Many coastal plain wetlands receive nutrient pollution from agricultural fields and are particularly vulnerable to saltwater incursion.
Current projects: 1. Coupled C, N and S cycling in coastal plain wetlands: how will climate change and salt water intrusion alter ecosystem dynamics?
Morse, JL; Emily S. Bernhardt,, Using 15N tracers to estimate N2O and N2 emissions from nitrification and denitrification in coastal plain wetlands under contrasting land-uses, Soil Biology and Biochemistry, vol. 57 (February, 2013), pp. 635-643 [abs] [abs].
Morse, JL; Ardón, M; Bernhardt, ES, Greenhouse gas fluxes in southeastern U.S. coastal plain wetlands under contrasting land uses., Ecological Applications : a Publication of the Ecological Society of America, vol. 22 no. 1 (January , 2012, pp. 264-280, [abs] [abs].
Morse, JL; Ardón, M; Bernhardt, ES, Using environmental variables and soil processes to forecast denitrification potential and nitrous oxide fluxes in coastal plain wetlands across different land uses, Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 117 no. 2 (June , 2012, pp. n/a-n/a, American Geophysical Union (AGU) [doi] [abs].
Morse, JL; Bernhardt, ES, Using 15N dual tracers to estimate the relative contribution of nitrification and denitrification to N2O and N2 emissions in coastal plain wetlands under contrasting land uses and soil moisture conditions, Soil Biology and Biochemistry, vol. 57 (2012), pp. 635-643.
lasiocarpa mixture, AL, respectively) and hydrologic regimes were set to test migration and retention of exogenous dissolved iron ((NH4 2Fe SO4 2of 40 mg Fe(II) L−1) in the Sanjiang Plain Wetland in northeast China.
The objective of this study was to assess surface water table dynamics from timber harvesting through early forest plantation establishment in a coastal plain wetland area located in the southeastern United States.
Riegel, JB; Bernhardt, E; Swenson, J, Estimating above-ground carbon biomass in a newly restored coastal plain wetland using remote sensing., Plos One, vol. 8 no.
Ardón, M; Helton, AM; Scheuerell, MD; Bernhardt, ES, Fertilizer legacies meet saltwater incursion: Challenges and constraints for coastal plain wetland restoration, Elem Sci Anth, vol. 5 (January, 2017), pp. 41-41, University of California Press [doi] [abs].
In the Busanga Plains wetlands witness buffalo, cheetah, lion, and zebra from the deck, as well as venturing out for day or night drives.
