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Broad-scale modelling of coastal wetlands: what is required?

Broad-scale modelling of coastal wetlands: what is required?
Broad-scale modelling of coastal wetlands: what is required?
A Wetland Change Model has been developed to identify the vulnerability of coastal wetlands at broad spatial (regional to global (mean spatial resolution of 85 km)) and temporal scales (modelling period of 100 years). The model provides a dynamic and integrated assessment of wetland loss, and a means of estimating the transitions between different vegetated wetland types and open water under a range of scenarios of sea-level rise and changes in accommodation space from human intervention. This paper is an overview of key issues raised in the process of quantifying broad-scale vulnerabilities of coastal wetlands to forcing from sea-level rise discussing controlling factors of tidal range, sediment availability and accommodation space, identification of response lags and defining the threshold for wetland loss and transition.
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McFadden, Loraine
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Spencer, Tom
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Nicholls, Robert
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McFadden, Loraine
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Spencer, Tom
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Nicholls, Robert
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McFadden, Loraine, Spencer, Tom and Nicholls, Robert (2007) Broad-scale modelling of coastal wetlands: what is required? Hydrobiologia, 577 (1), 5-15. (doi:10.1007/s10750-006-0413-8).

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A Wetland Change Model has been developed to identify the vulnerability of coastal wetlands at broad spatial (regional to global (mean spatial resolution of 85 km)) and temporal scales (modelling period of 100 years). The model provides a dynamic and integrated assessment of wetland loss, and a means of estimating the transitions between different vegetated wetland types and open water under a range of scenarios of sea-level rise and changes in accommodation space from human intervention. This paper is an overview of key issues raised in the process of quantifying broad-scale vulnerabilities of coastal wetlands to forcing from sea-level rise discussing controlling factors of tidal range, sediment availability and accommodation space, identification of response lags and defining the threshold for wetland loss and transition.

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Published date: February 2007

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Local EPrints ID: 53218
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/53218
ISSN: 0018-8158
PURE UUID: 22e4b295-7832-40f2-ab4f-62fcc8d8b41d
ORCID for Robert Nicholls: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-9715-1109

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Date deposited: 24 Jul 2008
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 03:36

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Author: Loraine McFadden
Author: Tom Spencer
Author: Robert Nicholls ORCID iD

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