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David M. Burdick is affiliated with the University of New Hampshire in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a special emphasis on subfields such as Ecology, Earth-Surface Processes, Oceanography, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, and Global and Planetary Change.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Coastal and Marine Dynamics
  • Coastal and Marine Management
  • Aeolian processes and effects
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses

David M. Burdick frequently publishes in several academic venues, including:

  • Estuaries and Coasts
  • North American Journal of Aquaculture
  • Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
  • PLoS ONE
  • Wetlands

Some of their recent papers are:

  • Applying cumulative effects to strategically advance large-scale ecosystem restoration, 2020, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
  • Evaluating Thin-Layer Sediment Placement as a Tool for Enhancing Tidal Marsh Resilience: a Coordinated Experiment Across Eight US National Estuarine Research Reserves, 2023, Estuaries and Coasts
  • Effects of a large-scale, natural sediment deposition event on plant cover in a Massachusetts salt marsh, 2021, PLoS ONE
  • Eastern Oyster Crassostrea virginica Growth and Mortality in New Hampshire (USA) Using Off-Bottom Farm Gear, 2020, North American Journal of Aquaculture
  • Runnels Reverse Mega-pool Expansion and Improve Marsh Resiliency in the Great Marsh, Massachusetts (USA), 2023, Wetlands

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Gregg E. Moore
  • Andrew Payne
  • Grant McKown
  • Raymond E. Grizzle
  • Christopher Peter

Best Publications

  • Mesocosm experiments quantify the effects of eutrophication on eelgrass, Zostera marina

    Frederick T. Short;David M. Burdick;James E. Kaldy

  • Quantifying Eelgrass Habitat Loss in Relation to Housing Development and Nitrogen Loading in Waquoit Bay, Massachusetts

    Frederick T. Short;David M. Burdick

  • Phragmites australis management in the United States: 40 years of methods and outcomes

    Eric L. G. Hazelton;Eric L. G. Hazelton;Thomas J. Mozdzer;Thomas J. Mozdzer;David M. Burdick;Karin M. Kettenring;Karin M. Kettenring

  • A monitoring protocol to assess tidal restoration of salt marshes on local and regional scales

    Hilary A. Neckles;Michele Dionne;David M. Burdick;Charles T. Roman;Charles T. Roman

  • Ecological responses to tidal restorations of two northern New England salt marshes

    David M. Burdick;Michele Dionne;R. M. Boumans;Frederick T. Short

  • The regulation of ecosystem functions by ecotypic variation in the dominant plant: a Spartina alterniflora salt‐marsh case study

    Denise M. Seliskar;John L. Gallagher;David M. Burdick;Laurie A. Mutz

  • Site-selection model for optimal transplantation of eelgrass Zostera marina in the northeastern US

    Frederick T. Short;Ryan C. Davis;B. S. Kopp;Catherine A. Short

  • The Effects of Boat Docks on Eelgrass Beds in Coastal Waters of Massachusetts.

    David M. Burdick;Frederick T. Short

  • Variation in soil salinity associated with expansion of Phragmites australis in salt marshes

    David M Burdick;Robert Buchsbaum;Eric Holt

  • Development of a nutrient pollution indicator using the seagrass, Zostera marina, along nutrient gradients in three New England estuaries

    Kun-Seop Lee;Frederick T Short;David M Burdick

  • Landscape Conservation in a Forested Wetland Watershed

    James G. Gosselink;Gary P. Shaffer;Lyndon C. Lee;David M. Burdick

  • Developing success criteria for restored eelgrass, salt marsh and mud flat habitats

    Frederick T Short;David M Burdick;Catherine A Short;Ryan C Davis

  • Impacts of Seawalls on Saltmarsh Plant Communities in the Great Bay Estuary, New Hampshire USA

    Catherine M. Bozek;David M. Burdick

  • Determinants of expansion for Phragmites australis , common reed, in natural and impacted coastal marshes

    David M. Burdick;Raymond A. Konisky

  • A Regional Assessment of Salt Marsh Restoration and Monitoring in the Gulf of Maine

    Raymond A. Konisky;David M. Burdick;Michele Dionne;Hilary A. Neckles

  • Quantifying the effects of green crab damage to Eelgrass transplants

    Ryan C. Davis;Frederick T. Short;David M. Burdick

  • An index to assess and monitor the progression of wasting disease in eelgrass Zostera marina

    David M. Burdick;Frederick T. Short;Jaimie Wolf

  • Modeling Habitat Change in Salt Marshes After Tidal Restoration

    R. M. J. Boumans;David M. Burdick;Michele Dionne

  • ROOT AERENCHYMA DEVELOPMENT IN SPARTINA PATENS IN RESPONSE TO FLOODING

    David M. Burdick

  • The Functions and Values of Fringing Salt Marshes in Northern New England, USA

    Pamela A. Morgan;David M. Burdick;Frederick T. Short

  • Human Facilitation of Phragmites australis Invasions in Tidal Marshes: A Review and Synthesis

    David Bart;David Bart;David M. Burdick;Randolph Chambers;Jean Marie Hartman

  • EFFECTS OF STRESSORS ON INVASIVE AND HALOPHYTIC PLANTS OF NEW ENGLAND SALT MARSHES: A FRAMEWORK FOR PREDICTING RESPONSE TO TIDAL RESTORATION

    Raymond A. Konisky;David M. Burdick

Frequent Co-Authors

Frederick T. Short
Frederick T. Short University of New Hampshire
Arthur C. Mathieson
Arthur C. Mathieson University of New Hampshire
Irving A. Mendelssohn
Irving A. Mendelssohn Louisiana State University
Gail L. Chmura
Gail L. Chmura McGill University
Karen L. McKee
Karen L. McKee United States Geological Survey
James G. Gosselink
James G. Gosselink Louisiana State University
Dennis F. Whigham
Dennis F. Whigham Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Paul Kirshen
Paul Kirshen University of Massachusetts Boston
Donald R. Cahoon
Donald R. Cahoon United States Geological Survey
Erik A. Hobbie
Erik A. Hobbie University of New Hampshire

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