Given their location in the intertidal zone, coastal salt marshes will be one of the ecosystems first affected by sea level rise. As sea level rise increases, marshes will begin to migrate inland if surrounding topography and land use provide suitable habitat. The question remains whether or not this migration inland will provide enough new habitat to sustain current marsh area as the seaward e...

Gastroenterologist and authority on coeliac disease. He was born in Bristol, UK, May 15, 1937, died of prostate cancer Shilton, July 12, 2021, aged 84 years. Many clinician scientists can identify their publications that either established reputation or clearly embodied contribution to medicine. In the case gastroenterologist Michael Marsh it a paper “gluten, major histocompatibility complex, s...

BACKGROUND Celiac disease (CD) is an immunologic enteropathy triggered by the intake of gluten. It is thought that the enteropathy impairs gut function and absorption. OBJECTIVE We assessed the zinc-absorption capacity and small-bowel integrity in children with CD. DESIGN Children in whom a diagnosis of CD was considered clinically and either confirmed (n = 16; Marsh score ≥3) or not (n = 2...

The mange mite Notoedres muris is reported from a new host, the marsh rat (Holochilus brasiliensis) from Argentina. The infection involved alopecia and encrustations on the ears and face, and was treated successfully by a subcutaneous injection of ivermectin. The new record suggests that Notoedres muris has become self-maintaining within this marsh rat population.

BACKGROUND Salt marshes lie between many human communities and the coast and have been presumed to protect these communities from coastal hazards by providing important ecosystem services. However, previous characterizations of these ecosystem services have typically been based on a small number of historical studies, and the consistency and extent to which marshes provide these services has no...