Principal Investigator: Matthew Kirwan (College of William & Mary Virginia Institute of Marine Science)
Science~2015~349~Temmerman, S. and Kirwan, M.L.~~588-589.~~~~Building land with a rising sea.~~~~~~2016-02-12 11:25:56.770~
Geophysical Research Letters~2016~43~Kirwan, M.L., Walters, D.C., Reay, W., and Carr, J.A.~~~~~~Sea level driven marsh expansion in a coupled model of marsh erosion and migration~~~~~~2017-02-06 13:39:57.326~
Limnology and Oceanography~2017~~Schepers, L., Kirwan, M., Guntenspergen, G., and Temmerman, S.~~~~~~Spatio-temporal development of vegetation die-off in a submerging coastal marsh.~~~~~~2018-01-02 17:04:05.536~
Nature Communications~2017~~van Belzen, J., van de Koppel, J., Kirwan, M.L., van der Wal, D., Herman, P.M.J., Dakos, V., Kefi, S., Scheffer, M., Guntenspergen, G.R., and Bouma, T.J.~~~~~~Direct evidence for critical slowing down when approaching tipping points in tidal marshes.~~~~~~2018-01-02 17:04:05.580~
Estuaries and Coasts~2018~~Duvall, M.S., Wiberg, P.L., and Kirwan, M.L.~~~~~~Controls on sediment flux and marsh deposition near a bay-marsh boundary~~~~~~2019-01-24 12:27:01.566~
Journal of Geophysical Research- Earth Surface~2018~~Lauzon, R., Murray, A.B., Moore, L.J., Walters, D.C., Kirwan, M.L., and Fagherazzi, S.~~~~~~Effects of marsh edge erosion in coupled barrier island-marsh systems and geometric constraints on marsh evolution.~~~~~~2019-01-24 12:27:01.590~
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms~2018~~Coleman, D.J. and Kirwan, M.L~~~~~~The effect of a small vegetation dieback event on salt marsh sediment transport~~~~~~2019-01-24 12:27:01.593~
Estuaries and Coasts~2019~~Duvall, M.S., Wiberg, P.L., and Kirwan, M.L.~~~~~~Controls on sediment flux and marsh deposition near a bay-marsh boundary.~~~~~~2020-05-07 16:57:45.876~
Current Biology~2019~~Silliman, B.R., He, Q., Angelini, C., Smith, C.S., Kirwan, M.L., Daleo, P., Renzi, J.J., Butler, J., Osborne, T.Z., Nifong, J.C., and van de Koppel, J. and Field~10.1016/j.cub.2019.05.017.~~~~~Experiments and Meta-analysis Reveal Wetland Vegetation as a Crucial Element in the Coastal Protection Paradigm.~~~~~~2020-05-07 16:57:45.906~
Geophysical Research Letters~2020~~Carr, J., Kirwan, M., and Guntenspergen, G.~10.1029/2020GL088998~~~~~Modelling marsh-forest boundary transgression in response to storms and sea-level rise~~~~~~2021-01-11 07:51:33.986~
J. Geophysical Research Biogeosciences~2020~~Reeves, I., Moore, L.J., Goldstein, E., Murray, A.B., Carr, J., and Kirwan, M.~10.1029/2019JG005416~~~~~Impacts of Seagrass Dynamics on the Coupled Long-Term Evolution of Barrier-Marsh-Bay Systems.~~~~~~2021-01-11 07:51:34.86~
Nature Climate Change~2019~9~Kirwan, Matthew L. and Gedan, Keryn B.~10.1038/s41558-019-0488-7~~~~~Sea-level driven land conversion and the formation of ghost forests~N~450 to 457~10109781~10109781~OSTI~2019-08-15 13:01:57.796~
Annual Review of Marine Science~2019~12~Wiberg, Patricia L. and Fagherazzi, Sergio and Kirwan, Matthew L.~10.1146/annurev-marine-010419-010610~~~~~Improving Predictions of Salt Marsh Evolution Through Better Integration of Data and Models~N~~10109800~10109800~OSTI~2019-08-15 17:01:53.843~
Estuaries and Coasts~2018~41~Schieder, Nathalie W. and Walters, David C. and Kirwan, Matthew L.~10.1007/s12237-017-0336-9~~~~~Massive Upland to Wetland Conversion Compensated for Historical Marsh Loss in Chesapeake Bay, USA~N~940 to 951~10067980~10067980~OSTI~2018-08-13 17:01:46.180~
Nature Climate Change~2019~~Kirwan, M.L., and Gedan, K.B.,~~~~~~Sea-level driven land conversion and the formation of ghost forests.~~~~~~2020-05-07 16:57:45.886~
Nature Climate Change~2016~6~Kirwan, M.L., Temmerman, S., Skeehan, E.E., Guntenspergen, G.R., and Fagherazzi, S.~doi:10.1038/nclimate2909~~~~~Overestimation of marsh vulnerability to sea level rise.~~~~~~2017-02-06 13:39:57.320~
Nature Climate Change~2017~~Kirwan, M.L., Temmerman, S., Guntenspergen, G., and Fagherazzi, S.~~~~~~Reply to ?Marsh vulnerability to sea level rise.?~~~~~~2018-01-02 17:04:05.596~
