2022

Balke, T. , Vovides, A. G. , Ladd, C. J.T. and Huxham, M. (2022) The coastal conservation narrative is shifting from crisis to ecosystem services. Marine Biodiversity, (Accepted for Publication)

L. G., G., Maza, M., Garcia-Maribona, J., Lara, J.L., Suzuki, T., Argemi Cierco, M., Paul, M., .Folkard, A.M. and Balke, T. (2022) Living on the Edge: How traits of ecosystem engineers drive bio-physical interactions at coastal wetland edges. Advances in Water Resources, 166, 104257. (doi: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2022.104257)

Gain, A. K. et al. (2022) Overcoming challenges for implementing nature-based solutions in deltaic environments: insights from the Ganges-Brahmaputra delta in Bangladesh. Environmental Research Letters, 17(6), 064052. (doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/ac740a)

Austin, W., Smeaton, C., Houston, A. and Balke, T. (2022) Scottish saltmarsh, sea-level rise, and the potential for managed realignment to deliver blue carbon gains. Technical Report. ClimateXChange, Edinburgh.

Mallon, J., Banaszak, A. T., Donachie, L., Exton, D., Cyronak, T., Balke, T. and Bass, A. M. (2022) A low-cost benthic incubation chamber for in-situ community metabolism measurements. PeerJ, 10, e13116. (doi: 10.7717/peerj.13116) (PMID:35402104) (PMCID:PMC8992662)

2021

Basyuni, M., Bimantara, Y., Cuc, N. T.K., Balke, T. and Vovides, A. G. (2021) Macrozoobenthic community assemblage as key indicator for mangrove restoration success in North Sumatra and Aceh, Indonesia. Restoration Ecology, (doi: 10.1111/rec.13614) (Early Online Publication)

Vovides, A. G. , Wimmler, M.-C., Schrewe, F., Balke, T. , Zwanzig, M., Piou, C., Delay, E., López-Portillo, J. and Berger, U. (2021) Cooperative root graft networks benefit mangrove trees under stress. Communications Biology, 4, 513. (doi: 10.1038/s42003-021-02044-x) (PMID:33953329) (PMCID:PMC8100114)

Cziesielski, M. J. et al. (2021) Investing in blue natural capital to secure a future for the Red Sea ecosystems. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7, 603722. (doi: 10.3389/fmars.2020.603722)

Balke, T. , Vovides, A. , Schwarz, C., Chmura, G. L., Ladd, C. and Basyuni, M. (2021) Monitoring tidal hydrology in coastal wetlands with the Mini Buoy: applications for mangrove restoration. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 25, pp. 1229-1244. (doi: 10.5194/hess-25-1229-2021)

Renaud, F. et al. (2021) Adaptation and Resilience in ASEAN: Managing Disaster Risks from Natural Hazards. Documentation. UK Government.

2020

Vovides, A. J. , Berger, U. and Balke, T. (2020) Morphological plasticity and survival thresholds of mangrove plants growing in active sedimentary environments. In: Friess, D. and Sidik, F. (eds.) Dynamic Sedimentary Environments of Mangrove Coasts. Elsevier. ISBN 9780128164372

Dahdouh-Guebas, F. et al. (2020) Public perceptions of mangrove forests matter for their conservation. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7, 603651. (doi: 10.3389/fmars.2020.603651)

Lõhmus, K., Balke, T. and Kleyer, M. (2020) Spatial and temporal patterns of initial plant establishment in salt marsh communities. Journal of Vegetation Science, 31(6), pp. 1122-1132. (doi: 10.1111/jvs.12915)

2019

Balke, T. and Nilsson, C. (2019) Increasing synchrony of annual river-flood peaks and growing season in Europe. Geophysical Research Letters, 46(17-18), pp. 446-453. (doi: 10.1029/2019GL084612)

Curnick, D. J. et al. (2019) The value of small mangrove patches. Science, 363(6424), p. 239. (doi: 10.1126/science.aaw0809) (PMID:30655434)

