Recent Research in Tidal Marsh Ecology at JEL has resulted in a number of scientific publications and bulletins, which are listed by research topics. A copy of the papers may be obtained by directing inquiries to Heather Talbot (heather.talbot@unh.edu).

• Biological Interactions
• Human Impacts and Restoration Science
• Physical Processes

Biological Interactions

Wallace, A.L., A.S. Klein and A.C. Mathieson. 2004. Determining the affinities of salt marsh fucoids using microsatellite markers: evidence of hybridization and introgression between two species of Fucus (Phaeophyta) in a Maine estuary. J. Phycology 40:1013-1027.

Mathieson, A.C., C.J. Dawes, L.G. Harris and E.J. Hehre. 2003. Expansion of the Asiatic green alga Codium fragile ssp. tomentosoides in the Gulf of Maine. Rhodora 105:1-53.

Burdick, D. M., R. Buschbaum and E. Holt. 2001. Variation in soil salinity associated with expansion of Phragmites australis in salt marshes. Environmental and Experimental Botany 46: 247-261.

Mathieson, A.C. and C.J. Dawes. 2001. A muscoides-like Fucus from a Maine salt marsh: its origin, ecology and taxonomic implications. Rhodora 103:172-201.

Mathieson, A.C., C.J. Dawes, M.L. Anderson and E.J. Hehre. 2001. Seaweeds of the Brave Boat Harbor salt marsh and adjacent open coast of southern Maine. Rhodora 103:1-46.

Roman, C.T., N. Jaworski, F.T. Short, S. Findlay and R.S. Warren. 2000. Estuaries of the northeastern United States: habitat and land use signatures. Estuaries 23:743-764.

Hester, M. W., K. L. McKee, D. M. Burdick, M. S. Koch, K. S. Flynn, S. Patterson, and I. A. Mendelssohn. 1994. Clonal integration in Spartina patens across a nitrogen and salinity gradient. Canadian Journal of Botany 72:767-770.

Mathieson, A.C. and E.J. Hehre. 1994. A comparison of the marine algae from the Goleta Slough and adjacent open coast of Goleta/Santa Barbara, California with those in the southern Gulf of Maine. Rhodora 96:207-258.

Mathieson, A.C., E.J. Hehre and M. Costa. 1993. Algal vegetation of the York River Estuary and the adjacent open coast of southern Maine. Rhodora 95:285-324.

Mathieson, A.C. and Z. Guo. 1992. Pattens of fucoid reproductive biomass allocation. British phycol. J. 27:271-292.

Short, F.T. 1992. The Ecology of the Great Bay Estuary, New Hampshire and Maine: An Estuarine Profile and Bibliography. NOAA - Coastal Ocean Program Publ. 222 pp.

Mathieson, A.C. and C.A. Penniman. 1991. Floristic patterns and numerical classification of New England estuarine and open coastal seaweed populations. Nova Hedwigia 52:453-485

Hardwick-Witman, M.N. 1986. Aerial survey of a salt marsh: Ice rafting to the lower intertidal zone. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 22:379-383.

Hardwick-Witman, M.N. and A.C. Mathieson. 1986. Tissue nitrogen and carbon variations in New England estuarine Ascophyllum nodosum (L.) Le Jolis populations. Estuaries 9:43-48.

Mathieson, A.C. and E.J. Hehre. 1986. A synopsis of New Hampshire seaweeds. Rhodora 88:1-139.

Mathieson, A.C. and C.A. Penniman. 1986. Species composition and seasonality of New England seaweeds along an open coastal-estuarine gradient. Botanica Marina 29:161-176.

Hardwick-Witman, M.N. 1985. Biological consequences of ice rafting in a New England salt marsh community. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 87:283-298.

Chock, J.S. and A.C. Mathieson. 1983. Variations of New England estuarine seaweed biomass. Botanica Marina XXVI:87-97.

Hardwick-Witman, M.N. and A.C. Mathieson. 1983. Intertidal macro-algae and macroinvertebrates: Seasonal and spatial abundance patterns along an estuarine gradient. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 16:113-129.

Josselyn, M.N. and A.C. Mathieson. 1980. Seasonal influx and decomposition of autochthonous macrophyte litter in a north temperate estuary. Hydrobiologia 71:197-208.

Chock, J.S. and A.C. Mathieson. 1979. Physiological ecology of Ascophyllum nodosum (L.) Le Jolis and its detached ecad scorpioides (Hornemann) Hauck (Fucales, Phaeophyta). Botanica Marina 22:21-26.

Mathieson. 1978. Contribution of receptacles from the fucoid Ascophyllum nodosum to the detrital pool of a north temperate estuary. Estuaries 1:258-261.

