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Rebecca Sanders-DeMott, PhD (Former Employee)

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Sunset at Sage Lot Pond Salt Marsh Observatory

Environmental Geochemistry

Coastal Environmental Geochemistry research at the Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center spans multiple ecosystems and topics, including coastal wetlands, aquifers, and estuaries, with the goal of providing data and guidance to federal, state, local, and private land owners and managers on these vital ecosystems.
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Natural Hazards Mission Area, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Environmental Geochemistry

Environmental Geochemistry

Coastal Environmental Geochemistry research at the Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center spans multiple ecosystems and topics, including coastal wetlands, aquifers, and estuaries, with the goal of providing data and guidance to federal, state, local, and private land owners and managers on these vital ecosystems.
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Carbon dioxide and methane fluxes with supporting environmental data from coastal wetlands across Cape Cod, Massachusetts (ver 2.0, June 2022) Carbon dioxide and methane fluxes with supporting environmental data from coastal wetlands across Cape Cod, Massachusetts (ver 2.0, June 2022)

Saline tidal wetlands are important sites of carbon sequestration and produce negligible methane (CH4) emissions due to regular inundation with sulfate-rich seawater. Yet, widespread management of coastal hydrology has restricted vast areas of coastal wetlands to tidal exchange. These ecosystems often undergo impoundment and freshening, which in turn cause vegetation shifts like invasion...
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Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Continuous Water Level, Salinity, and Temperature Data from Coastal Wetland Monitoring Wells, Cape Cod, Massachusetts (ver. 3.0, September 2025) Continuous Water Level, Salinity, and Temperature Data from Coastal Wetland Monitoring Wells, Cape Cod, Massachusetts (ver. 3.0, September 2025)

Environmental parameters affecting plant productivity and microbial respiration, such as water level, salinity, and groundwater temperature included in these datasets, are key components of wetland carbon cycling, carbon storage, and capacity to maintain elevation. Data were collected to (1) provide background data to evaluate potential differences in water level and carbon flux between...
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Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Methane fluxes in tidal marshes of the conterminous United States Methane fluxes in tidal marshes of the conterminous United States

Methane (CH4) is a potent greenhouse gas (GHG) with atmospheric concentrations that have nearly tripled since pre-industrial times. Wetlands account for a large share of global CH4 emissions, yet the magnitude and factors controlling CH4 fluxes in tidal wetlands remain uncertain. We synthesized CH4 flux data from 100 chamber and 9 eddy covariance (EC) sites across tidal marshes in the...
Authors
Ariane Arias-Ortiz, Jaxine Wolfe, Scott D. Bridgham, Sara Knox, Gavin McNicol, Brian A. Needelman, Julie Shahan, Ellen J. Stuart-Haëntjens, Lisamarie Windham-Myers, Patty Oikawa, Dennis D. Baldocchi, Joshua S. Caplan, Margaret Capooci, Kenneth M. Czapla, R. Kyle Derby, Heida L. Diefenderfer, Inke Forbrich, Gina Groseclose, Jason Keller, Cheryl Kelley, Amr E. Keshta, Helena S. Kleiner, Ken Krauss, Robert R. Lane, Sarah Mack, Serena Moseman-Valtierra, Thomas Mozdzer, Peter Mueller, Scott C. Neubauer, Genevieve Noyce, Karina V.R. Schäfer, Rebecca Sanders-DeMott, Charles A Schutte, Rodrigo Vargas, Nathaniel B Weston, Benjamin Wilson, J. Patrick Megonigal, James R. Holmquist

Impoundment increases methane emissions in Phragmites-invaded coastal wetlands  Impoundment increases methane emissions in Phragmites-invaded coastal wetlands 

Saline tidal wetlands are important sites of carbon sequestration and produce negligible methane (CH4) emissions due to regular inundation with sulfate-rich seawater. Yet, widespread management of coastal hydrology has restricted tidal exchange in vast areas of coastal wetlands. These ecosystems often undergo impoundment and freshening, which in turn cause vegetation shifts like invasion...
Authors
Rebecca Sanders-DeMott, Meagan J. Eagle, Kevin D. Kroeger, Faming Wang, Thomas W. Brooks, Jennifer A. O’Keefe Suttles, Sydney K. Nick, Adrian G. Mann, Jianwu Tang
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Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Northern forest winters have lost cold, snowy conditions that are important for ecosystems and human communities Northern forest winters have lost cold, snowy conditions that are important for ecosystems and human communities

Winter is an understudied but key period for the socio-ecological systems of northeastern North American forests. A growing awareness of the importance of the winter season to forest ecosystems and surrounding communities has inspired several decades of research, both across the northern forest and at other mid- and high-latitude ecosystems around the globe. Despite these efforts, we...
Authors
Alexandra R Contosta, Nora J. Casson, Sarah Garlick, Sarah J. Nelson, Matthew P Ayers, Elizabet A Buralkowski, John Campbell, Irean Creed, Catharine Eimers, Celia Evans, Ivan Fernandez, Collin Fuss, Thomas G. Huntington, Kaizad Pate, Rebecca Sanders-DeMott, Kyongo Son, Pamela H. Templer, Darren Thornbrugh
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Water Resources Mission Area, Ecosystems Land Change Science Program, New England Water Science Center
Tidal restoration could reduce methane emissions in impounded, Phragmites-invaded wetlands by restoring high salinity levels

Tidal restoration could reduce methane emissions in impounded, Phragmites-invaded wetlands by restoring high salinity levels

A new study confirms that restoration of tidal flow to impounded coastal wetlands dominated by the non-native plant Phragmites australis could reduce...

