PUBLICATIONS
Recent Peer reviewed Journal Articles and Chapters from our lab:
Hughes Z.J., Farron, S.J. and D.M. FitzGerald, 2023. Geographic variability in headward erosion of marsh tidal creeks: ecological and physical causes. Earth Surface and Planetary Landforms. In revision.
Hanegan, K., D.M. FitzGerald, I.Y. Georgiou, Z.J. Hughes, 2023. Long-term sea level rise modeling of a basin and tidal inlet system reveals sediment sinks. 2022. Nature Communications. In revision.
Houttuijn Bloemendaal L.J., D.M. FitzGerald, Z.J. Hughes, A.B. Novak, and Georgiou, I.Y, 2023. Reevaluating the wave power-salt marsh retreat relationship. Nature Sci Rep 13, 2884. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-30042-y
Souza, P, Georgiou, I, FitzGerald, D, Hughes, Z.J. Howes, N.C. and Kulp, M.A., 2022. Hydrodynamic controls on sedimentary facies of tidal point bars: A case study in the Georgia coastal plain, USA. Sedimentology. https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.13060
FitzGerald DM, Hughes ZJ, Staro A, Hein CJ, Sakib MM, Georgiou IY, Novak A., 2022. Following the Sand Grains. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 10(5):631. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse10050631
Wilson C.A., Z.J. Hughes, D.M. FitzGerald. Causal Relationships among Sea-level rise, Marsh Crab Activity, and Saltmarsh Geomorphology, 2022. Proceedings of the National Academy 119(9). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2111535119
Houttuijn Bloemendaal L.J., D.M. FitzGerald, Z.J. Hughes, A.B. Novak, P. Phippen, 2021, What controls marsh edge erosion? Geomorph. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2021.107745
Pennings S.C., R.M. Glazner, Z.J. Hughes, J.S. Kominoski, A.R. Armitage 2021. Effects of mangrove cover on coastal erosion during a hurricane in Texas, USA. Ecology 102(4) doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3309
FitzGerald, DM., C.J. Hein, J.E Connell, Z.J. Hughes, I.Y. Georgiou, S. Black, and A. Novak, 2021. Largest Marsh in New England near a Precipice. Geomorphology https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2021.107625
Moore G.E., Burdick D.M., Routhier M.R., Novak A.B., Payne A.R., 2021. Effects of a large-scale, natural sediment deposition event on plant cover in a Massachusetts salt marsh. PLoS One. 16(1) e0245564.
Novak A.B., Pelletier M.C., Colarusso P., Simpson J., Gutierrez M.N., Aria-Ortiz A., Charpentier M., Masque P., Vella P., 2020. Factors influencing carbon stocks and accumulation rates in eelgrass meadows across New England. Estuaries and Coasts. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-020-00754-9
Wilson C.A., Z.J. Hughes, D.M. FitzGerald, A. Kolker, J. Lynch, and P. Rosen, 2020. Saltmarsh sustainability throughout the Holocene in Boston Harbor: A new sea-level curve for the lower Gulf of Maine and implications of recent anthropogenic alteration. Quaternary Science Review 240:106383 10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106383
FitzGerald, D., Ryerson, O., Hughes, Z., Black, S., Georgiou, I., Hein, C., and Novak, A. 2020. Long-term variability in inorganic sediment contribution to the Great Marsh, Massachusetts. In: Malvárez, G. and Navas, F. (eds.), Proceedings from the International Coastal Symposium (ICS) 2020 (Seville, Spain). Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue No. 95, pp. 1–5. Coconut Creek (Florida), ISSN 0749-0208
FitzGerald, DM., Z.J. Hughes, I.Y. Georgiou, S. Black, and A. Novak. 2020. Enhanced climate-driven sedimentation on salt marshes. Geophysical Research Letters. doi.org/10.1029/2019GL086737
Farron, S.J., Z.J. Hughes, D.M. FitzGerald, and K. B Strom. 2020. The Impacts of Crab Bioturbation on the Threshold of Erosion for Marsh Sediment. Estuaries, Coasts and Shelf Science V238. doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2020.106710
Farron, S., Z.J. Hughes, and D.M. FitzGerald. 2020. Assessing the response of the Great Marsh to sea level rise: migration, submersion or survival. Marine Geology doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2020.106195
FitzGerald D.M. and Hughes Z.J., 2019. Marsh Processes and Their Response to Climate Change and Sea-Level Rise. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Science. Vol. 47, pp. 481-517).
Plaisted H.K., Novak A.B., Weigel S., Klein A.S., Short F.T., 2019. Eelgrass genetic diversity influences resilience to stress associated with eutrophication. Estuaries and Coasts. 43,1425–1438. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-019-00669-0
Novak A.B., Hays C., Plaisted H.K., Hughes A.R., 2017. Limited effects of source population identity and number on seagrass transplant performance. PeerJ 5:e2972
Novak A.B., Short F.T. (2012) Permanent and transient leaf reddening in the seagrass Thalassia testudinum. Bulletin of Marine Science -Miami- 88(2):305-315. DOI:10.5343/bms.2011.1107
Novak A.B., Short F.T. (2011) Leaf reddening in the seagrass Thalassia testudinum in relation to anthocyanins, seagrass physiology and morphology, and plant protection. Marine Biology 158(6):1403-1416. DOI:10.1007/s00227-011-1658-y
Novak A.B., F.T. Short. (2011) The importance of UV-B light in the induction of leaf reddening and maintenance of photosynthesis in Thalassia testudinum. Experimental Marine Biology 409: 136-142.
Novak A.B., Short F.T. (2010) Leaf reddening in seagrasses. Botanica Marina 53, 93-97. DOI: 10.1515/BOT.2010.011DOI:10.1515/BOT.2010.011
Novak A.B., Hines H., Kwan D., Parr L., Tun M.T., Win H., Short F.T. (2009). Revised ranges of seagrass species in the Myeik Archipelago, Myanmar. Aquatic Botany 91(3):250-252. DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2009.07.002
Novak, A.B. (2004) Effects of Suburban Sprawl on Rhode Island’s Forests: A Landsat View from 1972-1999. Northeastern Naturalist 01. DOI: 10.1656/1092-6194(2004)011[0067:EOSSOR]2.0.CO;2
Books and Chapters
FitzGerald D.M. and Hughes Z.J. Marshes, 2021: Function, Dynamics, and Stresses, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
Wilson C.A., G. Perillo and Z.J. Hughes, 2021. Ecogeomorphic processes in Salt Marshes in Marshes, Function, Dynamics, and Stresses, Eds: D.M. FitzGerald and Z.J Hughes. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
Hughes Z.J., C.A. Wilson and D.M. FitzGerald, 2021. The future of marshes: Impacts of Climate Change and Sea Level Rise: in Marshes, Function, Dynamics, and Stresses, Eds: D.M. FitzGerald and Z.J Hughes. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
FitzGerald D.M. and Hughes Z.J., 2021. Introduction to Marsh Function, Dynamics, and Stresses in Marshes, Function, Dynamics, and Stresses, Eds: D.M. FitzGerald and Z.J Hughes. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
Bendoni M., Georgiou I.Y., Novak, A.B. (2019) Marsh Edge Erosion. In Fitzgerald, D.M. & Hughes, Z.J. (eds) Salt Marshes. Marshes: Function, Dynamics, and Stresses. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.