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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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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,
Carbon sequestration,
Chesapeake Bay,
Everglades National Park, All tags...
National greenhouse gas inventory,
Puget Sound,
San Francisco Bay,
St Mary Parish,
Terrebonne Parish,
aboveground carbon stocks,
multispectral imagery,
plant functional type,
tidal marsh biomass,
wetlands, Fewer tags
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Abstract (from http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12237-013-9694-0): Salt marsh faunas are constrained by specific habitat requirements for marsh elevation relative to sea level and tidal range. As sea level rises, changes in relative elevation of the marsh plain will have differing impacts on the availability of habitat for marsh obligate species. The Wetland Accretion Rate Model for Ecosystem Resilience (WARMER) is a 1-D model of elevation that incorporates both biological and physical processes of vertical marsh accretion. Here, we use WARMER to evaluate changes in marsh surface elevation and the impact of these elevation changes on marsh habitat for specific species of concern. Model results were compared...
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