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Sunset at Sage Lot Pond Salt Marsh Observatory

Environmental Geochemistry

Coastal Environmental Geochemistry research at the Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center spans multiple ecosystems and topics, including coastal wetlands, aquifers, and estuaries, with the goal of providing data and guidance to federal, state, local, and private land owners and managers on these vital ecosystems.
By
Natural Hazards Mission Area, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Environmental Geochemistry

Environmental Geochemistry

Coastal Environmental Geochemistry research at the Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center spans multiple ecosystems and topics, including coastal wetlands, aquifers, and estuaries, with the goal of providing data and guidance to federal, state, local, and private land owners and managers on these vital ecosystems.
Learn More

Carbon dioxide and methane fluxes with supporting environmental data from coastal wetlands across Cape Cod, Massachusetts (ver 2.0, June 2022) Carbon dioxide and methane fluxes with supporting environmental data from coastal wetlands across Cape Cod, Massachusetts (ver 2.0, June 2022)

Saline tidal wetlands are important sites of carbon sequestration and produce negligible methane (CH4) emissions due to regular inundation with sulfate-rich seawater. Yet, widespread management of coastal hydrology has restricted vast areas of coastal wetlands to tidal exchange. These ecosystems often undergo impoundment and freshening, which in turn cause vegetation shifts like invasion...
By
Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Continuous Water Level, Salinity, and Temperature Data from Coastal Wetland Monitoring Wells, Cape Cod, Massachusetts (ver. 3.0, September 2025) Continuous Water Level, Salinity, and Temperature Data from Coastal Wetland Monitoring Wells, Cape Cod, Massachusetts (ver. 3.0, September 2025)

Environmental parameters affecting plant productivity and microbial respiration, such as water level, salinity, and groundwater temperature included in these datasets, are key components of wetland carbon cycling, carbon storage, and capacity to maintain elevation. Data were collected to (1) provide background data to evaluate potential differences in water level and carbon flux between...
By
Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Methane fluxes in tidal marshes of the conterminous United States Methane fluxes in tidal marshes of the conterminous United States

Methane (CH4) is a potent greenhouse gas (GHG) with atmospheric concentrations that have nearly tripled since pre-industrial times. Wetlands account for a large share of global CH4 emissions, yet the magnitude and factors controlling CH4 fluxes in tidal wetlands remain uncertain. We synthesized CH4 flux data from 100 chamber and 9 eddy covariance (EC) sites across tidal marshes in the...
Authors
Ariane Arias-Ortiz, Jaxine Wolfe, Scott D. Bridgham, Sara Knox, Gavin McNicol, Brian A. Needelman, Julie Shahan, Ellen J. Stuart-Haëntjens, Lisamarie Windham-Myers, Patty Oikawa, Dennis D. Baldocchi, Joshua S. Caplan, Margaret Capooci, Kenneth M. Czapla, R. Kyle Derby, Heida L. Diefenderfer, Inke Forbrich, Gina Groseclose, Jason Keller, Cheryl Kelley, Amr E. Keshta, Helena S. Kleiner, Ken Krauss, Robert R. Lane, Sarah Mack, Serena Moseman-Valtierra, Thomas Mozdzer, Peter Mueller, Scott C. Neubauer, Genevieve Noyce, Karina V.R. Schäfer, Rebecca Sanders-DeMott, Charles A Schutte, Rodrigo Vargas, Nathaniel B Weston, Benjamin Wilson, J. Patrick Megonigal, James R. Holmquist

Impoundment increases methane emissions in Phragmites-invaded coastal wetlands  Impoundment increases methane emissions in Phragmites-invaded coastal wetlands 

Saline tidal wetlands are important sites of carbon sequestration and produce negligible methane (CH4) emissions due to regular inundation with sulfate-rich seawater. Yet, widespread management of coastal hydrology has restricted tidal exchange in vast areas of coastal wetlands. These ecosystems often undergo impoundment and freshening, which in turn cause vegetation shifts like invasion...
Authors
Rebecca Sanders-DeMott, Meagan J. Eagle, Kevin D. Kroeger, Faming Wang, Thomas W. Brooks, Jennifer A. O’Keefe Suttles, Sydney K. Nick, Adrian G. Mann, Jianwu Tang
By
Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Northern forest winters have lost cold, snowy conditions that are important for ecosystems and human communities Northern forest winters have lost cold, snowy conditions that are important for ecosystems and human communities

Winter is an understudied but key period for the socio-ecological systems of northeastern North American forests. A growing awareness of the importance of the winter season to forest ecosystems and surrounding communities has inspired several decades of research, both across the northern forest and at other mid- and high-latitude ecosystems around the globe. Despite these efforts, we...
Authors
Alexandra R Contosta, Nora J. Casson, Sarah Garlick, Sarah J. Nelson, Matthew P Ayers, Elizabet A Buralkowski, John Campbell, Irean Creed, Catharine Eimers, Celia Evans, Ivan Fernandez, Collin Fuss, Thomas G. Huntington, Kaizad Pate, Rebecca Sanders-DeMott, Kyongo Son, Pamela H. Templer, Darren Thornbrugh
By
Water Resources Mission Area, Ecosystems Land Change Science Program, New England Water Science Center
Tidal restoration could reduce methane emissions in impounded, Phragmites-invaded wetlands by restoring high salinity levels

Tidal restoration could reduce methane emissions in impounded, Phragmites-invaded wetlands by restoring high salinity levels

A new study confirms that restoration of tidal flow to impounded coastal wetlands dominated by the non-native plant Phragmites australis could reduce...

Read Article
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