Kai Jensen

TL;DR: In this paper, wave flume experiments show that marsh vegetation causes substantial wave dissipation and prevents erosion of the underlying surface, even during extreme storm surge conditions, and salt marshes protect coastlines against waves.

TL;DR: It is concluded that species-specific effects on seedling establishment are mainly due to differences in seed mass, successional status, and light requirement for germination and that these factors thus influence species composition and diversity during abandoned fen grassland succession.

TL;DR: The results of this study support the view, that even if the seed bank of later successional stages contains some species of earlier stages, the possibility of restoring species rich wet meadows from abandoned sites is relatively low, due to the fact, that seedling-densities of meadow species are decreasing exponentially during succession.

TL;DR: It is concluded that SOM decomposition rates are not directly driven by relative sea level and its effect on oxygen diffusion through soil, but indirectly by plant responses torelative sea level.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of vegetation on wave dissipation during storms when wave heights and water levels are highest was investigated in canopies of two typical NW European salt marsh grasses: Puccinellia maritima and Elymus athericus.