@article {80421,
	title = {Inundation, vegetation, and sediment effects on litter decomposition in Pacific Coast tidal marshes},
	journal = {Ecosystems},
	volume = {20},
	year = {2017},
	note = {Tidal wetlands efficiently store a significant amount of the world{\textquoteright}s carbon.  Rising sea levels will change this process.  This article investigates the nature of carbon storage in wetlands as sea levels rise.  The authors conducted inundation experiments and studied vegetation variation in Pacific Coast marshes.  {\textquotedblleft}Our data suggest that elevation gradients and vegetation structure in tidal marshes both affect rates of litter decay, potentially leading to complex spatial patterns in sediment carbon dynamics. Climate change may thus have direct effects on rates of decomposition through increased inundation from sea-level rise and indirect effects through changing plant community dynamics{\textquotedblright} (from the Abstract). There is a dataset associated with this article, "Decomposition of plant litter in Pacific coast tidal marshes, 2014-2015."  It may be found at: http://doi.org/10.5066/F70P0X6C .},
	pages = {p.1296-1310},
	keywords = {Coos Bay, Siletz Bay, Nisqually (Wa.), Tufted harigrass = Deschampsia cespitosa, Saltgrass = Distichlis spicate, Pacific pickleweed = Salicornia pacifica, wetland vegetation, climate, sea levels},
	doi = {10.1007/s10021-017-0111-6},
	author = {Janousek, Christopher N. and Buffington, Kevin J. and Guntenspergen, Glenn R. and Thorne, Karen M. and Dugger, Bruce D. and Takekawa, John Y.}
}
@article {77421,
	title = {Potential effects of sea-level rise on plant productivity:  species-specific responses in northeast Pacific tidal marshes},
	journal = {Marine Ecology Progress Series},
	volume = {548},
	year = {2016},
	note = {This paper addresses the question of the effect of rising sea levels on marsh vegetation.  The study contrasts two marshes, one at Petaluma, California, the other at Millport Slough in the Siletz River estuary.  The study employed PVC tubes arranged in a conventional {\textquotedblleft}marsh organ{\textquotedblright} design at six elevations in Millport Slough and 7 elevations at Petaluma Marsh.  The authors saw species-specific responses to rising sea levels, with high salt marsh species most sensitive and vulnerable.  We can expect to see changes in marsh composition, with more flooding-tolerant species predominating.  This is an Open-Access publication.},
	pages = {p.111-125},
	keywords = {Siletz River Estuary, Millport Slough, Petaluma Marsh, Tule Slough, Tufted harigrass = Deschampsia cespitosa, Baltic rush = Juncus balticus, Argentina anserine = silverweed cinquefoil, Creeping bentgrass = Agrostis stolonifera, saltmarsh, wetland vegeta},
	doi = {doi: 10.3354/meps11683},
	url = {http://www.int-res.com/articles/meps_oa/m548p111.pdf },
	author = {Janousek, Christopher N. and Buffington, Kevin J. and Thorne, Karen M. and Guntenspergen, Glenn R. and Takekawa, John Y. and Dugger, Bruce D.}
}
