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Unvegetated to vegetated marsh ratio in Plum Island Estuary and Parker River salt marsh complex, Massachusetts

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Defne, Z., and Ganju, N.K., 2018, Unvegetated to vegetated marsh ratio in Plum Island Estuary and Parker River salt marsh complex, Massachusetts: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9OW6LFU.

Summary

Note: The 2021 data release "Geospatial characterization of salt marshes for Massachusetts" is a more recent and comprehensive MA salt marsh dataset. (https://doi.org/10.5066/P97E086F) Unvegetated to vegetated marsh ratio (UVVR) in the Plum Island Estuary and Parker River (PIEPR) salt marsh complex was computed based on conceptual marsh units defined by Defne and Ganju (2018). UVVR was calculated based on U.S. Department of Agriculture National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP) 1-meter resolution imagery. Through scientific efforts initiated with the Hurricane Sandy Science Plan, the U.S. Geological Survey has been expanding national assessment of coastal change hazards and forecast products to coastal wetlands, including the Plum [...]

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Point of Contact :
Zafer Defne
Originator :
Zafer Defne, Neil Kamal Ganju
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
USGS Mission Area :
Natural Hazards
SDC Data Owner :
Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

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Shapefile: mu_UVVR_PIEPRp.zip
mu_UVVR_PIEPRp.xml
“CSDGM metadata in XML format.”
Original FGDC Metadata
View 		34.95 KB
mu_UVVR_PIEPRp.png
“Graphic that shows UVVR in marsh units of PIEPR salt marsh complex.” 		thumbnail 508.22 KB
mu_UVVR_PIEPRp.html
“CSDGM metadata in HTML format.” 		69.92 KB
mu_UVVR_PIEPRp_metadata.txt
“CSDGM metadata in TEXT format.” 		32.58 KB
mu_UVVR_PIEPRp.sbn 12.68 KB
mu_UVVR_PIEPRp.sbx 1.15 KB
mu_UVVR_PIEPRp.dbf 93.88 KB
mu_UVVR_PIEPRp.CPG 5 Bytes
mu_UVVR_PIEPRp.shp 47.38 MB
mu_UVVR_PIEPRp.shx 9.71 KB
mu_UVVR_PIEPRp.prj 425 Bytes
mu_UVVR_PIEPRp.sld 9.38 KB

Purpose

The purpose of this shapefile is to calculate ratio of unvegetated area to vegetated area in each marsh unit. Analysis of UVVR is planned to be a part of a comprehensive assessment to identify the factors and their weights in determining the vulnerability and resiliency of salt marshes. An unvegetated area to vegetated area ratio was defined as a potential indicator of current state of a salt marsh unit.
Graphic that shows UVVR in marsh units of PIEPR salt marsh complex.
Graphic that shows UVVR in marsh units of PIEPR salt marsh complex.

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