2018

Zielinski, O., Meier, D., Lõhmus, K., Balke, T. , Kleyer, M. and Hillebrand, H. (2018) Environmental conditions of a salt-marsh biodiversity experiment on the island of Spiekeroog (Germany). Earth System Science Data, 10(4), pp. 1843-1858. (doi: 10.5194/essd-10-1843-2018)

Redelstein, R., Zotz, G. and Balke, T. (2018) Seedling stability in waterlogged sediments: an experiment with saltmarsh plants. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 590, pp. 95-108. (doi: 10.3354/meps12463)

Cao, H., Zhu, Z., Balke, T. , Zhang, L. and Bouma, T. J. (2018) Effects of sediment disturbance regimes on Spartina seedling establishment: implications for salt marsh creation and restoration. Limnology and Oceanography, 63(2), pp. 647-659. (doi: 10.1002/lno.10657)

2017

Balke, T. , Lõhmus, K., Hillebrand, H., Zielinski, O., Haynert, K., Meier, D., Hodapp, D., Minden, V. and Kleyer, M. (2017) Experimental salt marsh islands: a model system for novel metacommunity experiments. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 198(Part A), pp. 288-298. (doi: 10.1016/j.ecss.2017.09.021)

2016

Bouma, T.J. et al. (2016) Short-term mudflat dynamics drive long-term cyclic salt marsh dynamics. Limnology and Oceanography, 61(6), pp. 2261-2275. (doi: 10.1002/lno.10374)

Balke, T. , Stock, M., Jensen, K., Bouma, T. J. and Kleyer, M. (2016) A global analysis of the seaward salt marsh extent: the importance of tidal range. Water Resources Research, 52(5), pp. 3775-3786. (doi: 10.1002/2015WR018318)

Balke, T. and Friess, D. A. (2016) Geomorphic knowledge for mangrove restoration: a pan-tropical categorization. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 41(2), pp. 231-239. (doi: 10.1002/esp.3841)

2015

Corenblit, D. et al. (2015) Engineer pioneer plants respond to and affect geomorphic constraints similarly along water-terrestrial interfaces world-wide. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 24(12), pp. 1363-1376. (doi: 10.1111/geb.12373)

van Wesenbeeck, B.K., Balke, T. , van Eijk, P., Tonneijck, F., Siry, H.Y., Rudianto, M.E. and Winterwerp, J.C. (2015) Aquaculture induced erosion of tropical coastlines throws coastal communities back into poverty. Ocean and Coastal Management, 116, pp. 466-469. (doi: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2015.09.004)

Hu, Z., van Belzen, J., van der Wal, D., Balke, T. , Wang, Z. B., Stive, M. and Bouma, T. J. (2015) Windows of opportunity for salt marsh vegetation establishment on bare tidal flats: the importance of temporal and spatial variability in hydrodynamic forcing. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 120(7), pp. 1450-1469. (doi: 10.1002/2014JG002870)

Balke, T. , Swales, A., Lovelock, C. E., Herman, P. M.J. and Bouma, T. J. (2015) Limits to seaward expansion of mangroves: translating physical disturbance mechanisms into seedling survival gradients. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 467, pp. 16-25. (doi: 10.1016/j.jembe.2015.02.015)

2014

Balke, T. , Herman, P. M. J. and Bouma, T. J. (2014) Critical transitions in disturbance-driven ecosystems: identifying windows of opportunity for recovery. Journal of Ecology, 102(3), pp. 700-708. (doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.12241)

Bouma, T. J. et al. (2014) Identifying knowledge gaps hampering application of intertidal habitats in coastal protection: opportunities & steps to take. Coastal Engineering, 87, pp. 147-157. (doi: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2013.11.014)

2013

Balke, T. , Bouma, T. J., Herman, P.M.J., Horstman, E. M., Sudtongkong, C. and Webb, E. L. (2013) Cross-shore gradients of physical disturbance in mangroves: implications for seedling establishment. Biogeosciences, 10(8), pp. 5411-5419. (doi: 10.5194/bg-10-5411-2013)

