62 Wetlands in a Changing World: Impacts of Environmental Change on Wetland Function and Ecosystem Services

Sunday, 22 March 2020
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Regency Ballroom B

NYC COASTAL WETLANDS - SHIFTING VALUES THROUGHOUT HISTORY

Paper number: 62-8
Program: Theme Sessions
Time: 3:30 PM – 3:50 PM

Authors

Abstract

Coastal wetlands are increasingly affected by rising sea level, and Jamaica Bay marshes as well as Long Island Sound salt marshes are extremely vulnerable. Using multidisciplinary tools including pollen and spores, LOI, x-ray fluorescence and N and C isotopes, we present the last 400 years of change in these marshes, and demonstrate how they have shifted both function and value to local residents throughout history. We examine vegetational change, carbon sequestration, and heavy metal pollution, as well as their protective and enrichment roles throughout history.

Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 52, No. 2

doi: 10.1130/abs/2020SE-345465

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