Seed biomass from shallow coastal water areas along a salinity gradient in Barataria Bay, Louisiana (2015)

This dataset provides bi-monthly data on seed biomass collected in shallow water habitats across the fresh to saline gradient at coastal sites in Barataria Bay, Louisiana. This project was co-funded by the Gulf Coast Prairie and the Gulf Coastal Plains and Ozarks Landscape Conservation Cooperatives and the South Central Climate Adaptation Science Center. An alternate reference to this product can be found here: https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/5a78c158e4b00f54eb1e84a6.

Categories: Data; Tags: Academics & scientific researchers, Alabama, BIOSPHERE, BIOSPHERE, COASTAL, All tags... COASTAL, Conservation NGOs, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, ECOSYSTEMS, ECOSYSTEMS, Federal resource managers, Gulf of Mexico, LCC Network Science Catalog, Louisiana Coastal, MARINE ECOSYSTEMS, MARINE ECOSYSTEMS, Mississippi Coastal, SAV/SEA GRASS BED, SAV/SEA GRASS BED, State agencies, Texas, coastal ecosystems, coastal zones, completed, nonGeographicDataset, oceans, wetlands, Fewer tags

Gulf Coast Vulnerability Assessment

The Gulf Coast Vulnerability Assessment (GCVA) used an expert opinion approach to qualitatively assess the vulnerability of four ecosystems: mangrove, oyster reef, tidal emergent marsh, and barrier islands, and a suite of wildlife species that depend on them. More than 50 individuals participated in the completion of the GCVA, facilitated via Ecosystem and Species Expert Teams. The GCVA made use of the Standardized Index of Vulnerability and Value Assessment (SIVVA) (Reece and Noss 2014) to provide an objective framework for evaluating vulnerability by guiding assessors through a series of questions related to the changes an ecosystem or species might experience due to climate change and other threats. Assessors...

Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Alabama, BARRIER ISLANDS, BIOSPHERE, BIOSPHERE, Barrier Islands, All tags... COASTAL LANDFORMS, Complete, Conservation NGOs, Data, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > WETLANDS > MARSHES, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > REEF > OYSTER REEF, ECOSYSTEMS, ECOSYSTEMS, ESTUARY, Federal resource managers, Florida, GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES, Gulf of Mexico, LAND SURFACE, LCC Network Science Catalog, Louisiana, MANGROVE SWAMP, MARINE ECOSYSTEMS, MARSHES, Mangrove, Mississippi, Oyster Reef, State agencies, TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS, Texas, Tidal Emergent Marsh, WETLANDS, american oystercatcher, black skimmer, blue crab, clapper rail, eastern oysters, environment, kemp's ridley sea turtle, mottled duck, red drum, roseate spoonbill, spotted seatrout, wilson's plover, Fewer tags

Project information database for Deepwater Horizon-funded projects in barrier island and shoreline systems of the north central Gulf of Mexico as of March 2022

This dataset is a compilation of completed, in progress, and planned restoration projects identified in the study area by the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) Project Tracker as of March 2022. The goal of compiling projects and information was to identify target resources and impacts of these projects in the study area. Projects were screened for action types, completion year, and resources intended to benefit from restoration in barrier island and shoreline systems. In addition, system components of structure and function were identified. The potential for geomorphological impacts was categorized among different types of projects.

Categories: Data; Tags: Barrier Island, biota, cumulative effects, dune restoration, ecosystem resilience, All tags... ecosystem restoration, environment, erosion control and restoration, natural resource management, shore, wetland restoration, Fewer tags

Publication: A multiscale natural community and species-level vulnerability assessment of the Gulf Coast, USA

Vulnerability assessments combine quantitative and qualitative evaluations of the exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capacity of species or natural communities to current and future threats. When combined with the economic, ecological or evolutionary value of the species, vulnerability assessments quantify the relative risk to regional species and natural communities and can enable informed prioritization of conservation efforts. Vulnerability assessments are common practice in conservation biology, including the potential impacts of future climate scenarios. However, geographic variation in scenarios and vulnerabilities is rarely quantified. This gap is particularly limiting for informing ecosystem management...

Categories: Data, Publication; Types: Citation, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Academics & scientific researchers, Conservation NGOs, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > SOCIAL BEHAVIOR > VULNERABILITY LEVELS/INDEX, LCC Network Science Catalog, All tags... Publication, State agencies, biota, completed, environment, Fewer tags

Seed biomass from shallow coastal water areas from Texas through Alabama, 2013-2015

This projects primary goal was to provide data on biomass of potential seed resources located within shallow water coastal areas within fresh to saline coastal waters of the northern Gulf of Mexico. The data set provides biomass of seeds, by species or lowest practical taxon from 2013, 2014 and 2015 across 384 randomly selected sites located in shallow water coastal areas. The data were collected between June and September of each year. This data set can be merged with a dataset which reports submerged aquatic vegetation and environmental data collected at the same time (La Peyre et al. 2017; https://doi.org/10.5066/F7Z899WV). This project was co-funded by the Gulf Coast Prairie and the Gulf Coastal Plains and Ozarks...