Balke, T. , Webb, E. L., van den Elzen, E., Galli, D., Herman, P. M. J. and Bouma, T. J. (2013) Seedling establishment in a dynamic sedimentary environment: a conceptual framework using mangroves. Journal of Applied Ecology, 50(3), pp. 740-747. (doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.12067) (PMID:23894211) (PMCID:PMC3712466)

Van der Stocken, T., De Ryck, D. J. R., Balke, T. , Bouma, T. J., Dahdouh-Guebas, F. and Koedam, N. (2013) The role of wind in hydrochorous mangrove propagule dispersal. Biogeosciences, 10(6), pp. 3635-3647. (doi: 10.5194/bg-10-3635-2013)

Bouma, T.J. et al. (2013) Organism traits determine the strength of scale-dependent bio-geomorphic feedbacks: a flume study on three intertidal plant species. Geomorphology, 180-18, pp. 57-65. (doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.09.005)

2012

Balke, T. , Klaassen, P. C., Garbutt, A., van der Wal, D., Herman, P. M.J. and Bouma, T. J. (2012) Conditional outcome of ecosystem engineering: a case study on tussocks of the salt marsh pioneer Spartina anglica. Geomorphology, 153-54, pp. 232-238. (doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.03.002)

Friess, D. A., Krauss, K. W., Horstman, E. M., Balke, T. , Bouma, T. J., Galli, D. and Webb, E. L. (2012) Are all intertidal wetlands naturally created equal? Bottlenecks, thresholds and knowledge gaps to mangrove and saltmarsh ecosystems. Biological Reviews, 87(2), pp. 346-366. (doi: 10.1111/j.1469-185X.2011.00198.x) (PMID:21923637)

2011

Balke, T. , Bouma, T.J., Horstman, E.M., Webb, E.L., Erftemeijer, P.L.A. and Herman, P.M.J. (2011) Windows of opportunity: thresholds to mangrove seedling establishment on tidal flats. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 440, pp. 1-9. (doi: 10.3354/meps09364)

Vandenbruwaene, W. et al. (2011) Flow interaction with dynamic vegetation patches: Implications for biogeomorphic evolution of a tidal landscape. Journal of Geophysical Research, 116(F1), (doi: 10.1029/2010JF001788)

Articles

Balke, T. , Vovides, A. G. , Ladd, C. J.T. and Huxham, M. (2022) The coastal conservation narrative is shifting from crisis to ecosystem services. Marine Biodiversity, (Accepted for Publication)

L. G., G., Maza, M., Garcia-Maribona, J., Lara, J.L., Suzuki, T., Argemi Cierco, M., Paul, M., .Folkard, A.M. and Balke, T. (2022) Living on the Edge: How traits of ecosystem engineers drive bio-physical interactions at coastal wetland edges. Advances in Water Resources, 166, 104257. (doi: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2022.104257)

Gain, A. K. et al. (2022) Overcoming challenges for implementing nature-based solutions in deltaic environments: insights from the Ganges-Brahmaputra delta in Bangladesh. Environmental Research Letters, 17(6), 064052. (doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/ac740a)

Mallon, J., Banaszak, A. T., Donachie, L., Exton, D., Cyronak, T., Balke, T. and Bass, A. M. (2022) A low-cost benthic incubation chamber for in-situ community metabolism measurements. PeerJ, 10, e13116. (doi: 10.7717/peerj.13116) (PMID:35402104) (PMCID:PMC8992662)

Basyuni, M., Bimantara, Y., Cuc, N. T.K., Balke, T. and Vovides, A. G. (2021) Macrozoobenthic community assemblage as key indicator for mangrove restoration success in North Sumatra and Aceh, Indonesia. Restoration Ecology, (doi: 10.1111/rec.13614) (Early Online Publication)

Vovides, A. G. , Wimmler, M.-C., Schrewe, F., Balke, T. , Zwanzig, M., Piou, C., Delay, E., López-Portillo, J. and Berger, U. (2021) Cooperative root graft networks benefit mangrove trees under stress. Communications Biology, 4, 513. (doi: 10.1038/s42003-021-02044-x) (PMID:33953329) (PMCID:PMC8100114)

Cziesielski, M. J. et al. (2021) Investing in blue natural capital to secure a future for the Red Sea ecosystems. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7, 603722. (doi: 10.3389/fmars.2020.603722)

