BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Microsoft Corporation//Outlook 16.0 MIMEDIR//EN VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH X-MS-OLK-FORCEINSPECTOROPEN:TRUE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:16011104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:16010311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT CLASS:PUBLIC CREATED:20260824T194142Z DESCRIPTION: \n \n\nBrownbag Pre sentation\n\n\nSeptember 25th\, 2026 \n\n\nBrownbag 12:00PM-1:00PM \n\nBr ownbag will be held at the Susan Shipman Environmental Learning Center @ G ADNR Coastal Regional Headquarters\n One Conservation Way\, Brunswick \, GA 31520\nPlease join the GA Coastal Management Program for a Brownbag Presentation: Declining belowground plant biomass provides an early warnin g of marsh vulnerability: implications for salt marsh elevation by Dr. Kyl e Runion and Dr. Merryl Alber\, with the University of Georgia.\nResearche rs at the Georgia Coastal Ecosystems Long-Term Ecological Research project (GCE-LTER) have been measuring changes in salt marsh above- and belowgrou nd biomass for over a decade. Recently\, they have advanced landscape asse ssments through remote-sensing based tools to estimate marsh biomass acros s the Georgia coast. Runion and Alber will present recent findings and dis cuss biomass trends across space and time\, the surprising differences bet ween above- and belowground biomass\, and the implications for the ability of salt marshes to maintain elevation relative to rising sea levels.\n \nSpeaker Bios:\nDr. Kyle Runion is a Postdoct oral Research Associate at the Center for Geospatial Research at the Unive rsity of Georgia. His research is centered in landscape ecology\, and util izes satellite and other big datasets to investigate changes in coastal we tlands through space and time.\nDr. Merryl Alber is a Professor at the Uni versity of Georgia and Director of the UGA Marine Institute on Sapelo Isla nd. Her research focuses on the effects of climate change and human activi ties on salt marshes and estuaries. She also founded the Georgia Coastal R esearch Council\, which seeks ways to improve communication between scient ists and coastal managers.\n________________________________\n\nPlease rea ch out to Kelly Hill with questions at Kelly.Hill@dnr.ga.gov \n \n \n20 years of Sustaining\, Protecting\,Enhancing\, and Conserving \n \ nSupport Habitat Conservation with your License Plate \n \n \n\nSTAY CONNECTED\nwith Ge orgia Coastal Management Program\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n DTEND;TZID="Eastern Standard Time":20260925T130000 DTSTAMP:20260824T194142Z DTSTART;TZID="Eastern Standard Time":20260925T120000 LAST-MODIFIED:20260824T194142Z LOCATION:One Conservation Way\, Brunswick\, GA 31520 PRIORITY:5 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-us:Brownbag: Declining belowground plant biomass provid es an early warning of marsh vulnerability: implications for salt marsh el evation TRANSP:OPAQUE UID:040000008200E00074C5B7101A82E00800000000D06880D2DE33DD01000000000000000 01000000033581C35D83F5F419AB174E723527363 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
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Brownbag Presentation

Septe mber 25th\, 2026 \; \;

Brownbag 12:00PM-1:00PM

Brownbag will be held at the Susan Shipman Environmental Learning Center @ GADNR Coastal Regional Headquarters

 \; & nbsp\;  \; One Conservation Way\, Brunswick\, GA 31520

Please join the GA Coastal Management Program for a Brownbag Prese ntation: Declining b elowground plant biomass provides an early warning of marsh vulnerability: implications for salt marsh elevation by Dr. Kyle Runion and Dr. Merryl Alber\, with the University of Georgia.

Resea rchers at the Georgia Coastal Ecosystems Long-Term Ecological Research pro ject (GCE-LTER) have been measuring changes in salt marsh above- and below ground biomass for over a decade. Recently\, they have advanced landscape assessments through remote-sensing based tools to estimate marsh biomass a cross the Georgia coast. Runion and Alber will present recent findings and discuss biomass trends across space and time\, the surprising differences between above- and belowground biomass\, and the implications for the abi lity of salt marshes to maintain elevation relative to rising sea levels.< /span>

Belowground biom ass of salt marsh vegetation

Speaker Bios:

Dr. Kyle Runion is a Postdoctoral Researc h Associate at the Center for Geospatial Research at the University of Geo rgia. His research is centered in landscape ecology\, an d utilizes satellite and other big datasets to investigate changes in coastal wetlands through space and time.

Dr. Merryl Alber is a Professor at the University of Georgia and Director of the UGA Marin e Institute on Sapelo Island. Her research focuses on the effects of clima te change and human activities on salt marshes and estuaries. She also fou nded the Georgia Coastal Research Council\, which seeks ways to improve co mmunication between scientists and coastal managers.

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Pleas e reach out to Kelly Hill with questions at Kelly.Hill@dnr.ga.gov

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