Coastal plant growth and CO2 enrichment: Can the productivity of black needle rush keep pace with sea level rise?

The rate of sea level change has varied considerably over geological time, with rapid increases (0.25 cm yr-1) at theend of the last ice age to more modest increases over the last 4,000 years (0.04 cm yr-1; Hendry 1993). Due to anthropogenic contributions to climate change, however, the rate of sea level rise is expected to increase between0.10 and 0.25 cm year-1 for many coastal areas (Warrick et al. 1996). Notwithstanding, it has been predicted thatover the next 100 years, sea levels along the northeastern coast of North Carolina may increase by an astonishing 0.8m (0.8 cm yr-1); through a combination of sea-level rise and coastal subsidence (Titus and Richman 2001; Parham etal. 2006). As North Carolina ranks third in the United States with land at or just above sea level, any additional sea rise may promote further deterioration of vital coastal wetland systems. (PDF contains 4 pages)

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Touchette, Brant, Poole, Marianna, McCullough, Mica, Smith, Gracen, Adams, Emily
Format:	conference_item biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	2010
Subjects:	Oceanography, Biology, Chemistry, TCS22,
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/1834/21614
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