Balke, T. , Vovides, A. , Schwarz, C., Chmura, G. L., Ladd, C. and Basyuni, M. (2021) Monitoring tidal hydrology in coastal wetlands with the Mini Buoy: applications for mangrove restoration. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 25, pp. 1229-1244. (doi: 10.5194/hess-25-1229-2021)

Dahdouh-Guebas, F. et al. (2020) Public perceptions of mangrove forests matter for their conservation. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7, 603651. (doi: 10.3389/fmars.2020.603651)

Lõhmus, K., Balke, T. and Kleyer, M. (2020) Spatial and temporal patterns of initial plant establishment in salt marsh communities. Journal of Vegetation Science, 31(6), pp. 1122-1132. (doi: 10.1111/jvs.12915)

Balke, T. and Nilsson, C. (2019) Increasing synchrony of annual river-flood peaks and growing season in Europe. Geophysical Research Letters, 46(17-18), pp. 446-453. (doi: 10.1029/2019GL084612)

Curnick, D. J. et al. (2019) The value of small mangrove patches. Science, 363(6424), p. 239. (doi: 10.1126/science.aaw0809) (PMID:30655434)

Zielinski, O., Meier, D., Lõhmus, K., Balke, T. , Kleyer, M. and Hillebrand, H. (2018) Environmental conditions of a salt-marsh biodiversity experiment on the island of Spiekeroog (Germany). Earth System Science Data, 10(4), pp. 1843-1858. (doi: 10.5194/essd-10-1843-2018)

Redelstein, R., Zotz, G. and Balke, T. (2018) Seedling stability in waterlogged sediments: an experiment with saltmarsh plants. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 590, pp. 95-108. (doi: 10.3354/meps12463)

Cao, H., Zhu, Z., Balke, T. , Zhang, L. and Bouma, T. J. (2018) Effects of sediment disturbance regimes on Spartina seedling establishment: implications for salt marsh creation and restoration. Limnology and Oceanography, 63(2), pp. 647-659. (doi: 10.1002/lno.10657)

Balke, T. , Lõhmus, K., Hillebrand, H., Zielinski, O., Haynert, K., Meier, D., Hodapp, D., Minden, V. and Kleyer, M. (2017) Experimental salt marsh islands: a model system for novel metacommunity experiments. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 198(Part A), pp. 288-298. (doi: 10.1016/j.ecss.2017.09.021)

Bouma, T.J. et al. (2016) Short-term mudflat dynamics drive long-term cyclic salt marsh dynamics. Limnology and Oceanography, 61(6), pp. 2261-2275. (doi: 10.1002/lno.10374)

Balke, T. , Stock, M., Jensen, K., Bouma, T. J. and Kleyer, M. (2016) A global analysis of the seaward salt marsh extent: the importance of tidal range. Water Resources Research, 52(5), pp. 3775-3786. (doi: 10.1002/2015WR018318)

Balke, T. and Friess, D. A. (2016) Geomorphic knowledge for mangrove restoration: a pan-tropical categorization. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 41(2), pp. 231-239. (doi: 10.1002/esp.3841)

Corenblit, D. et al. (2015) Engineer pioneer plants respond to and affect geomorphic constraints similarly along water-terrestrial interfaces world-wide. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 24(12), pp. 1363-1376. (doi: 10.1111/geb.12373)

van Wesenbeeck, B.K., Balke, T. , van Eijk, P., Tonneijck, F., Siry, H.Y., Rudianto, M.E. and Winterwerp, J.C. (2015) Aquaculture induced erosion of tropical coastlines throws coastal communities back into poverty. Ocean and Coastal Management, 116, pp. 466-469. (doi: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2015.09.004)

Hu, Z., van Belzen, J., van der Wal, D., Balke, T. , Wang, Z. B., Stive, M. and Bouma, T. J. (2015) Windows of opportunity for salt marsh vegetation establishment on bare tidal flats: the importance of temporal and spatial variability in hydrodynamic forcing. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 120(7), pp. 1450-1469. (doi: 10.1002/2014JG002870)

