My research focuses on plant community structure and dynamics of a broad range of coastal ecosystems: tidal and nontidal wetlands, dune swales and maritime forests.
Assessing nontidal wetlands in coastal Virginia using a three parameter approach - hydrophytic vegetation, hydrology and hydric soils
Develop a rapid method of assessing the ecological functions and vegetational community structure of nontidal wetlands for wetland managers. Co-PI: J. Bradshaw
Effects of reduced groundwater on nontidal wetlands Reproductive ontogeny of submerged aquatic vegetation.
Silberhorn, G. M., S. Dewing and P. Mason. 1996. Shoot and seed production in populations of Ruppia maritima L. from the Chesapeake Bay, Virginia. Wetlands 16:232-239.
Silberhorn, G. M. 1994. Characterization of the plant community sturcture of palustrine forested wetlands in coastal Virginia. Proceedings: Saturated Forested Wetlands in the Mid-Atlantic Region: State of the Science.
Doumlele, D.E., B.K. Fowler, and G.M. Silberhorn. 1985. Plant community structure of a tidal freshwater swamp in Virginia. Wetlands 4:129-145.
