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Gail L. Chmura

Gail L. Chmura

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
42
Citations
12382
World Ranking
7264
National Ranking
324

Overview

Gail L. Chmura is affiliated with McGill University in Canada and specializes in Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans 35 publications in Environmental Science and 21 in Earth and Planetary Sciences, reflecting a broad engagement in these fields.

The scientist's work focuses on topics including:

  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Coastal and Marine Dynamics
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Aeolian processes and effects
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena

Within these topics, Chmura has contributed to several recent papers:

  • "Natural climate solutions for Canada," 2021, Science Advances
  • "Constraints on the adjustment of tidal marshes to accelerating sea level rise," 2022, Science
  • "Global dataset of soil organic carbon in tidal marshes," 2023, Scientific Data
  • "Invasive Spartina alterniflora marshes in China: a blue carbon sink at the expense of other ecosystem services," 2023, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
  • "Monitoring tidal hydrology in coastal wetlands with the "Mini Buoy": applications for mangrove restoration," 2021, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Among frequent publication venues, the scientist has multiple works published in:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences
  • Science Advances
  • Science
  • Scientific Data

Chmura's collaborations include regular co-authorship with these researchers:

  • Sami Ullah (7 joint publications)
  • Sophie Comer-Warner (6 joint publications)
  • Stefan Krause (6 joint publications)
  • Wendy Ampuero Reyes (4 joint publications)
  • Arunabha Dey (4 joint publications)

Best Publications

  • A blueprint for blue carbon: toward an improved understanding of the role of vegetated coastal habitats in sequestering CO2

    Elizabeth Mcleod;Gail L Chmura;Steven Bouillon;Rodney Salm

  • Global carbon sequestration in tidal, saline wetland soils

    Gail L. Chmura;Shimon C. Anisfeld;Donald R. Cahoon;Donald R. Cahoon;James C. Lynch;James C. Lynch

  • The future of Blue Carbon science

    Peter I. Macreadie;Andrea Anton;John A. Raven;John A. Raven;John A. Raven;Nicola Beaumont

  • Wetlands In a Changing Climate: Science, Policy and Management

    William R. Moomaw;G. L. Chmura;Gillian T. Davies;C. M. Finlayson

  • What do we need to assess the sustainability of the tidal salt marsh carbon sink

    Gail L. Chmura

  • Assessing Coastal Squeeze of Tidal Wetlands

    Dante D. Torio;Gail L. Chmura

  • Constraints on the adjustment of tidal marshes to accelerating sea level rise

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  • Natural climate solutions for Canada.

    C. Ronnie Drever;Susan C. Cook-Patton;Susan C. Cook-Patton;Fardausi Akhter;Pascal H. Badiou

  • Methane and carbon dioxide flux from a macrotidal salt marsh, Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick

    J. F. Magenheimer;T. R. Moore;G. L. Chmura;R. J. Daoust

  • Carbon accumulation in bay of fundy salt marshes: Implications for restoration of reclaimed marshes

    Richard F. Connor;Gail L. Chmura;C. Beth Beecher

  • Stable Carbon Isotope Signatures of Sedimentary Carbon in Coastal Wetlands as Indicators of Salinity Regime

    G. L. Chmura;P. Aharon

  • Controls on salt marsh accretion: A test in salt marshes of Eastern Canada

    Gail L. Chmura;Grace A. Hung

  • Dinoflagellate cyst records and human disturbance in two neighboring estuaries, New Bedford Harbor and Apponagansett Bay, Massachusetts (USA).

    Vera Pospelova;Gail L. Chmura;Warren S. Boothman;James S. Latimer

  • Spatial distribution of modern dinoflagellate cysts in polluted estuarine sediments from Buzzards Bay (Massachusetts, USA) embayments

    Vera Pospelova;Vera Pospelova;Gail L. Chmura;Warren S. Boothman;James S. Latimer

  • Environmental factors influencing the spatial distribution of dinoflagellate cyst assemblages in shallow lagoons of southern New England (USA)

    Vera Pospelova;Gail L. Chmura;Henry A. Walker

  • Poleward expansion of the white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) under climate change: implications for the spread of lyme disease.

    Emilie Roy-Dufresne;Travis Logan;Julie A. Simon;Gail L. Chmura

  • Structure from motion will revolutionize analyses of tidal wetland landscapes

    M. Kalacska;G.L. Chmura;O. Lucanus;D. Bérubé

  • An inventory of 13C abundances in coastal wetlands of Louisiana, USA: vegetation and sediments.

    G. L. Chmura;P. Aharon;R. A. Socki;R. Abernethy

  • Development of modern analogues for natural, mowed and grazed grasslands using pollen assemblages and coprophilous fungi

    Maria-Theresia Graf;Gail L. Chmura

  • The Second Warning to Humanity – Providing a Context for Wetland Management and Policy

    C. M. Finlayson;Gillian T. Davies;William R. Moomaw;G. L. Chmura

  • Global-change effects on early-stage decomposition processes in tidal wetlands – implications from a global survey using standardized litter

    Peter Mueller;Lisa M. Schile-Beers;Thomas J. Mozdzer;Gail L. Chmura

  • Mangroves as a major source of soil carbon storage in adjacent seagrass meadows.

    Guangcheng Chen;Muhammad Husni Azkab;Gail L. Chmura;Shunyang Chen

Frequent Co-Authors

Vera Pospelova
Vera Pospelova University of Victoria
John A. Raven
John A. Raven University of Dundee
Pere Masqué
Pere Masqué Edith Cowan University
Elsie M. Sunderland
Elsie M. Sunderland Harvard University
Carles Ibáñez
Carles Ibáñez University of Barcelona
Yakov Kuzyakov
Yakov Kuzyakov University of Göttingen
Carlos M. Duarte
Carlos M. Duarte King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
David M. Burdick
David M. Burdick University of New Hampshire
Daniel Murdiyarso
Daniel Murdiyarso IPB University
Catherine E. Lovelock
Catherine E. Lovelock University of Queensland

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