The papers in this Special Feature are the result of the first Marsh Resilience Summit in the Chesapeake Bay region, which occurred in February 2019. The Chesapeake Bay region has one of the highest rates of relative sea level rise in the U.S., jeopardizing over 1000 km² of tidal wetlands along with other coastal lands. The goal of the Summit and this collection of articles is to analyze tidal wetland response to accelerating sea level rise and the effect their response will have on adaptation planning for surrounding communities. Ten Summit presenters share their research in this Special Feature. In this Introduction, we summarize their findings on evaluating restoration potential at the site-specific level, measuring and projecting marsh migration and erosions rates, describing impacts of wetland migration on a marsh dependent animal, effects on human communities, and finally the roles of property owners and government on future tidal wetland extent. These contributions demonstrate that tidal marsh distribution is dynamic in response to sea level rise, and that social, legal, and policy tools can be used and further developed to enable opportunities for restoring or conserving wetlands when stakeholders are engaged effectively. The papers here and feedback from Summit participants illuminate diverse priorities, research unknowns, and next steps for land use planning toward resilience of the Chesapeake Bay region that also can inform global communities.

该专题报道的论文是于2019年2月在切萨皮克湾地区举行的第一次沼泽抗灾力峰会的结果。切萨皮克湾地区是美国相对海平面上升速率最高的地区之一，危害了1000多公里²潮汐湿地以及其他沿海土地。首脑会议和本系列文章的目的是分析潮汐湿地对加速海平面上升的反应及其对周边社区适应规划的影响。十位峰会主持人分享了此专题的研究成果。在本导言中，我们总结了他们的发现，包括评估特定地点的恢复潜力，测量和预测沼泽迁移和侵蚀率，描述湿地迁移对依赖沼泽的动物的影响，对人类社区的影响以及财产的作用。所有者和政府对未来潮汐湿地的范围。这些贡献表明，潮汐沼泽的分布是随海平面上升而动态变化的，并且社会，法律，可以使用和进一步开发政策工具，以在利益相关者有效参与时为恢复或保护湿地提供机会。此处的论文和峰会参与者的反馈阐明了各种优先事项，研究未知因素以及针对切萨皮克湾地区的复原力进行土地利用规划的下一步工作，这些工作也可以为全球社区提供信息。