Balke, T. , Swales, A., Lovelock, C. E., Herman, P. M.J. and Bouma, T. J. (2015) Limits to seaward expansion of mangroves: translating physical disturbance mechanisms into seedling survival gradients. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 467, pp. 16-25. (doi: 10.1016/j.jembe.2015.02.015)

Balke, T. , Herman, P. M. J. and Bouma, T. J. (2014) Critical transitions in disturbance-driven ecosystems: identifying windows of opportunity for recovery. Journal of Ecology, 102(3), pp. 700-708. (doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.12241)

Bouma, T. J. et al. (2014) Identifying knowledge gaps hampering application of intertidal habitats in coastal protection: opportunities & steps to take. Coastal Engineering, 87, pp. 147-157. (doi: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2013.11.014)

Balke, T. , Bouma, T. J., Herman, P.M.J., Horstman, E. M., Sudtongkong, C. and Webb, E. L. (2013) Cross-shore gradients of physical disturbance in mangroves: implications for seedling establishment. Biogeosciences, 10(8), pp. 5411-5419. (doi: 10.5194/bg-10-5411-2013)

Balke, T. , Webb, E. L., van den Elzen, E., Galli, D., Herman, P. M. J. and Bouma, T. J. (2013) Seedling establishment in a dynamic sedimentary environment: a conceptual framework using mangroves. Journal of Applied Ecology, 50(3), pp. 740-747. (doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.12067) (PMID:23894211) (PMCID:PMC3712466)

Van der Stocken, T., De Ryck, D. J. R., Balke, T. , Bouma, T. J., Dahdouh-Guebas, F. and Koedam, N. (2013) The role of wind in hydrochorous mangrove propagule dispersal. Biogeosciences, 10(6), pp. 3635-3647. (doi: 10.5194/bg-10-3635-2013)

Bouma, T.J. et al. (2013) Organism traits determine the strength of scale-dependent bio-geomorphic feedbacks: a flume study on three intertidal plant species. Geomorphology, 180-18, pp. 57-65. (doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.09.005)

Balke, T. , Klaassen, P. C., Garbutt, A., van der Wal, D., Herman, P. M.J. and Bouma, T. J. (2012) Conditional outcome of ecosystem engineering: a case study on tussocks of the salt marsh pioneer Spartina anglica. Geomorphology, 153-54, pp. 232-238. (doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.03.002)

Friess, D. A., Krauss, K. W., Horstman, E. M., Balke, T. , Bouma, T. J., Galli, D. and Webb, E. L. (2012) Are all intertidal wetlands naturally created equal? Bottlenecks, thresholds and knowledge gaps to mangrove and saltmarsh ecosystems. Biological Reviews, 87(2), pp. 346-366. (doi: 10.1111/j.1469-185X.2011.00198.x) (PMID:21923637)

Balke, T. , Bouma, T.J., Horstman, E.M., Webb, E.L., Erftemeijer, P.L.A. and Herman, P.M.J. (2011) Windows of opportunity: thresholds to mangrove seedling establishment on tidal flats. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 440, pp. 1-9. (doi: 10.3354/meps09364)

Vandenbruwaene, W. et al. (2011) Flow interaction with dynamic vegetation patches: Implications for biogeomorphic evolution of a tidal landscape. Journal of Geophysical Research, 116(F1), (doi: 10.1029/2010JF001788)

Book Sections

Vovides, A. J. , Berger, U. and Balke, T. (2020) Morphological plasticity and survival thresholds of mangrove plants growing in active sedimentary environments. In: Friess, D. and Sidik, F. (eds.) Dynamic Sedimentary Environments of Mangrove Coasts. Elsevier. ISBN 9780128164372

Research Reports or Papers

Austin, W., Smeaton, C., Houston, A. and Balke, T. (2022) Scottish saltmarsh, sea-level rise, and the potential for managed realignment to deliver blue carbon gains. Technical Report. ClimateXChange, Edinburgh.

Renaud, F. et al. (2021) Adaptation and Resilience in ASEAN: Managing Disaster Risks from Natural Hazards. Documentation. UK Government.