Chock, J.S. and A.C. Mathieson. 1976. Ecological studies of the salt marsh ecad scorpioides (Hornemann) Hauck of Ascophyllum nodosum (L.) Le Jolis. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 23:171-190.

Mathieson, A.C. and R.A. Fralick. 1973. Benthic algae and vascular plants of the lower Merrimack River and adjacent shoreline. Rhodora 75:52-64. Josselyn, M.N. and A.C.

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Human Impacts and Restoration Science

Konisky, R. A. and D. M. Burdick. 2004. Effects of stressors on invasive and halophytic plants of New England salt marshes: a framework for predicting response to tidal restoration. Wetlands 24: 434-447.

Burdick, D. M., and R. A. Konisky. 2003. Determinants of expansion for Phragmites australis, common reed, in natural and impacted coastal marshes. Estuaries 26:407-416.

Mathieson, A.C., C.J. Dawes, L.G. Harris and E.J. Hehre. 2003. Expansion of the Asiatic green alga Codium fragile ssp. tomentosoides in the Gulf of Maine. Rhodora 105:1-53.

Morgan, P.A. and F.T. Short. 2002. Using functional trajectories to track constructed salt marsh development in the Great Bay Estuary, Maine/New Hampshire, USA. Restoration Ecology 10:461-473.

Neckles, H. A., M. Dionne, D. M. Burdick, C. T. Roman, R. Buchsbaum, and E. Hutchins. 2002. A monitoring protocol to assess tidal restoration of salt marshes on local and regional scales. Restoration Ecology 10:556-563.

Seliskar, D. M., J. L. Gallagher, D. M. Burdick and L. A. Mutz. 2002. The regulation of ecosystem functions by ecotypic variation in the dominant plant: a Spartina alterniflora salt-marsh case study. Journal of Ecology 90:1-11.

Short, F. T., D. M. Burdick, C. A. Short, R. C. Davis and P. Morgan. 2000. Developing success criteria for restored eelgrass, salt marsh and mud flat habitats. Ecological Engineering 15:239-252.

Dionne, M., F. T. Short and D. M. Burdick. 1999. Fish utilization of restored, created, and reference salt-marsh habitat in the Gulf of Maine. American Fisheries Society Symposium 22:384-404.

Burdick, D. M., M. Dionne, R. M. Boumans and F. T. Short. 1997. Ecological responses to tidal restorations of two northern New England salt marshes. Wetland Ecology and Management 4:129-144.

Morgan, P., D. M. Burdick and K. Cheetham. 1996. Restoring New Hampshire's salt marshes. Coastal Program Bulletin, New Hampshire Office of State Planning, Concord, NH. 8 pp.

Mathieson, A.C. and E.J. Hehre. 1994. A comparison of the marine algae from the Goleta Slough and adjacent open coast of Goleta/Santa Barbara, California with those in the southern Gulf of Maine. Rhodora 96:207-258.

Mathieson, A.C. and R.A. Fralick. 1973. Benthic algae and vascular plants of the lower Merrimack River and adjacent shoreline. Rhodora 75:52-64. Josselyn, M.N. and A.C.

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Physical Processes

Ward, L.G., D.M. Burdick and J.R. Adams. 2003. Preliminary studies of the impact of sea level rise on coastal environments (New Hampshire, USA). Proceedings from Coastal Sediments ’03. East Meets West Productions, Corpus Christ, TX 78418. (Proceedings Contained in CD Format). 13 pp.

Boumans, R. M. J., D. M. Burdick, and M. Dionne. 2002. Modeling habitat change in salt marshes following tidal restoration. Restoration Ecology 10: 543-555.

Ward, L.G., M.S. Kearney and J.C. Stevenson. 1998. Variations in sedimentary environments and accretionary processes in estuarine marshes undergoing rapid submergence, Chesapeake Bay. Marine Geology 151:111-134.

Kearney, M.S., J.C. Stevenson and L.G. Ward. 1994. Spatial and temporal changes in marsh vertical accretion rates at Monie Bay: implications for sea-level rise. Journal of Coastal Research 10:1010-1020.

Hardwick-Witman, M.N. 1986. Aerial survey of a salt marsh: Ice rafting to the lower intertidal zone. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 22:379-383.

Hardwick-Witman, M.N. 1985. Biological consequences of ice rafting in a New England salt marsh community. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 87:283-298.

Mathieson, A.C., C.A. Penniman, P.K. Busse and E. Tveter-Gallagher. 1982. Effects of ice on Ascophyllum nodosum within the Great Bay Estuary System of New Hampshire-Maine. Journal of Phycology 18:331-336.

Daly, M.A., and A.C. Mathieson. 1981. Nutrient fluxes within a small north temperate salt marsh. Marine Biology 61:337-344.

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