Andy Baldwin

About

Dr. Andrew H. Baldwin is a Professor and Extension Specialist in the Department of Environmental Science and Technology at the University of Maryland. His research and teaching focus on the ecology of tidal and inland wetlands, including plant and ecosystem ecology of natural and restored wetlands. His extension work emphasizes wetland restoration. Dr. Baldwin is interested in both coastal and inland wetlands, with the goal of understanding the links between plant regeneration, carbon and nitrogen cycling, invasive species, and global change, and applying this knowledge to improve wetland restoration outcomes. He is certified as a Professional Wetland Scientist (P.W.S.) and has served as past President, Fellow, and Lifetime Member of the Society of Wetland Scientists.

Research topics

• Ecology
• Environmental science
• Geology
• Botany
• Environmental chemistry
• Geography
• Biology
• Geomorphology
• Chemistry
• Remote sensing

Selected publications

• Dark septate endophyte improves salt tolerance of native and invasive lineages of <i>Phragmites australis</i>

  The ISME Journal · 2020 · 99 citations

  Fungal endophytes can improve plant tolerance to abiotic stress. However, the role of these plant-fungal interactions in invasive species ecology and their management implications remain unclear. This study characterized the fungal endophyte communities of native and invasive lineages of Phragmites australis and assessed the role of dark septate endophytes (DSE) in salt tolerance of this species. We used Illumina sequencing to characterize root fungal endophytes of contiguous stands of native an…

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• Sediment clays are trapping heavy metals in urban lakes: An indicator for severe industrial and agricultural influence on coastal wetlands at the Mediterranean coast of Egypt

  Marine Pollution Bulletin · 2020 · 48 citations

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• Loss of Coastal Wetlands in Lake Burullus, Egypt: A GIS and Remote-Sensing Study

  Sustainability · 2022 · 36 citations

  Lake Burullus is the second largest lake at the northern edge of the Nile Delta, Egypt, and has been recognized as an internationally significant wetland that provides a habitat for migrating birds, fish, herpetofauna, and mammals. However, the lake is experiencing severe human impacts including drainage and conversion to agricultural lands and fish farms. The primary goal of this study was to use multispectral, moderate-spatial-resolution (30 m2) Landsat satellite imagery to assess marsh loss i…

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• The Other of Climate Change

  Rowman & Littlefield Publishers eBooks · 2022-01-01 · 25 citations

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  If the predictions are correct, climate change will force millions of people from their homes, threatening a future of humanitarian crises, political violence, and strife. In The Other of Climate Change, Andrew Baldwin intervenes in the international political debate about climate change and human migration to tell a different story. He argues that international attempts to govern those who stand to be displaced by climate change are as much or more to do with resuscitating European humanism at…

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• Variation in Plant Community Composition and Biomass to Macro and Micronutrients and Salinity across Egypt’s Five Major Coastal Lakes

  Sustainability · 2022-05-19 · 15 citations

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  To better assess the relationship between excess nutrient runoff and plant species diversity in the Egyptian northern coastal lakes, the relationships between aboveground biomass, species diversity, and both micro and macronutrient concentrations in sediment, water, and plant materials were investigated. A total of 38 sampling sites were established for the five Egyptian northern lakes (8 for Bardawil, 10 for Manzala, 8 for Burullus, and 6 for each of Edku and Mariut). Sediment, water, and plant…

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Frequent coauthors

• Stephanie A. Yarwood

  University of Maryland, College Park

  26 shared

• Dennis F. Whigham

  Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

  17 shared

• Amr E. Keshta

  Tanta University

  12 shared

• Thomas J. Mozdzer

  Bryn Mawr College

  11 shared

• Stefanie Nolte

  10 shared

• Yakov Kuzyakov

  University of Göttingen

  9 shared

• Carles Ibáñez

  Institute for Research and Technology in Food and Agriculture

  9 shared

• Kai Jensen

  9 shared

Awards & honors

• Fellow of the Society of Wetland Scientists
• Lifetime Member of the Society of Wetland Scientists
• Certified as a Professional Wetland Scientist (P.W.S.)

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