<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>5</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sergio, Sergio</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Johnson, D.S.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">FitzGerald, D. M.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Fulweiler, R.W.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hughes, Z.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Patricia  Wiberg,</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">McGlathery, K. J.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Morris, J.T.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tolhurst, T. J.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Deegan, L.A.</style></author></authors><secondary-authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hupp, C.</style></author></secondary-authors><tertiary-authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Shroder, J.</style></author></tertiary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ecogeomorphology of Salt Marshes</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ecogeomorphology</style></secondary-title><tertiary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Treatise on Geomorphology</style></tertiary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">VCR</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2012</style></year></dates><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Elsevier</style></publisher><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">12</style></volume><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><accession-num><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">LTER.2012-86145</style></accession-num></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>5</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sergio, Sergio</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Johnson, D.S.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">FitzGerald, D. M.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Fulweiler, R.W.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hughes, Z.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Patricia  Wiberg,</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">McGlathery, K. J.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Morris, J.T.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tolhurst, T. J.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Deegan, L.A.</style></author></authors><secondary-authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hupp, C.</style></author></secondary-authors><tertiary-authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Shroder, J.</style></author></tertiary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ecogeomorphology of Tidal Flats,</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Treatise on Geomorphology</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">VCR</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2012</style></year></dates><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Elsevier</style></publisher><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">12</style></volume><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><accession-num><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">LTER.2012-86146</style></accession-num></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sergio, Sergio</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Craft, C.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Clough, J.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kirwan, M. L.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mudd, S.M.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Guntenspergen, G.R.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Temmerman, S.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">DAlpaos, A. D.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rybczyk, J. M.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">van de Koppel, J.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Reyes, E.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Numerical Models of Salt Marsh Evolution: Ecological and Climatic Factors</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Reviews of Geophysics</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">VCR</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2012</style></year></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">50</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">doi:10.1029/2011RG000359</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1</style></issue><accession-num><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">LTER.2012-87095</style></accession-num></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Falcini, F.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sergio, Sergio</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Jerolmack, D. J.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Wave-supported sediment gravity flows currents: Effects of fluid-induced pressure gradients and flow width spreading</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Continental Shelf Research</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">VCR</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2012</style></year></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">33</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">37-50</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><accession-num><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">LTER.2012-87100</style></accession-num></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mariotti, G.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sergio, Sergio</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Asymmetric fluxes of water and sediments in a mesotidal mudflat channel</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cont. Shelf Res.</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">VCR</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2011</style></year></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">doi:10.1016/j.csr.2010.10.014</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">31</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">23-36</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><accession-num><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">LTER.2011-87114</style></accession-num></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Priestas, A. M.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sergio, Sergio</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Morphology and hydrodynamics of wave-cut gullies</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Geomorphology</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">VCR</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2011</style></year></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">131</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1-13</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1-2</style></issue><accession-num><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">LTER.2011-87124</style></accession-num></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mariotti, G.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sergio, Sergio</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Patricia  Wiberg,</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">McGlathery, K. J.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Carniello, L.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Defina, A.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Influence of storm surges and sea level on shallow tidal basin erosive processes</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">J. Geophys. Res.</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">VCR</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2010</style></year></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">doi:10.1029/2009JC005892</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">115</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">C11012</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The finite-element model WWTM is applied to a system of lagoons at the Virginia Coast Reserve, USA. The model solves the shallow water equations to compute tidal fluxes, and is equipped with a wave propagation module to calculate wave height during local wind events. The model is validated using measured water elevations, wave heights, and periods at five locations within the lagoon system. Scenarios with different wind conditions, storm surges, and relative sea level are simulated. Results are analyzed in terms of bottom shear stresses on the tidal flats, a measure of sediment resuspension potential, and total wave energy impacting the marsh boundaries, which is the chief process driving lateral marsh erosion. Results indicate that wave energy at the marsh boundaries is more sensitive to wind direction than are bottom shear stresses. Wave energy on marsh boundaries and bottom shear stresses on the tidal flats increase with sea level elevation, with the former increasing almost ten times more than the latter. Both positive and negative feedbacks between wave energy at the boundaries and bottom shear stresses are predicted, depending on the fate of the sediments eroded from the salt marsh boundaries.</style></abstract><accession-num><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">LTER.2010-85951</style></accession-num></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tonelli, M.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sergio, Sergio</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Petti, M.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Modeling wave impact on salt marsh boundaries</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">J. Geophys. Res. Oceans</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">VCR</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2010</style></year></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">doi:10.1029/2009JC006026</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">115</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">C09028</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><accession-num><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">LTER.2010-82840</style></accession-num></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Priestas, A. M.