@article{Veelen_Karunarathna_Bennett_Fairchild_Reeve_2020, title={NATURE-BASED COASTAL PROTECTION: WAVE DAMPING BY FLEXIBLE SALT MARSH VEGETATION}, url={https://icce-ojs-tamu.tdl.org/icce/article/view/10134}, DOI={10.9753/icce.v36v.management.9}, abstractNote={<html>The ability of coastal vegetation to attenuate waves has been well established (Moller et al., 2014). Salt marshes are vegetated coastal wetlands that can act as nature- based coastal defenses. They exhibit a range of plant species, which have been shown to differ in the amount of wave damping they provide (Mullarney & Henderson, 2018). Recent studies have shown that plant flexibility is a key parameter that controls wave energy dissipation (Paul et al., 2016). Yet, no model exists that includes plant flexibility in computationally efficient manner for large-scale coastal zones. Therefore, we have developed a new model for flexible vegetation based on the key mechanisms in the wave-vegetation interaction and applied it to an estuary with diverse salt marsh vegetation.<br><br><b>Recorded Presentation from the vICCE (YouTube Link): <a href="https://youtu.be/AjnFx3aFSzs">https://youtu.be/AjnFx3aFSzs</a></b></html>}, number={36v}, journal={Coastal Engineering Proceedings}, author={Veelen, Thomas J van and Karunarathna, Harshinie and Bennett, William G and Fairchild, Tom P and Reeve, Dominic E}, year={2020}, month={Dec.}, pages={management.9} }