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Neil K. Ganju is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States and focuses on research within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work encompasses multiple subfields including Earth-Surface Processes, Ecology, Oceanography, Atmospheric Science, and Global and Planetary Change.

Their research primarily addresses topics related to coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, coastal and marine dynamics, tropical and extratropical cyclones, geological formations and processes, marine and coastal plant biology, land use and ecosystem services, as well as geology and paleoclimatology research.

Recent publications by Neil K. Ganju span several respected scientific journals and include:

  • Are Elevation and Open-Water Conversion of Salt Marshes Connected? (2020), Geophysical Research Letters
  • Representing the function and sensitivity of coastal interfaces in Earth system models (2020), Nature Communications
  • Determining the drivers of suspended sediment dynamics in tidal marsh-influenced estuaries using high-resolution ocean color remote sensing (2020), Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Increased Utilization of Storm Surge Barriers: A Research Agenda on Estuary Impacts (2023), Earth's Future
  • Applying cumulative effects to strategically advance large-scale ecosystem restoration (2020), Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Frequent co-authors in their publications include Zafer Defne, Joel A. Carr, Alfredo L. Aretxabaleta, Katherine V. Ackerman, and Tarandeep S. Kalra.

Their research outputs have appeared repeatedly in several publication venues, notably:

  • Estuaries and Coasts
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface
  • Data report

Best Publications

  • Representing the function and sensitivity of coastal interfaces in Earth system models

    Nicholas D. Ward;Nicholas D. Ward;J. Patrick Megonigal;Ben Bond-Lamberty;Vanessa L. Bailey

  • A linear relationship between wave power and erosion determines salt-marsh resilience to violent storms and hurricanes

    Nicoletta Leonardi;Neil K. Ganju;Sergio Fagherazzi

  • Dynamic interactions between coastal storms and salt marshes: A review

    Nicoletta Leonardi;Iacopo Carnacina;Carmine Donatelli;Neil Kamal Ganju

  • Spatially integrative metrics reveal hidden vulnerability of microtidal salt marshes

    Neil K. Ganju;Zafer Defne;Matthew L. Kirwan;Sergio Fagherazzi

  • Intertidal salt marshes as an important source of inorganic carbon to the coastal ocean

    Zhaohui Aleck Wang;Kevin D. Kroeger;Neil K. Ganju;Meagan Eagle Gonneea

  • Quantifying fluxes and characterizing compositional changes of dissolved organic matter in aquatic systems in situ using combined acoustic and optical measurements

    Bryan D. Downing;Emmanuel Boss;Brian A. Bergamaschi;Jacob A. Fleck

  • Estimates of suspended sediment entering San Francisco Bay from the Sacramento and San Joaquin Delta, San Francisco Bay, California

    Lester J. McKee;Neil K. Ganju;David H. Schoellhamer

  • Quantifying the Residence Time and Flushing Characteristics of a Shallow, Back-Barrier Estuary: Application of Hydrodynamic and Particle Tracking Models

    Zafer Defne;Neil K. Ganju

  • Sediment transport-based metrics of wetland stability

    Neil K. Ganju;Matthew L. Kirwan;Patrick J. Dickhudt;Glenn R. Guntenspergen

  • Development of a coupled wave-flow-vegetation interaction model

    Alexis Beudin;Tarandeep S. Kalra;Neil K. Ganju;John C. Warner

  • Inferring tidal wetland stability from channel sediment fluxes: Observations and a conceptual model

    Neil K. Ganju;Nicholas J. Nidzieko;Matthew L. Kirwan

  • Salt marsh erosion rates and boundary features in a shallow Bay

    Nicoletta Leonardi;Nicoletta Leonardi;Zafer Defne;Neil K. Ganju;Sergio Fagherazzi

  • Tidal oscillation of sediment between a river and a bay: A conceptual model

    Neil K Ganju;David H Schoellhamer;John C Warner;Michael F Barad

  • Determining the drivers of suspended sediment dynamics in tidal marsh-influenced estuaries using high-resolution ocean color remote sensing

    Xiaohe Zhang;Cedric Fichot;Carly Baracco;Ruizhe Guo

  • Calibration of an estuarine sediment transport model to sediment fluxes as an intermediate step for simulation of geomorphic evolution

    Neil K. Ganju;Neil K. Ganju;David H. Schoellhamer;David H. Schoellhamer

  • Decadal-Timescale Estuarine Geomorphic Change Under Future Scenarios of Climate and Sediment Supply

    Neil K. Ganju;Neil K. Ganju;David H. Schoellhamer;David H. Schoellhamer

  • Marshes Are the New Beaches: Integrating Sediment Transport into Restoration Planning

    Neil Kamal Ganju

  • Methyl mercury dynamics in a tidal wetland quantified using in situ optical measurements

    Brian A. Bergamaschi;Jacob A. Fleck;Bryan D. Downing;Emmanuel S. Boss

  • Hindcasting of decadal-timescale estuarine bathymetric change with a tidal-timescale model

    Neil K. Ganju;Neil K. Ganju;David H. Schoellhamer;David H. Schoellhamer;Bruce E. Jaffe

  • Salt Marsh Loss Affects Tides and the Sediment Budget in Shallow Bays

    Carmine Donatelli;Neil Kamal Ganju;Xiaohe Zhang;Sergio Fagherazzi

  • Suspended sediment fluxes in a tidal wetland: Measurement, controlling factors, and error analysis

    Neil K. Ganju;David H. Schoellhamer;Brian A. Bergamaschi

  • Annual sediment flux estimates in a tidal strait using surrogate measurements

    Neil K. Ganju;Neil K. Ganju;David H. Schoellhamer;David H. Schoellhamer

Frequent Co-Authors

Sergio Fagherazzi
Sergio Fagherazzi Boston University
David H. Schoellhamer
David H. Schoellhamer United States Geological Survey
Glenn R. Guntenspergen
Glenn R. Guntenspergen United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Robert W. Howarth
Robert W. Howarth Cornell University
Jeremy M. Testa
Jeremy M. Testa University of Maryland Center For Environmental Sciences
John Y. Takekawa
John Y. Takekawa United States Geological Survey
John W. Pohlman
John W. Pohlman United States Geological Survey
Matthew L. Kirwan
Matthew L. Kirwan Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Brian A. Bergamaschi
Brian A. Bergamaschi United States Geological Survey
Emmanuel Boss
Emmanuel Boss University of Maine

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