Flexible, Wave Resistant Saltmarsh Vegetation Survives Extreme Storms

Victoria Mason1,2, Pim Willemsen3, Jos R.M Muller4, Dimitris Dermentzoglou5, Vera van Bergeijk6, Mark Klein Breteler6, Akis Vouziouris5, Thomas van Veelen7, Marte Stoorvogel7, Bas Borsje8, Alessandro Antonini5, Johan van de Koppel9 and Tjeerd Bouma1, (1)NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Estuarine and Delta Systems, Yerseke, Netherlands, (2)Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands, (3)Wageningen University & Research, Department of Environmental Sciences, Wageningen, Netherlands, (4)University of Twente, Water Engineering and Management, Faculty of Engineering Technology, Enschede, Netherlands, (5)Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands, (6)Deltares, Delft, Netherlands, (7)University of Twente, Water Engineering and Management, Enschede, Netherlands, (8)University of Twente, Marine and Fluvial Systems, Faculty of Engineering Technology, Enschede, Netherlands, (9)NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Yerseke, Netherlands