region. Correspondingly, our survey of 169 coastal experts highlighted development, shoreline hardening, and upstream modifications to freshwater flow as the most important local threats facing coastal wetlands. Similarly, experts identified development, upstream modifications to freshwater flow, and overharvesting as the most important local threats to oyster reefs. With regards to global threats, experts categorized sea level rise as the most pressing to wetlands, and acidification and precipitation changes as the most pressing to oyster reefs. Survey respondents further identified that more research, driven by collaboration among scientists, engineers, industry professionals, and managers, is needed to assess how precipitation changes, shoreline hardening, and sea level rise are affecting coastal ecosystem stability and function. Due to the profound role of humans in shaping estuarine health, this work highlights that engaging property owners, recreators, and municipalities to implement strategies to improve estuarine health will be vital for sustaining coastal systems in the face of global change.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Estuarine Research Reserve System Science Collaborative; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [NAI4NOS4190145]en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work was inspired and sponsored by the National Estuarine Research Reserve System Science Collaborative, which supports collaborative research that addresses coastal management problems important to the reserves. The Science Collaborative is funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and managed by the University of Michigan Water Center (NAI4NOS4190145) . The grant was awarded to CA, ND, KD, RG, and AS. We thank all of the experts who participated in the survey and to the Guana Tolomato Matanzas NERR for hosting the Edges of our Estuaries workshop. This work has been declared 'Exempt' from review by the University of Florida Institutional Review Board. IRB ID IRB202001892.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113178
dc.identifier.issn0301-4797
dc.identifier.issn1095-8630
dc.identifier.pmid34225043en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85109438214en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113178
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11411/7418
dc.identifier.volume296en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000685550300003en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ1en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMeden_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAcademic Press Ltd- Elsevier Science Ltden_US
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Environmental Managementen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectCoastal Ecosystemsen_US
dc.subjectOyster Reefen_US
dc.subjectDevelopmenten_US
dc.subjectMangroveen_US
dc.subjectPopulation Growthen_US
dc.subjectSalt Marshen_US
dc.subjectSea-Level Riseen_US
dc.subjectEcosystemen_US
dc.subjectImpactsen_US
dc.subjectLandscapeen_US
dc.subjectEstuariesen_US
dc.subjectClimateen_US
dc.titleChallenges and opportunities for sustaining coastal wetlands and oyster reefs in the southeastern United States
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