PUBLICATIONS
Recent Peer reviewed Journal Articles and Chapters from our lab:
Tas, S.A.J., Hughes, Z.J., FitzGerald, D.M., Xie, D, Asik Zaman, T. and Fagherazzi, S, 2024. Pathways and thresholds for sediment transport into Slocums Embayment. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface. Submitted.
Black, S.K., Hughes, Z.J., FitzGerald, D.M., 2024. Controls on Coastal Bluff Erosion for a Drowned Drumlin Field: Boston Harbor, Massachusetts. Geomorphology Submitted.
Xie, D., Hughes, Z.J., FitzGerald, D., Tas, S., Zaman Asik, T., and Fagherazzi, S., 2024. Impacts of Causeway Removal on Nearshore Hydrodynamics and Sediment Transport Across a Tombolo. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface. Submitted.
Hein, C.J., Connell, J.E., FitzGerald, D.M., Georgiou, I.Y., Hughes, Z.J., King, K., 2024. Vertical accretion trends project doughnut-like fragmentation of saltmarshes, Nature Communications: Earth & Environment. 5: 74. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01219-8
Xie, D., Hughes, Z.J., FitzGerald, D.M., Tas, S., Zaman Asik, T., and Fagherazzi, S., 2024, Impacts of climate change on coastal hydrodynamics around a headland and potential headland sediment bypassing. Geophysical Research Letters, 51, e2023GL105323. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL105323
Novak A.B., Plaisted H.K., Hughes Z.J., Mittermayr A., Molden E. 2023. Eelgrass (Zostera marina L.) populations are imperiled by high sea-surface temperatures and eutrophic waters on Nantucket Island, USA. Marine Pollution Bulletin 197: 115689. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115689
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. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.5747
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 14:7117. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-42895-y
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: Scientific Reports. 13:2884
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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).
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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
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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
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Books and Chapters
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FitzGerald D.M. and Hughes Z.J. Marshes, 2021: Function, Dynamics, and Stresses, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.