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sergio, Sergio</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Morphological barrier island changes and recovery of dunes after Hurricane Dennis, St. George Island, Florida</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Geomorphology</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">VCR</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2010</style></year></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">114</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">614-626</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">4</style></issue><accession-num><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">LTER.2010-82837</style></accession-num></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mariotti, G.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sergio, Sergio</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">A numerical model for the coupled long-term evolution of salt marshes and tidal flats</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">J. Geophys. Res.,</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">VCR</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2010</style></year></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">doi:10.1029/2009JF001326</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">115</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">F01004</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><accession-num><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">LTER.2010-82830</style></accession-num></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sergio, Sergio</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Priestas, A. M.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sediments and water fluxes in a muddy coastline: interplay between waves and tidal channel hydrodynamics</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Earth Surface Processes and Landforms</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">VCR</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2010</style></year></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">35</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">284-293</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">3</style></issue><accession-num><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">LTER.2010-87097</style></accession-num></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sergio, Sergio</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mariotti, G.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Porter, J. H.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">McGlathery, K. J.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Patricia  Wiberg,</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Wave energy asymmetry in shallow bays</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Geophys. Res. Lett.</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">VCR</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2010</style></year></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">doi:10.1029/2010GL045254</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">37</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">L24601</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><accession-num><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">LTER.2010-87096</style></accession-num></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sergio, Sergio</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Patricia  Wiberg,</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Importance of wind conditions, fetch, and water levels on wave-generated shear stresses in shallow intertidal basins</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">J. Geophys. Res.</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">VCR</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2009</style></year></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">doi:10.1029/2008JF001139</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">114</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">F03022</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><accession-num><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">LTER.2009-82823</style></accession-num></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Masetti, R.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sergio, Sergio</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Montanari, A</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Application of a barrier island translation model to the millennial-scale evolution of Sand key, Florida</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Continental Shelf Research</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">VCR</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2008</style></year></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">28</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1116-1126</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><accession-num><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">LTER.2008-82832</style></accession-num></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sergio, Sergio</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hannion, Muriel</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">DOdorico, Paolo</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Geomorphic structure of tidal hydrodynamics in salt marsh creeks</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Water Resources Research</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">VCR</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2008</style></year></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2008/2007WR006289.shtml</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">44</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">W02419</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">This paper develops a geomorphological theory of tidal basin response (tidal instantaneous geomorphologic elementary response, or TIGER) to describe specific characteristics of tidal channel hydrodynamics. On the basis of the instantaneous unit hydrograph approach, this framework relates the hydrodynamics of tidal watersheds to the geomorphic structure of salt marshes and, specifically, to the distance traveled by water particles within the channel network and on the marsh surface. The possibility of determining the water fluxes from observations of geomorphic features is an appealing approach to the study of tidally driven flow rates. Our formulation paves the way to the application of recent results on the geomorphic structure of salt marshes and tidal networks to the determination of marsh creek hydrology. A case study shows how the asymmetry in the stage-velocity relation and the existence of velocity surges typical of the tidal hydrographs can be explained as an effect of the delay in the propagation of the tidal signal within the marsh area.</style></abstract><accession-num><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">LTER.2008-82481</style></accession-num></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Defina, A.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Carniello, L.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sergio, Sergio</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sergio, Sergio</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Self organization of shallow basins in tidal flats and salt marshes</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">J. Geophys. Res.</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">VCR</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2007</style></year></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">112</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">F03001</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><accession-num><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">LTER.2007-82093</style></accession-num></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sergio, Sergio</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Palermo, C.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rulli, M. C.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Carniello, L.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Defina, A.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Wind waves in shallow microtidal basins and the dynamic equilibrium of tidal flats</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">J. Geophys. 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D.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tidal flow field in a small basin</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">VCR</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2003</style></year></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;Go to ISI&gt;://000182197900010</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">108</style></volume><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">[1] The tidal flow field in a basin of small dimensions with respect to the tidal wavelength is calculated. Under these conditions, the tide becomes a standing wave oscillating synchronously (with a flat water surface) over the whole basin. The shallow water equations can thus be strongly simplified, expressing the discharge vector field in terms of a potential function and a stream function. The potential function can be independently solved with the continuity equation, and is responsible for the total water balance in the basin. Moreover, the flow field derived from the potential function is shown to represent the tidal motion in a deep basin with flat bottom. Departures from this situation are treated with a stream function, that is, a correction for the potential function solution, and is solved through the vorticity equation. The stream function accounts for the nonlinear inertial terms and the friction in the shallow water equations, as well as bottom topography. In basins where channels incise within shallow tidal flats, the solution demonstrates that friction redistributes momentum, increasing the flow in the channels and decreasing it on the flats. The model is tested in San Diego Bay, California, with satisfactory results.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">C3</style></issue><accession-num><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">LTER.2003-48993</style></accession-num></record></records></xml>