Vegetation dieback in the Mississippi River Delta triggered by acute drought and chronic relative sea-level rise

Authors

Tracy Elsey-Quirk, Louisiana State University
Austin Lynn, Louisiana State University
Michael Derek Jacobs, Louisiana State University
Rodrigo Diaz, LSU Agricultural Center
James T. Cronin, Louisiana State University
Lixia Wang, Louisiana State University
Haosheng Huang, Louisiana State University
Dubravko Justic, Louisiana State University

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-1-2024

Abstract

Coastal wetlands are vulnerable to sea-level rise. Here, the authors use 16 years of data to correlate vegetation dieback in the Mississippi River Delta to drought-induced salt water intrusion in the summer of 2012.

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

Nature Communications

Recommended Citation

Elsey-Quirk, T., Lynn, A., Jacobs, M., Diaz, R., Cronin, J., Wang, L., Huang, H., & Justic, D. (2024). Vegetation dieback in the Mississippi River Delta triggered by acute drought and chronic relative sea-level rise. Nature Communications, 15 (1) https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-47828-x