Multiple stressors in coastal wetlands: shifting our focus to real world scenarios

By Andria Ostrowski   Vegetated coastal wetlands including saltmarshes, mangrove forests and seagrass meadows store large amounts of carbon, protect shorelines from storms and erosion, support enormous biodiversity and improve water quality by filtering nutrients, contaminants and sediments.   Despite their ecological and economic importance, increasing human settlement and development along coastlines introduce stressors that […]