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This dataset consists of raster geotiff outputs from modeling vertical accretion and carbon accumulation in the Nisqually River Delta, Washington, USA. These rasters represent projections of future habitat type, change in surface elevation above Mean Sea Level, and total sediment carbon accumulation since 2011 in coastal wetland habitats. Projections were generated in 20-year increments for 100 years for five amounts of sea-level rise, three amounts of suspended sediment concentrations, and two alternative configurations of the U.S. Interstate-5 causeway as it crosses the Nisqually River to either prevent or allow inland habitat migration (a total of 30 scenarios). The full methods and results are described in detail...
Tags: Brackish Marsh,
Emergent Tidal Wetland,
Estuarine Coastal,
Freshwater Tidal Marsh,
High Salt Marsh, All tags...
Low and Intermediate Salt Marsh,
NWCASC,
Nisqually,
Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center,
Pierce,
Thurston,
Tidal Forest/Woodland,
U.S. Geological Survey,
USGS,
Vegetated Tidal Flats,
WGSC,
Washington,
Washington,
Western Geographic Science Center,
effects of climate change, Fewer tags
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[Excerpt from Introduction] "The San Francisco Bay Estuary supports a large and diverse bird community. More than 50% of most Pacific flyway diving duck populations are found in the Estuary during the winter months (Trost 2002; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 2002). San Francisco Bay has been designated as a site of international importance for shorebirds (Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network), supporting millions of individuals (Morrison et al. 2001; Takekawa et al. 2001; Warnock et al. 2002), including species that use tidal marsh habitats. In total, the Bay’s tidal marshes support at least 113 bird species that represent 31 families (Takekawa et al., in press)..."
Categories: Publication;
Types: Citation;
Tags: Habitat Fragmentation,
Human Disturbance,
National CASC,
Population Viability,
Restoration Implications, All tags...
Science Tools For Managers,
Sea Level Rise,
Sea-Level Rise and Coasts,
State of the Science,
Synthesis and Future Directions,
Tidal Marsh Bird Community,
Water, Coasts and Ice,
Wetlands, Fewer tags
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The Nisqually River Delta represents the largest wetland restoration in the Pacific Northwest. The restoration resulted in a 50% increase in potential salt marsh habitat. The Delta supports threatened salmon fisheries, large populations of migratory birds, and provides unique opportunities for recreation. The Delta also provides multiple ecosystem services, which are the benefits that wildlife or ecosystems provide to people. Development and changing climate patterns threaten to alter the Delta and the ecosystem services it provides. This study aims to quantify the value of existing and potential future ecosystem services from the Delta and provide insight into the vulnerability of the mosaic of habitats that support...
Categories: Project;
Types: Map Service,
OGC WFS Layer,
OGC WMS Layer,
OGC WMS Service;
Tags: 2020,
Birds,
Birds,
CASC,
Fish, All tags...
Fish,
Indigenous Peoples,
Indigenous Peoples,
Landscapes,
Northwest,
Northwest CASC,
Projects by Region,
Sea-Level Rise and Coasts,
Sea-Level Rise and Coasts,
Tribes and Tribal Organizations,
Tribes and Tribal Organizations,
Water, Coasts and Ice,
Water, Coasts and Ice,
Wetlands,
Wetlands,
Wildlife and Plants,
Wildlife and Plants, Fewer tags
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Remote sensing based maps of tidal marshes, both of their extents and carbon stocks, have the potential to play a key role in conducting greenhouse gas inventories and implementing climate mitigation policies. Our objective was to generate a single remote sensing model of tidal marsh aboveground biomass and carbon that represents nationally diverse tidal marshes within the conterminous United States (CONUS). To meet this objective we developed the first national-scale dataset of aboveground tidal marsh biomass, species composition, and aboveground plant carbon content (%C) from six CONUS regions: Cape Cod, MA, Chesapeake Bay, MD, Everglades, FL, Mississippi Delta, LA, San Francisco Bay, CA, and Puget Sound, WA....
Categories: Data;
Tags: C-band synthetic aperture radar,
Cape Cod,
Chesapeake Bay,
National greenhouse gas inventory,
Puget Sound, All tags...
Remote sensing,
San Francisco Bay,
St Mary Parish,
Terrebonne Parish,
The Everglades,
aboveground carbon stocks,
multispectral imagery,
plant biomass,
plant functional type,
tidal marsh biomass, Fewer tags
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