GCE 4 Area 4 Research Georgia Coastal Ecosystems LTER Project

Dept. of Marine Sciences University of Georgia Athens Georgia 30602-3636 USA

gcelter@uga.edu https://gce-lter.marsci.uga.edu/ 2026

GCE4 Area4 - Integration and Forecasting

GCE4 Area4 - Integration and Forecasting (more information)

LTER NSF GCE 2019-02-01 2025-01-30

National Science Foundation grant number OCE-1832178.

Schalles, J.F. Presentation: High resolution salt marsh vegetation biomass mapping with an Altum 6 band camera and Matrice 210 drone. Introduction to Using Drones in the Coastal Zone. Drones in the Coastal Zone - U.S. Southeast and Caribbean Regional Workshop, October 14, 2020, Virtual (web-based). https://secoora.org/drones-in-the-coastal-zone-workshop/ Schalles, J.F. and Peffer, C. Presentation: Regulatory, Legal, and Ethical Considerations for Drone Operations - The view from coastal Georgia . Regulatory Legal and Ethical Considerations for Drone Operations. Drones in the Coastal Zone - U.S. Southeast and Caribbean Regional Workshop, October 22, 2020, Virtual (web-based). https://secoora.org/drones-in-the-coastal-zone-workshop/ Costomiris, G., Hladik, C.M. and Craft, C.B. 2024. Multivariate Analysis of the Community Composition of Tidal Freshwater Forests on the Altamaha River, Georgia. Special Issue: Coastal Forest Dynamics and Coastline Erosion—Series II. Forests. 15(1). (DOI: 10.3390/f15010200) https://doi.org/10.3390/f15010200 Lehmann, M.K., Gurlin, D., Pahlevan, N., Binding, C., Fichot, C., Gitelson, A., Mishra, D., Schalles, J.F., Simis, S., Smith, B. and Spyrakos, E. 2023. GLORIA - A globally representative hyperspectral in situ dataset for optical sensing of water quality. Nature - Scientific Data. 10:1130958, 6 April 2023(100 (2023)):13 p. (DOI: doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-01973-y) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-023-01973-y Robinson, M., Alexander, C.R. Jr. and Venherm, C. 2022. Shallow Water Estuarine Mapping in High-Tide-Range Environments: A Case Study from Georgia, USA. Special Issue: Shallow Water Mapping. Estuaries and Coasts. 45:980-999. (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-021-01032-y) Schaeffer, B., Neely, M., Spinosa, A., Serafy, E., Odermatt, D., Weathers, K., Barracchini, T., Bouffard, D., Carvalho, L., Comny, R., De Keukelaere, P., Hunter, P., Jamet, C., Joehnk, K., Johnston, J., Knudby, A., Minaudo, C., Pahlevan, N., Rose, K., Schalles, J.F. and Tzortziou, M. 2021. Integrating inland and coastal water quality data for actionable knowledge. Special Issue: Big Earth Data and Remote Sensing in Coastal Environments. Remote Sensing. 13; 23 July 2021(15):24 p. (DOI: doi.org/10 https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/13/15/2899 Zinnert, J.C., Nippert, J.B., Rudgers, J.A., Pennings, S.C., Gonzalez, G., Alber, M., Baer, S.G., Blair, J.M., Burd, A.B., Collins, S.L., Craft, C.B., Di Iorio, D., Dodds, W.K., Groffman, P.M., Herbert, E., Hladik, C.M., Li, F., Litvak, M., Newsome, S., O'Donnell, J., Pockman, W.T., Schalles, J.F. and Young, D.R. 2021. State Changes: Insights from the U.S. Long Term Ecological Research Network. Ecosphere. (DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.3433) https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecs2.3433 O'Connell, J.L., Mishra, D., Alber, M. and Byrd, K.B. 2021. BERM: A belowground ecosystem resilience model for estimating Spartina alterniflora belowground biomass. New Phytologist. (DOI: 10.1111/nph.17607) https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/nph.17607 Wu, F., Pennings, S.C., Ortals, C., Ruiz, J., Farrell, W.R., McNichol, S.M., Angelini, C., Spivak, A.C., Alber, M. and Tong, C. 2021. Disturbance is complicated: headward-eroding saltmarsh creeks produce multiple responses and recovery trajectories. Limnology & Oceanography. 67:S86-S100. (DOI: 10.1002/lno.11867) https://aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/lno.11867 Burns, C., Alexander, C.R. Jr. and Alber, M. 2020. Assessing long-term trends in lateral salt-marsh shoreline change along a U.S. East Coast latitudinal gradient. Journal of Coastal Research. 