Recent Publications: Glenn Guntenspergen

Nature-based solutions could offset coastal squeeze of tidal wetlands from sea-level rise on the U.S. Pacific coastThorne, K. M., Buffington, K. J., Osland, M. J., Chivoiu, B., Grace, J. B., Enwright, N. M. & Guntenspergen, G. R., Dec 2025, In: Scientific reports. 15, 1, 11443.

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Causal Effects Versus Causal Mechanisms: Two Traditions With Different Requirements and Contributions Towards Causal UnderstandingGrace, J. B., Huntington-Klein, N., Schweiger, E. W., Martinez, M., Osland, M. J., Feher, L. C., Guntenspergen, G. R. & Thorne, K. M., Apr 2025, In: Ecology letters. 28, 4, e70029.

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Ecological thresholds and transformations due to climate change: The role of abiotic stressOsland, M. J., Bradford, J. B., Toth, L. T., Germino, M. J., Grace, J. B., Drexler, J. Z., Stagg, C. L., Grossman, E. R., Thorne, K. M., Romañach, S. S., Passeri, D. L., Noe, G. B., Lacy, J. R., Krauss, K. W., Kowalski, K. P., Guntenspergen, G. R., Ganju, N. K., Enwright, N. M., Carr, J. A. & Byrd, K. B. & 1 others, Buffington, K. J., Apr 2025, In: Ecosphere. 16, 4, e70229.

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A Conterminous United States–Wide Validation of Relative Tidal Elevation ProductsNeville, J. A., Guntenspergen, G. R., Grace, J. B., Osland, M. J. & Chivoiu, B., Dec 2024, In: Estuaries and Coasts. 47, 8, p. 2227-2237 11 p.

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Rising seas could cross thresholds for initiating coastal wetland drowning within decades across much of the United StatesOsland, M. J., Chivoiu, B., Grace, J. B., Enwright, N. M., Guntenspergen, G. R., Buffington, K. J., Thorne, K. M., Carr, J. A., Sweet, W. V. & Couvillion, B. R., Dec 2024, In: Communications Earth and Environment. 5, 1, 372.

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Current Advances in Coastal Wetland Elevation Dynamics: Introduction to the Special IssueCahoon, D. R. & Guntenspergen, G. R., Nov 2024, In: Estuaries and Coasts. 47, 7, p. 1703-1707 5 p.

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Incorporating Measurements of Vertical Land Motion in Wetland Surface Elevation Change AnalysesHensel, P., Cahoon, D. R., Guntenspergen, G., Mitchell, L., Whitbeck, M. & Scott, G., Nov 2024, In: Estuaries and Coasts. 47, 7, p. 2094-2105 12 p.

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Microtopographic Variation as a Potential Early Indicator of Ecosystem State Change and Vulnerability in Salt MarshesSmith, A. J., Guntenspergen, G. R., Carr, J. A., Walters, D. C. & Kirwan, M. L., Nov 2024, In: Estuaries and Coasts. 47, 7, p. 2120-2134 15 p.

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Understanding Marsh Elevation and Accretion Processes and Vulnerability to Rising Sea Levels Across Climatic and Geomorphic Gradients in California, USAThorne, K. M., Bristow, M. L., Rankin, L. L., Kovalenko, K. E., Neville, J. A., Freeman, C. M. & Guntenspergen, G. R., Nov 2024, In: Estuaries and Coasts. 47, 7, p. 1972-1992 21 p.

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Nonlinear Patterns of Surface Elevation Change in Coastal Wetlands: the Value of Generalized Additive Models for Quantifying Rates of ChangeFeher, L. C., Osland, M. J., Johnson, D. J., Grace, J. B., Guntenspergen, G. R., Stewart, D. R., Coronado-Molina, C. & Sklar, F. H., Nov 2024, In: Estuaries and Coasts. 47, 7, p. 1893-1902 10 p.

