Recommendations for the development of erosion-resistant tidal marshes to enhance nature-based flood risk mitigation

Marte M. Stoorvogel; Stijn Temmerman; Bas W. Borsje; Victoria G. Mason; Pim W. J. M. Willemsen; Ken Schoutens; Laura Airoldi; Christine Angelini; Jim van Belzen; Gregory S. Fivash; Angus Garbutt; Qiang He; Tjisse van der Heide; Zhan Hu; Johan van de Koppel; Iris Möller; Lotte Oosterlee; Brian R. Silliman; Martin W. Skov; Carter S. Smith; Zhenchang Zhu; Tjeerd J. Bouma

doi:10.1002/eap.70306

Recommendations for the development of erosion-resistant tidal marshes to enhance nature-based flood risk mitigation

Marte M. Stoorvogel
, Stijn Temmerman
, Bas W. Borsje
, Victoria G. Mason
, Pim W. J. M. Willemsen
, Ken Schoutens
, Laura Airoldi
, Christine Angelini
, Jim van Belzen
, Gregory S. Fivash
, Angus Garbutt
, Qiang He
, Tjisse van der Heide
, Zhan Hu
, Johan van de Koppel
, Iris Möller
, Lotte Oosterlee
, Brian R. Silliman
, Martin W. Skov
, Carter S. Smith

Zhenchang Zhu, Tjeerd J. Bouma

School of Ocean Sciences

NIOZ, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
University of Antwerp
University of Twente
Wageningen University and Research
University of Padova
University of Florida
Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
Fudan University
Sun Yat-sen University & Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai)
Trinity College Dublin
Duke University
University of Washington
Guangdong University of Technology

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Original language	English
Article number	e70306
Journal	Ecological Applications
Volume	36
Issue number	6
Early online date	22 Sept 2026
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.70306
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 22 Sept 2026

Keywords

coastal resilience
nature-based flood defense
nature-based solutions
sediment stability
tidal marsh restoration
tidal marsh vegetation

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Stoorvogel, M. M., Temmerman, S., Borsje, B. W., Mason, V. G., Willemsen, P. W. J. M., Schoutens, K., Airoldi, L., Angelini, C., van Belzen, J., Fivash, G. S., Garbutt, A., He, Q., van der Heide, T., Hu, Z., van de Koppel, J., Möller, I., Oosterlee, L., Silliman, B. R., Skov, M. W., ... Bouma, T. J. (2026). Recommendations for the development of erosion-resistant tidal marshes to enhance nature-based flood risk mitigation. Ecological Applications, 36(6), Article e70306. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.70306

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