Tag Archives: saltmarsh

Restore the IMS shore: Part III

Posted on June 15, 2014 by Antonio Rodriguez

We completed the restoration project after constructing reefs with 3,500 bushels of shell and planting 2,000 bundles of  marsh grass.  It took 2.5 days with 15 people working, including students, technicians, summer researchers, and faculty. I’m really pleased with the … Continue reading →

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Coring backbarrier marshes to measure carbon storage

Posted on October 15, 2013 by Antonio Rodriguez

Island overwash forms new intertidal substrate (washover fans) for saltmarsh colonization.  As a barrier island moves landward in response to sea-level rise, that marsh sediment will eventually be eroded on the shoreface.  To develop coastal carbon budgets, it is important … Continue reading →

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Oyster-reef burial…by wind-blown sand

Posted on June 18, 2013 by Antonio Rodriguez

Last week Ethan, Justin, and Taylor visited that washover fan on Onslow Beach that formed during Hurricane Irene to measure aeolian transport during a wind event.  They noticed that backbarrier marsh and oyster reefs were being buried by wind-blown sand.  … Continue reading →

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