Nature~2018~~Schuerch, M., Spencer, T., Temmerman, S., Kirwan, M.L., Wolff, C., Lincke, D., McOwen, C.J., Pickering, M.D., Reef, R., Vafeidis, A.T., Hinkel, J., Nicholls, R.J., and Brown, S~~~~~~Global coastal wetland response to sea level rise: Large-scale losses are avoidable~~~~~~2019-01-24 12:27:01.563~
Limnology and Oceanography~2020~~Liu, W., Chen, X., Strong, D.R., Pennings, S.C., Kirwan, M.L., Chen, X., and Zhang, Y.,~10.1002/lno.11395~~~~~Climate and geographic adaptation drive latitudinal clines in biomass of a widespread saltmarsh plant in its native and introduced ranges.~~~~~~2021-01-11 07:51:34.76~
Geology~2017~~Deaton, C.D., Hein, C.J., and Kirwan, M.L.~~~~~~Barrier island migration dominates ecogeomorphic feedbacks and drives salt marsh loss along the Eastern Shore of Virginia~~~~~~2018-01-02 17:04:05.570~
Estuaries and Coasts~2018~~Schieder, N.W., *Walters, D.C., and Kirwan, M.L.~~~~~~Massive upland to wetland conversion compensated for historical marsh loss in Chesapeake Bay, USA.~~~~~~2018-01-02 17:04:05.586~
Journal of Geophysical Research- Earth Surface~2020~~Coleman, D.C., Ganju, N.K., and Kirwan, M.L.~10.1029/2020JF005558~~~~~Sediment delivery to marsh platforms minimized by source decoupling and flux convergence.~~~~~~2021-01-11 07:51:34.56~
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management.~2019~~Duran, O., Johnston, R.J., Kirwan, M.L., Leroux, A.D., and Martin, V.L~10.1016/j.jeem.2019.102262.~~~~~Coastal Dynamics and Adaptation to Uncertain Sea Level Rise: Optimal Portfolios for Salt Marsh Migration.~~~~~~2020-05-07 16:57:45.866~
Geophysical Research Letters~2020~~Schepers, L., Brennand, P., Kirwan, M., Guntenspergen, G. and Temmerman, S.~10.1029/2020GL089121~~~~~Coastal marsh conversion to ponds induces irreversible elevation loss relative to sea level.~~~~~~2021-01-11 07:51:34.40~
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms~2020~~Schepers, L., Kirwan, M., Guntenspergen, G. and Temmerman, S.~10.1002/esp.4869~~~~~Evaluating indicators of marsh vulnerability to sea level rise along a historical marsh loss gradient.~~~~~~2021-01-11 07:51:34.66~
Nature Communications~2017~~Ganju, N.K., Defne, Z., Kirwan, M.L., Fagherazzi, S., D?Alpaos, A., Carniello, L.~~~~~~Spatially integrative metrics reveal hidden vulnerability of salt marshes.~~~~~~2018-01-02 17:04:05.573~
Nature~2018~561~Schuerch, Mark and Spencer, Tom and Temmerman, Stijn and Kirwan, Matthew L. and Wolff, Claudia and Lincke, Daniel and McOwen, Chris J. and Pickering, Mark D. and Reef, Ruth and Vafeidis, Athanasios T. and Hinkel, Jochen and Nicholls, Robert J. and Brown,~10.1038/s41586-018-0476-5~~~~~Future response of global coastal wetlands to sea-level rise~N~231 to 234~10109787~10109787~OSTI~2019-08-15 17:01:57.343~
Nature Communications~2018~~Horton, B.P., Shennan, I., Bradley, S., Cahill, N., Kirwan M., Kopp, R.E., and Shaw, T.~~~~~~Predicting marsh vulnerability to sea-level rise using Holocene relative sea-level data.~~~~~~2019-01-24 12:27:01.583~
Geology~2019~~Schieder, N.W. and Kirwan, M.L.~doi.org/10.1130/G46607.1.~~~~~Sea-level driven acceleration in coastal forest retreat~~~~~~2020-05-07 16:57:45.896~
Annual Review of Marine Science~2020~~Wiberg, P.L., Fagherazzi, S., and Kirwan, M.L.~10.1146/annurev-marine-010419-010610.~~~~~Improving predictions of salt marsh evolution through better integration of data and models.~~~~~~2021-01-11 07:51:33.970~
Limnology and Oceanography~2020~~Langston, A.K., Duran Vinent, O., Herbert, E., and Kirwan, M.L~10.1002/lno.11444~~~~~Modeling long-term salt marsh response to sea level rise in the sediment-deficient Plum Island Estuary, MA~~~~~~2021-01-11 07:51:34.10~
Geophysical Research Letters~2020~~Braswell, A.E., Heffernan, J.B., and Kirwan, M.L.~10.1029/2020GL089121~~~~~How old are marshes on the East Coast, USA? Complex patterns in wetland age within and among regions.~~~~~~2021-01-11 07:51:34.30~
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms~2019~~Coleman, D.J. and Kirwan, M.L.~10.1002/esp.4547~~~~~The effect of a small vegetation dieback event on salt marsh sediment transport.~~~~~~2020-05-07 16:57:45.840~