David Burdick

David Burdick

Research Associate Professor
Director, Jackson Estuarine Laboratory
Phone: (603) 862-5129
Office: James Hall, Room 266, Durham, NH 03824
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Curriculum Vitae

Dr. David Burdick is Research Associate Professor of Coastal Ecology and Restoration in the Department of Natural Resources at the University of New Hampshire, where he has taught wetlands courses over the past twenty years. His study of coastal science spans 35 years, concentrating on coastal ecosystems, assessing human impacts, and planning, implementing and assessing habitat restoration at the Jackson Estuarine Laboratory, where he serves as Director. In 2012 he was awarded the Susan Snow-Cotter Visionary Award from the Gulf of Maine Council for the Marine Environment. He recently edited a book with Charles Roman to translate and extend lessons learned from tidal restoration of salt marshes.  Recent projects include: shoreline rehabilitation at sites in NH and Maine, several salt marsh restoration projects, combining eelgrass with oyster restoration in Great Bay, a coastal resilience initiative to plan for sea level rise in Portsmouth NH, and measuring responses of salt marshes to rising sea level, including blue carbon. Outreach products include Dock Design with the Environment in Mind (to protect eelgrass), Eelgrass Site Selection Model, and two habitat restoration atlases for coastal New Hampshire.

Education

  • Ph.D., Marine Sciences, Louisiana State University
  • B.S., Chemistry, Hobart and William Smith College

Research Interests

  • Coastal Processes
  • Ecology
  • Environmental Restoration/Remediation
  • Estuarine Sciences

Selected Publications

  • McKown, J. G., Burdick, D. M., Moore, G. E., Gibson, J. L., & Ferguson, W. (2024). Evaluation of Drainage Enhancement for Vegetation Recovery in New England Salt Marshes Using Public Domain, High-Resolution Aerial Imagery. Journal of Coastal Research, 40(6). doi:10.2112/jcoastres-d-24-00011.1

  • McKown, J. G., Moore, G. E., Burdick, D. M., Ballestero, T. P., & White, N. A. (2024). Short-Term Recovery of Pilot Living Shoreline Projects for Salt Marsh Habitat in New Hampshire. Estuaries and Coasts, 47(2), 315-329. doi:10.1007/s12237-023-01284-w

  • Protecting the built environment in a barrier beach and marsh system: A case study of the Hampton-Seabrook Estuary, New Hampshire (2023). Shore & Beach, 19-29. doi:10.34237/10091223

  • Raposa, K. B., Woolfolk, A., Endris, C. A., Fountain, M. C., Moore, G., Tyrrell, M., . . . Wasson, K. (2023). Evaluating Thin-Layer Sediment Placement as a Tool for Enhancing Tidal Marsh Resilience: a Coordinated Experiment Across Eight US National Estuarine Research Reserves. Estuaries and Coasts, 46(3), 595-615. doi:10.1007/s12237-022-01161-y

  • McKown, J. G., Burdick, D. M., Moore, G. E., Peter, C. R., Payne, A. R., & Gibson, J. L. (2023). Runnels Reverse Mega-pool Expansion and Improve Marsh Resiliency in the Great Marsh, Massachusetts (USA). Wetlands, 43(4). doi:10.1007/s13157-023-01683-6

  • Hazelton, E. L. G., Mozdzer, T. J., Burdick, D. M., Kettenring, K. M., & Whigham, D. F. (2014). SPECIAL ISSUE: Phragmites australis in North America and Europe Phragmites australis management in the United States: 40 years of methods and outcomes. AOB PLANTS, 6. doi:10.1093/aobpla/plu001

  • Neckles, H. A., Dionne, M., Burdick, D. M., Roman, C. T., Buchsbaum, R., & Hutchins, E. (2002). A monitoring protocol to assess tidal restoration of salt marshes on local and regional scales. RESTORATION ECOLOGY, 10(3), 556-563. doi:10.1046/j.1526-100X.2002.02033.x

  • Seliskar, D. M., Gallagher, J. L., Burdick, D. M., & Mutz, L. A. (2002). The regulation of ecosystem functions by ecotypic variation in the dominant plant: a Spartina alterniflora salt-marsh case study. JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY, 90(1), 1-11. doi:10.1046/j.0022-0477.2001.00632.x

  • Short, F. T., & Burdick, D. M. (1996). Quantifying eelgrass habitat loss in relation to housing development and nitrogen loading in Waquoit Bay, Massachusetts. ESTUARIES, 19(3), 730-739. doi:10.2307/1352532

  • SHORT, F. T., BURDICK, D. M., & KALDY, J. E. (1995). MESOCOSM EXPERIMENTS QUANTIFY THE EFFECTS OF EUTROPHICATION ON EELGRASS, ZOSTERA-MARINA. LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY, 40(4), 740-749. doi:10.4319/lo.1995.40.4.0740

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