Research Ecologist
Wetland and Aquatic Research Center
Email:
wangh@usgs.gov
Office Phone:
225-578-7482
Fax:
225-578-7927
ORCID:
0000-0002-2977-7732
Location
WARC Baton Rouge Field Office
C/O Livestock Show Office
Parker Coliseum
Baton Rouge
, LA
70803
US
Supervisor:
Deborah M Epperson
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This dataset contains field topographic and bathymetric data measured during February to April 2019 across oyster castles and mud flats along the Chincoteague Living Shoreline, Virginia, where constructed oyster reefs (CORs, aka oyster castles) were installed to protect the shoreline and enhance habitat for oyster and other species.
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This Data Release contains field topo-bathymetric survey data in a selected saltmarsh shoreline along Gandys Beach, New Jersey, where constructed oyster reefs (CORs, aka oyster castles) were installed to protect the shoreline and enhance habitat for oyster and other species. Oyster castles were constructed as a part of a living shoreline project along Gandys Beach in 2016 in response to the damage by Hurricane Sandy in 2012. Wave, current and sediment data were collected, and field topographic and bathymetric surveys were conducted from January 2018 to April 2018. Fine resolution topographic and bathymetric data is needed to assess shoreline structure effectiveness in terms of wave and current energy reduction,...
Categories: Data;
Tags: Aquatic Biology,
Climatology,
Climatology,
Ecology,
Ecology, All tags...
Environmental Health,
Environmental Health,
Gandys Beach,
Hydrology,
Hydrology,
New Jersey,
Sedimentology,
Sedimentology,
USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC),
United States,
coastal ecosystems, Fewer tags
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This dataset contains soil property and geochronology (Cesium-137 and lead-210 dating) data from soil cores collected in August 2014 in salt marshes of Jamaica Bay Estuary, New York City.
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Barrier islands provide important ecosystem services, including storm protection and erosion control to the mainland, habitat for fish and wildlife, and tourism (Barbier and others, 2011; Feagin and others, 2010). These islands tend to be dynamic due to their location along the estuarine-marine interface. Besides gradual changes caused by constant forces, such as currents and tides, barrier islands face numerous threats including hurricanes, accelerated sea-level rise, oil spills, and anthropogenic impacts (Pilkey and Cooper, 2014). These threats are likely to influence the future of barrier islands in the latter part of the 21st century, especially as climate-related threats to coastal areas are expected to increase...
Tags: Ecology,
Geography,
Geomorphology,
Gulf of Mexico,
Lower Alabama, All tags...
Mobile,
Monte Carlo,
Remote Sensing,
USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC),
barrier island,
dune,
elevation,
environment,
geoscientificInformation,
lidar,
vertical uncertainty, Fewer tags
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A barrier island seagrass habitat suitability index (HSI) model was developed for the Alabama barrier island restoration assessment at Dauphin Island. Shoal grass (Halodule wrightii) was selected as the representative species for seagrass community near Dauphin Island waters since H. wrightii is the dominant species (>62%) of seagrass communities in this area due to its rapid growth and tolerance to a wide range of salinity. Five water quality and morphological variables were selected and their relationships with habitat suitability were developed and incorporated into the seagrass HSI model for Dauphin Island restoration assessment: 1) mean salinity during the summer growing season, 2) mean temperature during the...
Tags: Aquatic Biology,
Dauphin Island,
Mobile,
Remote Sensing,
USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), All tags...
barrier island,
environment,
farming,
habitat suitability index,
imageryBaseMapsEarthCover,
seagrass, Fewer tags
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