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Comparing Wetland Elevation Change Using a Surface Elevation Table, Digital Level, and Total StationLynch, J. C., Winn, N., Kovalenko, K. & Guntenspergen, G., Nov 2024, In: Estuaries and Coasts. 47, 7, p. 2071-2079 9 p.

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Examining inequality in aquatic ecosystem services: Evidence from large-scale monitoring programsKovalenko, K. E., Ilyushkin, S., Wellard Kelly, H. A., Neville, J. A. & Guntenspergen, G. R., Jul 20 2024, In: Science of the Total Environment. 935, 173365.

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Observing coastal wetland transitions using national land cover productsEnwright, N. M., Osland, M. J., Thorne, K. M., Guntenspergen, G. R., Grace, J. B., Steyer, G. D., Herold, N., Chivoiu, B. & Han, M., Feb 2024, In: Progress in Physical Geography. 48, 1, p. 113-135 23 p.

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Foundations of modeling resilience of tidal saline wetlands to sea-level rise along the U.S. Pacific CoastMarcot, B. G., Thorne, K. M., Carr, J. A. & Guntenspergen, G. R., Dec 2023, In: Landscape Ecology. 38, 12, p. 3061-3080 20 p.

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Widespread retreat of coastal habitat is likely at warming levels above 1.5 °CSaintilan, N., Horton, B., Törnqvist, T. E., Ashe, E. L., Khan, N. S., Schuerch, M., Perry, C., Kopp, R. E., Garner, G. G., Murray, N., Rogers, K., Albert, S., Kelleway, J., Shaw, T. A., Woodroffe, C. D., Lovelock, C. E., Goddard, M. M., Hutley, L. B., Kovalenko, K. & Feher, L. & 1 others, Guntenspergen, G., Sep 7 2023, In: Nature. 621, 7977, p. 112-119 8 p.

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Future Marsh Evolution Due To Tidal Changes Induced by Human Adaptation to Sea Level RiseBalderas Guzman, C., Buffington, K. J., Thorne, K. M., Guntenspergen, G. R., Hummel, M. A. & Stacey, M. T., Sep 2023, In: Earth's Future. 11, 9, e2023EF003518.

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Spatial Distribution of Elevation Change Monitoring in Coastal Wetlands Across Protected Lands of the Lower 48 United StatesNeville, J. A. & Guntenspergen, G. R., 2023, In: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet. 2023

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Constraints on the adjustment of tidal marshes to accelerating sea level riseSaintilan, N., Kovalenko, K. E., Guntenspergen, G., Rogers, K., Lynch, J. C., Cahoon, D. R., Lovelock, C. E., Friess, D. A., Ashe, E., Krauss, K. W., Cormier, N., Spencer, T., Adams, J., Raw, J., Ibanez, C., Scarton, F., Temmerman, S., Meire, P., Maris, T. & Thorne, K. & 13 others, Brazner, J., Chmura, G. L., Bowron, T., Gamage, V. P., Cressman, K., Endris, C., Marconi, C., Marcum, P., St. Laurent, K., Reay, W., Raposa, K. B., Garwood, J. A. & Khan, N., Jul 9 2022, In: Science. 377, 6605, p. 523-527 5 p.

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Migration and transformation of coastal wetlands in response to rising seasOsland, M. J., Chivoiu, B., Enwright, N. M., Thorne, K. M., Guntenspergen, G. R., Grace, J. B., Dale, L. L., Brooks, W., Herold, N., Day, J. W., Sklar, F. H. & Swarzenzki, C. M., Jul 2022, In: Science Advances. 8, 26, eabo5174.

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Temperature optimum for marsh resilience and carbon accumulation revealed in a whole-ecosystem warming experimentSmith, A. J., Noyce, G. L., Megonigal, J. P., Guntenspergen, G. R. & Kirwan, M. L., May 2022, In: Global change biology. 28, 10, p. 3236-3245 10 p.

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