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Ms Mary Bryan Barksdale
Position: Graduate Student
Department: Coastal and Ocean Processes Section
University/Institute/Company: Virginia Institute of Marine Science
About
My research broadly focuses on how processes related to sea-level rise drive changes in coastal ecosystem functioning. To answer questions related to these interests, I currently employ stratigraphic, geochemical, GIS, and modeling tools. Specifically, my first project quantifies carbon erosion along a migrating barrier island system in an attempt to
understand how landward migration of barrier islands due to sea-level rise influences the carbon storage capacity of the system. My second project involves a numerical transect model that tracks ecogeomorphological change of a salt marsh experiencing sea-level rise acceleration. The addition of model components that simulate commonly-used marsh restoration strategies allows us to assess the effectiveness of those restoration strategies on various metrics of marsh health and resiliency over time
