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Happy St Patricks Day ☘️!

New paper out! Fresh off the press! This 2-year study in Elkhorn Slough improves our understanding of panne dynamics in the marsh interior where Elkhorn Slough Reserve experiences much of its vegetated habitat loss. Turns out both physical and biological factors are important in driving recovery in the marsh interior.

Burrowing crabs and physical factors hasten marsh recovery at panne edges Salt marsh loss is projected to increase as sea-level rise accelerates with global climate change. Salt marsh loss occurs along both lateral creek and channel edges and in the marsh interior, when pannes expand and coalesce. Often, edge loss is attributed to erosive processes whereas dieback in the....

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New York Times article today—“Another Thanksgiving. Another Crab Season Delay” made me think of this photo from a dive about a month ago (photo 1) and the photo from last week of a Dungeness carapace washed on shore at Stinson Beach that I took last week (photo 2).

Post Pandemic hiatus check out dive ✅