USDA-ARS researchers have put together high resolution ARC-GIS layers for intertidal bathymetry and distance to mouth as well as eelgrass, burrowing shrimp and oyster aquaculture habitats in Willapa Bay, Washington for this project. We await results of bathtub modeling exercise and climate scenario projections to integrate and validate models to examine effects of SLR and temperature and salinity changes on these habitats and engineering species. We have also assembled a historical layer representing native oyster (Ostrea lurida) habitat in Willapa Bay and are in the process of assembling data for oyster aquaculture and potential native oyster habitats in Coos Bay, Yaquina Bay, and Netarts estuaries in Oregon.
Summary
USDA-ARS researchers have put together high resolution ARC-GIS layers for intertidal bathymetry and distance to mouth as well as eelgrass, burrowing shrimp and oyster aquaculture habitats in Willapa Bay, Washington for this project. We await results of bathtub modeling exercise and climate scenario projections to integrate and validate models to examine effects of SLR and temperature and salinity changes on these habitats and engineering species. We have also assembled a historical layer representing native oyster (Ostrea lurida) habitat in Willapa Bay and are in the process of assembling data for oyster aquaculture and potential native oyster habitats in Coos Bay, Yaquina Bay, and Netarts estuaries in Oregon.
