Vegetation interactions with geotechnical properties and erodibility of salt marsh sediments
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Authors
Brooks, H
Kirkham, MK
Royse, K
Spencer, K
Spencer, T
Publication Date
2022Journal Title
Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
ISSN
0272-7714
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Volume
265
Number
107713
Pages
107713-107713
Type
Article
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Evans, B., Brooks, H., Chirol, C., Kirkham, M., Möller, I., Royse, K., Spencer, K., & et al. (2022). Vegetation interactions with geotechnical properties and erodibility of salt marsh sediments. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 265 (107713), 107713-107713. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2021.107713
Abstract
Salt marshes provide diverse ecosystem services including coastal protection, habitat provision and carbon sequestration. The loss of salt marshes is a global scale phenomenon, of great socio-economic concern due to the substantial benefits that they provide. However, the causes of spatial variability in marsh loss rates are inadequately understood for the purposes of predicting future ecosystem distributions and functions under global environmental change. This study investigated the relationship between the presence of different saltmarsh plants and the mechanical properties of the underlying substrate that relate to its vulnerability to erosion. Relationships between three halophytes (Puccinellia spp., Spartina spp. and Salicornia spp.) and sediment stability were assessed and compared to unvegetated substrates using in-situ and laboratory tests of substrate geotechnical properties and sediment characteristics. Sampling was conducted at two UK sites with contrasting sedimentology, one sand-dominated and one clay-rich. Sediment samples, collected simultaneously with measurements of shear strength, were analysed for moisture content, particle size and organic, carbonate and mineral compositions. These data were then used to explore the contribution of plant type, alongside the sedimentological parameters, to measured shear strength.
Sponsorship
Natural Environment Research Council (NE/R01082X/1)
NERC (NE/L002507/1)
Natural Environment Research Council (NE/N015878/1)
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External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2021.107713
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/332114
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