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Biogeomorphic modeling to assess the resilience of tidal-marsh restoration to sea level rise and sediment supply
ECOSPHERE Research Group, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
Department of Earth and Environment, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
Jim van Belzen
Department of Estuarine and Delta Systems, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), Yerseke, the Netherlands
ECOSPHERE Research Group, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
Christian Schwarz
Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Science, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Division of Geography and Tourism, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Wouter Vandenbruwaene
Flanders Hydraulics Research, Antwerp, Belgium
Joris Vanlede
Flanders Hydraulics Research, Antwerp, Belgium
Jean-Philippe Belliard
ECOSPHERE Research Group, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
Sergio Fagherazzi
Department of Earth and Environment, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
Tjeerd J. Bouma
Department of Estuarine and Delta Systems, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), Yerseke, the Netherlands
Department of Physical Geography, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Johan van de Koppel
Department of Estuarine and Delta Systems, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), Yerseke, the Netherlands
Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
Stijn Temmerman
ECOSPHERE Research Group, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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Short summary
There is an increasing demand for tidal-marsh restoration around the world. We have developed a new modeling approach to reduce the uncertainty associated with this development. Its application to a real tidal-marsh restoration project in northwestern Europe illustrates how the rate of landscape development can be steered by restoration design, with important consequences for restored tidal-marsh resilience to increasing sea level rise and decreasing sediment supply.
There is an increasing demand for tidal-marsh restoration around the world. We have developed a...
