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The following projects have been approved for funding and are currently underway:
2010
Duncan M. FitzGerald, Amala Mahadevan & Zoe J. Hughes (Boston University)
Steven C. Pennings (University of Houston)
Marsh platform dissection as a response to sea level rise: eco-physical mechanisms of sediment erosion
Scott C. Neubauer (Virginia Commonwealth University)
Salt-water intrusion into coastal freshwater wetlands: Effects on ecosystem metabolism and soil carbon and nutrient storage
2009
Mead A. Allison (University of Texas at Austin)
Thomas S. Bianchi (Texas A&M University at College Station)
Implications of black mangrove colony expansion in Gulf of Mexico coastal wetlands on sea level-induced land loss and estuarine productivity
Jose D. Fuentes (Pennsylvania State University)
Victor C. Engel (Everglades National Park)
Victor H. Rivera-Monroy & Robert R. Twilley (Louisiana State University)
Mangrove forest functioning in response to hurricane disturbance
Benjamin P. Horton (University of Pennsylvania)
Daria L. Nikitina (West Chester University of Pennsylvania)
Hurricane erosion of East Coast salt marshes during the past 2500 years: Frequency, scale, recovery and geo-ecological impacts
Xingong Li & A. Townsend Peterson (University of Kansas)
Sea level rise effects on coastal ecosystem distributions and biodiversity status in the U.S. Middle Atlantic Region
Laura J. Moore (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Donald R. Young (Virginia Commonwealth University)
Biogeomorphic controls on barrier island evolution in response to climate change
2008
Emily S. Bernhardt & Marcelo Ardon (Duke University)
Farm fields to wetlands: biogeochemical consequences and climate feedbacks due to sea level rise in coastal plain agricultural landscapes
Christopher Craft (Indiana University)
Effects of accelerated sea level rise and variable freshwater discharge on water quality improvement functions of tidal freshwater floodplain forests
Rusty A. Feagin (Texas A&M University at College Station)
Kevin M. Yeager (University of Southern Mississippi)
Vegetation transition and sedimentary responses to fault-induced sea level rise
J. Adam Langley & J. Patrick Megonigal (Smithsonian Institution)
Elevated CO2, sea level rise and the biotic controls on marsh soil elevation change
Kam-biu Liu, Nina Lam & William J. Platt (Louisiana State University)
Effects of past and recent hurricanes on Gulf Coast ecosystems: Implications for future climate changes
V. Thomas Parker (San Francisco State University)
John C. Callaway (University of San Francisco)
Predicting tidal marsh plant community response to climate change: A Pacific Coast perspective using field experiments
2007
Andrew H. Baldwin, Michael S. Kearney & Jeffrey C. Cornwell (University of Maryland)
Forecasting the response of tidal freshwater marshes to increasing salinity and higher tides due to sea level rise
Jeffrey Q. Chambers (Tulane University)
George C. Hurtt (University of New Hampshire)
Hurricane impacts on structure and functioning of U.S. coastal forests
Jeffrey P. Donnelly (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
Understanding the impact of frequent intense hurricane disturbance on the coastal pine/scrub-oak forests of the northeastern United States
Sergio Fagherazzi (Boston University)
Patricia L. Wiberg & Karen J. McGlathery (University of Virginia)
Quantifying the variations of salt marsh area in the intertidal zone produced by climate change
Duncan M. FitzGerald, Amala Mahadevan & Zoe J. Hughes (Boston University)
Steven C. Pennings (University of Houston)
Dissection of platform marshes by ecophysical processes in response to sea-level rise
Irving A. Mendelssohn (Louisiana State University)
What is the effect of increased storm activity on the response of coastal wetlands to sea-level rise?
Antonio B. Rodriguez & Brent A. McKee (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Evaluating a new mechanism for bay-head delta back-stepping events
Keqi Zhang & Michael S. Ross (Florida International University)
Prediction of pine forest changes in the Florida Keys due to sea level rise
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