New opportunities for conservation of a rare tiger beetle on developed barrier island beaches

Smith, Joseph A.; Rossner, Kyle J.; Duran, Daniel P.

doi:10.1007/s10841-021-00339-2

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“…(Cantelon et al 2022) quality and mobilizes nutrients through porewater ionic exchange processes (Herbert et al 2018). Coastal zone inundation as a natural process alters dune systems, which generates a mosaic of habitats that increase biodiversity (Smith et al 2021) and alter distributions of vegetation and animals. For example, the frequency of overwash events affects plant composition and diversity on sand dunes (Stallins and Parker 2003) and regular inundation is thought to provide necessary habitats for some insects and birds (Smith et al 2021).…”

Section: Storm-impacted Coastal Zonesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Coastal zone inundation as a natural process alters dune systems, which generates a mosaic of habitats that increase biodiversity (Smith et al 2021) and alter distributions of vegetation and animals. For example, the frequency of overwash events affects plant composition and diversity on sand dunes (Stallins and Parker 2003) and regular inundation is thought to provide necessary habitats for some insects and birds (Smith et al 2021). Increased salinity and associated geochemical changes alter microbial community diversity and population heterogeneity (Nelson et al 2015), shifting to more specialized communities as an adaptation to anaerobic conditions, redox fluctuation, and salt stress.…”

Section: Storm-impacted Coastal Zonesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Reviews and Syntheses: Variable Inundation Across Earth’s Terrestrial Ecosystems

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Burgin,

Busch

et al. 2024

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Abstract. The structure, function, and dynamics of Earth’s terrestrial ecosystems are profoundly influenced by the frequency and duration that they are inundated with water. A diverse array of natural and human engineered systems experience temporally variable inundation whereby they fluctuate between inundated and non-inundated states. Variable inundation spans from extreme flooding and droughts to predictable sub-daily cycles. Variably inundated ecosystems (VIEs) include hillslopes, non-perennial streams, wetlands, floodplains, temporary ponds, tidal systems, storm-impacted coastal zones, and human engineered systems. VIEs are diverse in terms of inundation regimes, water chemistry and flow velocity, soil and sediment properties, vegetation, and many other properties. The spatial and temporal scales of variable inundation are vast, ranging from sub-meter to whole landscapes and from sub-hourly to multi-decadal. The broad range of system types and scales makes it challenging to predict the hydrology, biogeochemistry, ecology, and physical evolution of VIEs. Despite all experiencing the loss and gain of an overlying water column, VIEs are rarely considered together in conceptual, theoretical, modeling, or measurement frameworks/approaches. Studying VIEs together has the potential to generate mechanistic understanding that is transferable across a much broader range of environmental conditions, relative to knowledge generated by studying any one VIE type. We postulate that enhanced transferability will be important for predicting VIE function under future, potentially non-analog, environmental conditions. Here we aim to catalyze cross-VIE science that studies drivers and impacts of variable inundation across Earth’s VIEs. To this end, we complement expert mini-reviews of eight major VIE systems with overviews of VIE-relevant methods and challenges associated with scale. We conclude with perspectives on how cross-VIE science can derive transferable understanding via a ‘continuum approach’ in which the impacts of variable inundation are studied across multi-dimensional environmental space.

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