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Marshes and Tidal Creeks Research

Particulate transport and fluid motions in vegetated systems Flow dynamics and sedimentation in Spartina alterniflora and Phragmites australis marshes of the Chesapeake Bay (Reprint Available) Dissolved and particulate fluxes in estuarine systems Depositional processes and evolution of tidal wetlands Transplanted Oyster (Crassostrea virginica) Beds as Self-Sustaining Mechanisms for Water Quality Improvements in Small Tidal Creeks: A Pilot Study (Slide Show) Using dredged material to offset tidal marsh loss in SE North Carolina (funded by NOAA-CICEET); Final Report

River Research

Effects of dredging in the Cape Fear river on tidal processes and wetland performance (funded by CZR/USACE)

Continental Shelf Research

Sediment Transport on the Continental Shelf (funded through UNCW's Coastal Ocean Research and Monitoring Program—CORMP)

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