Categories: Data; Tags: Academics & scientific researchers, Alabama, BIOSPHERE, BIOSPHERE, COASTAL, All tags... COASTAL, Conservation NGOs, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, ECOSYSTEMS, ECOSYSTEMS, Federal resource managers, Gulf of Mexico, LCC Network Science Catalog, Louisiana Coastal, MARINE ECOSYSTEMS, MARINE ECOSYSTEMS, Mississippi Coastal, SAV/SEA GRASS BED, SAV/SEA GRASS BED, State agencies, Texas, aquatic vegetation, coastal ecosystems, coastal zones, completed, nonGeographicDataset, oceans, submerged aquatic vegetation, waterfowl seed resources, wetland, wetland ecosystems, Fewer tags

Sediment carbon, submerged aquatic vegetation and environmental variables in deltaic southeast Louisiana (2015-2016)

These present data on sediment carbon within submerged aquatic vegetation beds from fresh to saline coastal locations in Barataria Bay, Louisiana. Water quality, site location, vegetation biomass and species composition are presented. This project was co-funded by the Gulf Coast Prairie and the Gulf Coastal Plains and Ozarks Landscape Conservation Cooperatives and the South Central Climate Adaptation Science Center. An alternate reference to this product can be found here: https://doi.org/10.5066/F7QZ2853.

Categories: Data; Tags: Academics & scientific researchers, BIOSPHERE, BIOSPHERE, COASTAL, COASTAL, All tags... Conservation NGOs, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, ECOSYSTEMS, ECOSYSTEMS, Federal resource managers, LCC Network Science Catalog, Louisiana Coastal, MARINE ECOSYSTEMS, MARINE ECOSYSTEMS, SAV/SEA GRASS BED, SAV/SEA GRASS BED, State agencies, aquatic vegetation, carbon sequestration, coastal ecosystems, coastal zones, completed, nonGeographicDataset, oceans, salinity, Fewer tags

Submerged aquatic vegetation and environmental data along a salinity gradient in Barataria Bay, Louisiana (2015)

This data set includes bi-monthly data on submerged aquatic vegetation species composition, percent cover, above and below ground biomass and environmental data at coastal sites across the fresh to saline gradient in Barataria Bay, LA. This project was co-funded by the Gulf Coast Prairie and the Gulf Coastal Plains and Ozarks Landscape Conservation Cooperatives and the South Central Climate Adaptation Science Center. An alternate reference to this product can be found here: https://doi.org/10.5066/F7M61HG4.

Categories: Data; Tags: Academics & scientific researchers, BIOSPHERE, BIOSPHERE, COASTAL, COASTAL, All tags... Conservation NGOs, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, ECOSYSTEMS, ECOSYSTEMS, Federal resource managers, Gulf of Mexico, LCC Network Science Catalog, Louisiana Coastal, MARINE ECOSYSTEMS, MARINE ECOSYSTEMS, SAV/SEA GRASS BED, SAV/SEA GRASS BED, State agencies, aquatic vegetation, coastal zone management, coastal zones, completed, estuary, nonGeographicDataset, oceans, salinity, wetland, wetland ecosystems, wetlands, Fewer tags

Gulf of Mexico Habitat and Species Vulnerability

The Gulf Coast Vulnerability Assessment utilized expert opinion that was gathered through the Standardized Index of Vulnerability and Value (SIVVA) tool, which is an Excel-based vulnerability and prioritization tool that enables assessors to provide input in a relatively short time and allows for relatively seamless compilation of results.The vulnerability of each ecosystem and associated species was conducted by subregion, excluding those subregions where the species did not occur in significant numbers. Assessors were asked to evaluate species based on the habitats they use in a particular subregion. Because vulnerability can vary with life-stage for many species, assessors were asked to consider the most vulnerable...

Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES, ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES, ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES, ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES, ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES, All tags... Alabama, BARRIER ISLANDS, BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION, BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION, BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION, BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION, BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION, BIOSPHERE, BIOSPHERE, BIRDS, BIRDS, BIVALVES, Birds, Bivalves, COASTAL, COASTAL LANDFORMS, Complete, Conservation NGOs, Crustaceans, DUCKS/GEESE/SWANS, Data, Data.gov Gulf Coast Prairie Landscape Conservation Cooperative, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > REEF > OYSTER REEF, EARTH SCIENCE > CLIMATE INDICATORS > ENVIRONMENTAL VULNERABILITY INDEX (EVI), EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > SOCIAL BEHAVIOR > VULNERABILITY LEVELS/INDEX, ECOSYSTEMS, ECOSYSTEMS, FISH, Federal resource managers, Fishes, Florida, GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES, Gulf of Mexico, IBISES/SPOONBILLS, LAND SURFACE, LCC Network Science Catalog, Louisiana, MANGROVE SWAMP, MARINE ECOSYSTEMS, MARSHES, MOLLUSKS, Mississippi, OYSTERS, RAY-FINNED FISHES, REPTILES, Reptiles, SALMONS/TROUTS, State agencies, TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS, TURTLES, Texas, WETLANDS, biota, biota, climate change, environment, environment, habitat alteration, hypoxia, invasive species, land use change, sea-level change, Fewer tags

Occurrence and variation in submersed aquatic vegetation (SAV) along the northern Gulf of Mexico: a hierarchical approach to assess impacts of environmental change on SAV resources

Submersed aquatic vegetation, a critical component of highly productive coastal ecosystems, is greatly affected by sea level rise. The Gulf Coast Prairie Landscape Conservation Cooperative needs consistent information on these natural resources along the Gulf of Mexico Coast to develop computer modeling tools. These tools will contribute to efforts to forecast the effects of climate change on the distribution, abundance, and diversity of submersed aquatic vegetation and the fish and wildlife that depend on them. This project was co-funded by the Gulf Coast Prairie and the Gulf Coastal Plains and Ozarks Landscape Conservation Cooperatives and the South Central Climate Adaptation Science Center. An alternate reference...

Categories: Data, Project; Tags: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, All tags... 2017, AL-01, Academics & scientific researchers, Conservation NGOs, Conservation Planning, FL-01, FL-02, Federal resource managers, Gulf Coast, Gulf Coast Prairie Landscape Conservation Cooperative, LA-01, LA-02, LA-03, LA-05, LA-06, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, MS-04, Map, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Project, Report, SAV, SAV/SEA GRASS BED, SLR, State agencies, Vulnerability Assessment, adaptation, biota, climate vulnerability, completed, fisheries, nursery habitat, submersed aquatic vegetation, waterfowl, Fewer tags

Information supporting a cumulative effects assessment of restoration in barrier island and shoreline systems of the north central Gulf of Mexico

Information was gathered to support a cumulative effects assessment of restoration in barrier island and shoreline systems of the north central Gulf of Mexico. Information includes: 1) results from two literature searches to help guide the development of a conceptual model of a barrier island and shoreline system and identify drivers and stressors important to that system, and 2) an accounting of restoration projects and descriptive information to document the distribution of Deepwater Horizon-funded restoration projects within the study area and guide the identification of potential effects on focal resources.

Categories: Data; Tags: Barrier Island, Ecology, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), cumulative effects, dune restoration, All tags... ecosystem resilience, ecosystem restoration, environment, erosion control and restoration, natural resource management, oceans, shore, wetland restoration, Fewer tags

Submerged aquatic vegetation and environmental data for coastal areas from Texas through Alabama, 2013-2015

This projects primary goal was to provide data on occurrence and abundance of SAV resources within the fresh to saline coastal waters of the northern Gulf of Mexico, and to relate these findings to key environmental variables. The data set provides the collected data from 2013, 2014 and 2015 on site location, discrete water quality, aquatic vegetation cover and biomass by species. The same 384 sites were collected each year, between June and September. This project was co-funded by the Gulf Coast Prairie and the Gulf Coastal Plains and Ozarks Landscape Conservation Cooperatives and the South Central Climate Adaptation Science Center. An alternate reference to this product can be found here: https://doi.org/10.5066/F7M61HG4.

Categories: Data; Tags: Academics & scientific researchers, Alabama, BIOSPHERE, BIOSPHERE, COASTAL, All tags... COASTAL, Conservation NGOs, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, ECOSYSTEMS, ECOSYSTEMS, Federal resource managers, Gulf of Mexico, LCC Network Science Catalog, Louisiana Coastal, MARINE ECOSYSTEMS, MARINE ECOSYSTEMS, Mississippi Coastal, SAV/SEA GRASS BED, SAV/SEA GRASS BED, State agencies, Texas, aquatic vegetation, completed, estuary, marsh, nonGeographicDataset, oceans, wetland ecosystems, wetlands, Fewer tags