Eelgrasses - Coastal Resource Information Management System (CRIMS)

Distribution of eelgrasses in coastal British Columbia showing relative abundance (RA) and overall relative importance (RI). RI is based on project region and not on the province as a whole. British Columbia has been collecting coastal resource data in a systematic and synoptic manner since 1979. Resource information is collected using peer-reviewed provincial Resource Information Standards Committee which include standards for data management and analysis

Tags: BC, BC data, Biology, British Columbia, Canada, All tags... Eelgrass, Habitat, Marine Flora, Marine Plant, NPLCC, North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Zostera japonica, Zostera marina, biota, Fewer tags

Data collected in 2010 to evaluate habitat availability for surf smelt and eelgrass in response to sea level rise on Bainbridge Island, Puget Sound, Washington, USA

This dataset includes biological variables showing surf smelt spawning presence, geological variables describing beach composition, and sample locations using RTK-GPS. This field data was also used to run the Sea Level Affecting Marshes Model (SLAMM; Warren Pinnacle Consulting, Inc., Warren, Vt)) to predict the changes to beaches over time, and under different sea level rise scenarios. Field sampling took place on the northern part of Bainbridge Island, Puget Sound, Washington during summer and fall of 2010.

Categories: Data; Tags: Bainbridge Island, Climate change, Ecology, Eelgrass, Fay Bainbridge, All tags... Hypomesus pretiosus, Point Monroe, Puget Sound, Sea Level Affecting Marshes Model, Sea level rise, State of Washington, Surf smelt, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, Zostera marina, environment, geoscientificInformation, oceans, Fewer tags