<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><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%">Alber, Merryl</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Swenson, Erick M.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Adamowicz, Susan C.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mendelssohn, Irving A.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Salt marsh dieback: An overview of recent events in the US.</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">GCE</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2008</style></year></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">80</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1-11</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">This paper provides an overview of the marsh dieback events that have been observed along the east and gulf coasts of the U.S. over the past decade. It is likely that some of the recently reported changes in marsh vegetation were affected by physical or biotic disturbances that are known to generate bare areas, such as overgrazing or wrack smothering. Other areas may be experiencing a state change such as that caused by long-term changes in sea level. However, sites in many areas are not readily explained by these causes and are considered to have experienced</style></abstract><accession-num><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">LTER.2008-93335</style></accession-num></record></records></xml>