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Conservation on the Coast

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Nature and conservation on the coast

Coastal wildlife needs disturbance to thrive

In order to thrive, beach-dependent species need storms, tides and winds to re-work their habitats.

The Tide and Bear Swamp

New Jersey's old growth forest is threatened by sea level rise and sand mining

Postcard from Patagonia

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2026

Salt marsh establishment controlled by sediment availability, landscape position, and anthropogenic history

Neil Kamal Ganju, Robert D. Bales, Steven E. Suttles, Olivia A. De Meo, Eric D. Marsjanik, Wenxiu Teng, Jennifer L. Miselis, Joseph AM Smith

Environmental Research Communications Read
2026

Sediment addition to address tidal marsh elevation deficits caused by farm impoundments: a Delaware Bay, New Jersey, United States case study

Stephanie Feigin, Joseph A.M. Smith, Steve Hafner, Theo Diehl, Alek Modjeski, Tim Dillingham, Shane Godshall, Joanna Burger, Larry Niles

Restoration Ecology Read
2026

The collective application of shorebird tracking data to conservation

Autumn‐Lynn Harrison, Candace Stenzel, Alexandra M. Anderson, Jessica Howell, Richard B. Lanctot, Marley Aikens, Joaquín Aldabe, Liam A. Berigan, …, Joseph A. Smith, …, Michael B. Wunder

Conservation Biology Read
2024

Northward migration of Red Knots Calidris canutus rufa and environment connectivity of southern Brazil to Canada

Antônio Coimbra de Brum, Júlia Victória Grohmann Finger, Richard G. Lathrop, Stephanie Feigin, Joseph A. Smith, Lawrence J. Niles, Maria Virgı́nia Petry

Bird Conservation International Download PDF

Updated automatically from OpenAlex · last checked November 7, 2026