Wetlands

Faculty

Neal Flanagan

Visiting Assistant Professor
James Heffernan

Associate Professor of Ecosystem Ecology and Ecohydrology
Wenhong Li

Associate Professor of Earth & Climate Sciences

Associate Professor of Climate
Curtis Richardson

Director, Duke Wetland Center

Research Professor of Resource Ecology

John O. Blackburn Distinguished Professor
Brian Silliman

Rachel Carson Distinguished Professor of Marine Conservation Biology

Rachel Carson Distinguished Professor of Marine Affairs and Policy

Publications

August 1, 2019
Does an ‘iron gate’ carbon preservation mechanism exist in organic–rich wetlands?
Wang, H; River, M; Richardson, CJ
August 1, 2019
Typha (Cattail) Invasion in North American Wetlands: Biology, Regional Problems, Impacts, Ecosystem Services, and Management
Bansal, S; Lishawa, SC; Newman, S; Tangen, BA; Wilcox, D; Albert, D; Anteau, MJ; Chimney, MJ; Cressey, RL; DeKeyser, E; Elgersma, KJ; Finkelstein, SA; Freeland, J; Grosshans, R; Klug, PE; Larkin, DJ; Lawrence, BA; Linz, G; Marburger, J; Noe, G; Otto, C; Reo, N; Richards, J; Richardson, C; Rodgers, LR; Schrank, AJ; Svedarsky, D; Travis, S; Tuchman, N; Windham-Myers, L
April 1, 2018
A global synthesis reveals gaps in coastal habitat restoration research
Zhang, YS; Cioffi, WR; Cope, R; Daleo, P; Heywood, E; Hoyt, C; Smith, CS; Silliman, BR

All Publications

Grants

March 16, 2017 - December 31, 2017
Indonesian Peat Prize
Curtis Richardson, Sonia Silvestri
August 1, 2016 - December 31, 2018
Harnessing positive interactions at multiple scales for seagrass restoration
Brian Silliman
November 15, 2015 - October 31, 2018
Collaborative Research: Watershed, estuarine, and local drivers of coastal marsh establishment and resilience
James Heffernan, A. Brad Murray, Marco Marani

All Grants

Reclaiming Duke’s SWAMP

Sixteen years after the restoration of Upper Sandy Creek began, hundreds of species, some rare, now call the once-heavily eroded and degraded stream home, and nitrogen pollution flowing off Duke’s campus into downstream waters has been slashed by 75%.

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