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Overview

Michael J. Osland is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their research spans primarily the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with notable specialization in subfields such as Ecology, Earth-Surface Processes, Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, and Oceanography.

Osland's research topics focus on various aspects of coastal and wetland ecosystems, including:

  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Coastal and Marine Dynamics
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology

Their publications appear frequently in venues such as:

  • Estuaries and Coasts
  • Fact sheet
  • Journal of Ecology
  • Ecosystems
  • Global Change Biology

Some recent papers authored by Michael J. Osland include:

  • Tropicalization of temperate ecosystems in North America: The northward range expansion of tropical organisms in response to warming winter temperatures, 2021, Global Change Biology
  • Migration and transformation of coastal wetlands in response to rising seas, 2022, Science Advances
  • The impacts of mangrove range expansion on wetland ecosystem services in the southeastern United States: Current understanding, knowledge gaps, and emerging research needs, 2022, Global Change Biology
  • Rapid peat development beneath created, maturing mangrove forests: ecosystem changes across a 25-yr chronosequence, 2020, Ecological Applications
  • A Tropical Cyclone-Induced Ecological Regime Shift: Mangrove Forest Conversion to Mudflat in Everglades National Park (Florida, USA), 2020, Wetlands

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Laura C. Feher
  • Nicholas M. Enwright
  • James B. Grace
  • Richard H. Day
  • Glenn R. Guntenspergen

Best Publications

  • Winter climate change and coastal wetland foundation species: salt marshes vs. mangrove forests in the southeastern United States

    Michael J. Osland;Nicholas Enwright;Richard H. Day;Thomas W. Doyle

  • Climatic controls on the global distribution, abundance, and species richness of mangrove forests

    Michael J. Osland;Laura C. Feher;Kereen T. Griffith;Kyle C. Cavanaugh

  • Beyond just sea-level rise: considering macroclimatic drivers within coastal wetland vulnerability assessments to climate change

    Michael J. Osland;Nicholas M. Enwright;Richard H. Day;Christopher A. Gabler

  • Ecosystem Development After Mangrove Wetland Creation: Plant–Soil Change Across a 20-Year Chronosequence

    Michael J. Osland;Michael J. Osland;Amanda C. Spivak;Amanda C. Spivak;Janet A. Nestlerode;Jeannine M. Lessmann

  • Macroclimatic change expected to transform coastal wetland ecosystems this century

    Christopher A. Gabler;Christopher A. Gabler;Michael J. Osland;James B. Grace;Camille L. Stagg

  • Barriers to and opportunities for landward migration of coastal wetlands with sea-level rise

    Nicholas M Enwright;Kereen T Griffith;Michael J Osland

  • Tropicalization of temperate ecosystems in North America: The northward range expansion of tropical organisms in response to warming winter temperatures.

    Michael J Osland;Philip W Stevens;Margaret M Lamont;Richard C Brusca

  • Tropical cyclones and the organization of mangrove forests: a review.

    Ken W Krauss;Michael J Osland

  • Coastal wetland adaptation to sea level rise: Quantifying potential for landward migration and coastal squeeze

    Sinéad M. Borchert;Michael J. Osland;Nicholas M. Enwright;Kereen T. Griffith

  • Mangrove expansion and contraction at a poleward range limit: climate extremes and land-ocean temperature gradients

    Michael J. Osland;Richard H. Day;Courtney T. Hall;Marisa D. Brumfield

  • Climate and plant controls on soil organic matter in coastal wetlands.

    Michael J. Osland;Christopher A. Gabler;James B. Grace;Richard H. Day

  • Migration and transformation of coastal wetlands in response to rising seas

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  • Salt marsh‐mangrove ecotones: using structural gradients to investigate the effects of woody plant encroachment on plant–soil interactions and ecosystem carbon pools

    Erik S. Yando;Michael J. Osland;Jonathan M. Willis;Richard H. Day

  • The Physiology of Mangrove Trees with Changing Climate

    Catherine E. Lovelock;Ken W. Krauss;Michael J. Osland;Ruth Reef

  • Mangrove forests in a rapidly changing world: Global change impacts and conservation opportunities along the Gulf of Mexico coast

    Michael J. Osland;Laura C. Feher;Jorge López-Portillo;Richard H. Day

  • The impacts of mangrove range expansion on wetland ecosystem services in the southeastern United States: Current understanding, knowledge gaps, and emerging research needs

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  • Freshwater availability and coastal wetland foundation species: ecological transitions along a rainfall gradient

    Michael J. Osland;Nicholas M. Enwright;Camille L. Stagg

  • Linear and nonlinear effects of temperature and precipitation on ecosystem properties in tidal saline wetlands

    Laura C. Feher;Michael J. Osland;Kereen T. Griffith;James B. Grace

  • Mangrove species' responses to winter air temperature extremes in China

    Luzhen Chen;Wenqing Wang;Qingshun Q. Li;Yihui Zhang

  • Created mangrove wetlands store belowground carbon and surface elevation change enables them to adjust to sea-level rise

    Ken W. Krauss;Nicole Cormier;Michael J. Osland;Matthew L. Kirwan

  • Sensitivity of mangrove range limits to climate variability

    Kyle C. Cavanaugh;Michael J. Osland;Remi Bardou;Gustavo Hinojosa-Arango

  • Life stage influences the resistance and resilience of black mangrove forests to winter climate extremes

    Michael J. Osland;Richard H. Day;Andrew S. From;Meagan L. McCoy

Frequent Co-Authors

Ken W. Krauss
Ken W. Krauss United States Geological Survey
James B. Grace
James B. Grace United States Geological Survey
Just Cebrian
Just Cebrian Mississippi State University
Donald R. Cahoon
Donald R. Cahoon United States Geological Survey
Matthew L. Kirwan
Matthew L. Kirwan Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Curtis J. Richardson
Curtis J. Richardson Duke University
Joseph M. Smoak
Joseph M. Smoak University of South Florida St. Petersburg
Thomas S. Bianchi
Thomas S. Bianchi University of New Hampshire
Christian J. Sanders
Christian J. Sanders Southern Cross University
Thomas J. Smith
Thomas J. Smith Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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