37(2):291-301. (DOI: 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-19-00043.1) https://doi.org/10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-19-00043.1 Langston, A., Alexander, C.R. Jr., Alber, M. and Kirwan, M. 2020. Beyond 2100: Elevation capital disguises salt marsh vulnerability to sea-level rise in Georgia, USA. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. O'Connell, J.L., Alber, M. and Pennings, S.C. 2020. Microspatial differences in soil temperature cause phenology change on par with long-term climate warming in salt marshes. Ecosystems. 23:498–510. (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-019-00418-1) https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10021-019-00418-1 Feagin, R.A., Forbrich, I., Huff, T.P., Barr, J.G., Ruiz-Plancarte, J., Fuentes, J.D., Najjar, R., Vargas, R., Vazquez-Lule, A.L., Windham-Myers, L., Kroeger, K.D., Ward, E.J., Moore, G.W., Leclerc, M.Y., Krauss, K.W., Stagg, C.L., Alber, M., Knox, S.H., Schafer, K.V.R., Bianchi, T.S., Hutchings, J.A., Nahrawi, H.B., Noormets, A., Mitra, B., Jaimes, A., Hinson, A.L., Bergamaschi, B. and King, J.S. 2020. Tidal wetland Gross Primary Production across the continental United States, 2000-2019. Globa https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2019GB006349 Burns, C., Alber, M. and Alexander, C.R. Jr. 2020. Historical Changes in the Vegetated Area of Salt Marshes. Estuaries and Coasts. (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-020-00781-6) https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12237-020-00781-6?wt_mc=Internal.Event.1.SEM.ArticleAuthorOnlineFirst Crotty, S.M., Ortals, C., Pettengill, T.M., Shi, L., Olabarrieta, M., Joyce, M.A., Altieri, A.H., Morrison, E., Bianchi, T.S., Craft, C.B., Bertness, M.D. and Angelini, C. 2020. Sea-level rise and the emergence of a keystone grazer alter the geomorphic evolution and ecology of southeast US salt marshes. PNAS. 117:17891-17902. (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1917869117) https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2020/07/09/1917869117 O'Connell, J.L., Alber, M., Mishra, D. and Byrd, K. 2020. Presentation: Structural heterogeneity in above vs belowground biomass pools differ for Spartina alterniflora monocultures, with consequences for forecasting ecosystem resiliency. Ecological Society of America. Sheldon, J.E. and Alber, M. 2019. An Examination of High Salinity Events in the Altamaha River Estuary. In: Review prepared for GA DNR-CRD. Spivak, A.C., Sanderman, J., Bowen, J.L., Canuel, E.A. and Hopkinson, C.S. 2019. Global-change controls on soil-carbon accumulation and loss in coastal vegetated ecosystems. Nature Geoscience. 12:685–692. (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-019-0435-2) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-019-0435-2 Miklesh, D.M. and Meile, C. 2018. Controls on porewater salinity in a Southeastern salt marsh. PeerJ. 6:e5911. (DOI: 10.7717/peerj.5911) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6230441/ Vu, H. and Pennings, S.C. 2018. Predators mediate above- vs belowground herbivory in a salt marsh crab. Ecosphere. 9(2):e02107. (DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.2107) Vu, H., Wieski, K. and Pennings, S.C. 2017. Ecosystem engineers drive creek formation in salt marshes. Ecology. 98(1):162-174. Wang, Y., Castelao, R. and Di Iorio, D. 2017. Salinity Variability and Water Exchange in Interconnected Estuaries. Estuaries and Coasts. (DOI: 10.1007/s12237-016-0195-9) https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12237-016-0195-9 O'Donnell, J. and Schalles, J.F. 2016. Examination of Abiotic Drivers and Their Influence on Spartina alterniflora Biomass over a Twenty-Eight Year Period Using Landsat 5 TM Satellite Imagery of the Central Georgia Coast. Special Issue: Remote Sensing in Coastal Environments. Remote Sensing. 8(6):22. (DOI: 10.3390/rs8060477) http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/8/6/477 McKnight, C.J. 2016. A modelling study of horizontal transport and residence time in the Duplin River estuary, Sapelo Island GA. M.S. Thesis. University of Georgia, Athens, GA. Angelini, C., Griffin, J., van de Koppel, J., Derksen-Hooijberg, M., Lamers, L., Smolders, A.J.P., van der Heide, T. and Silliman, B.R. 2016. A keystone mutualism underpins resilience of a coastal ecosystem to drought. Nature Communications. 7:12473. 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