Assessing the Benefits and Vulnerability of Current and Future Potential Ecosystem Services of the Nisqually River Delta and other Puget Sound Estuaries

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

Biomass/Remote Sensing dataset: 30m resolution tidal marsh biomass samples and remote sensing data for six regions in the conterminous United States

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

Biomass Field Plot dataset: Tidal marsh biomass field samples for six regions in the conterminous United States

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