Assessment and economic valuation of nitrogen mitigation in Texas Coastal Bend restored marsh

Summary

Texas A&M University Corpus Christi will monetize the ecosystem value of wetland for restoration and recovery investment in the Texas Coastal Bend.  TAMU-CC will identify the sources of reactive nitrogen species in different water sources and investigate denitrification, nitrification, and remineralization processes in surface sediments of marsh sites. Seasonal denitrification rates will be quantified in collected sediment cores. The economic value of nitrogen mitigation will be calculated using the replacement cost method and the value of the nitrogen removal ecosystem service established in scientific literature.