Unvegetated to vegetated ratio of marsh units in Massachusetts salt marshes

This data release contains coastal wetland synthesis products for Massachusetts, developed in collaboration with the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management. Metrics for resiliency, including unvegetated to vegetated ratio (UVVR), marsh elevation, and tidal range are calculated for smaller units delineated from a digital elevation model, providing the spatial variability of physical factors that influence wetland health. The U.S. Geological Survey has been expanding national assessment of coastal change hazards and forecast products to coastal wetlands with the intent of providing Federal, State, and local managers with tools to estimate the vulnerability and ecosystem service potential of these wetlands....

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Buzzards Bay, Cape Cod, Cape Cod Bay, Cape Cod National Seashore, Danvers River, All tags... Duxbury Bay, Essex Bay, Great Marsh Area of Critical Environmental Concern, Ipswich River, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bay, Merrimack River, Nantucket, Neponset River, North River, Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, Parker River/Essex Bay Area of Critical Environmental Concern, Pines River, Pleasant Bay Area of Critical Environmental Concern, Plum Island, Sandy Neck/Barnstable Area of Critical Environmental Concern, Scituate Harbor, South River, UVVR, United States, Wellfleet Harbor Area of Critical Environmental Concern, Weymouth Back River, Weymouth Fore River, coastal ecosystems, coastal processes, environment, estuary, geospatial datasets, inlandWaters, marsh health, oceans, salt marsh, vegetation, wetland ecosystems, wetland functions, Fewer tags

Experimental recovery rates of tidal marsh vegetation

We measured the response of plants to disturbance across a gradient in inundation times by transplanting tussocks of Schoenoplectus americanus into mesocosms of different elevation in two marsh organ platforms. Both organs were planted on April 11, 2012 and harvested on August 21, 2012. Plants in one organ were disturbed by clipping all above ground vegetation on June 20 2012 (62 days), and left undisturbed in a control organ. Plant stems were clipped at the soil surface to isolate standing above ground material, and sorted into live and dead fractions by species. Above ground biomass was washed and dried at 70°C to a constant weight.

Categories: Data; Types: Citation; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), critical slowing down, salt marsh

Water levels (November 11 2016 through November 11 2017) for four wells and Light intensity data (October 1 2015 through September 2019): from marsh to upland forest, for Moneystump Marsh, Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Maryland

Water levels in meters from four wells in Moneystump marsh at Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, MD. Two wells are located in the upland forest; one well is located in the marsh-forest transition zone (ecotone); and one well is located in the marsh. Water depth of the adjacent creek is reported in meters. Data covers the time span from November 11 2016 - November 11 2017. Pressure transducer data from the wells corrected to water level using barometric pressure loggers located in 3 locations throughout the experiment. Water levels are in units of meters referenced to vertical datum NAVD88. Raw pressure data is in units of kilopascals (kPa). Pressure transducer locations and elevation data from GNSS and digital...

Categories: Data; Tags: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Chesapeake Bay, Climatology, Coastal Wetlands, Coastal and Estuarine, All tags... Habitat Management, Hydrology, Land Use Change, Salt Marsh, Sea-level Change, Sea-level Rise, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), groundwater level, light intensity, utilities Communication, Fewer tags

Field and model data for studying the effects of sea-level rise on eight tidal marshes in coastal Washington and Oregon

The research was conducted at eight tidal marshes in coastal estuaries spanning the Washington and Oregon coastlines from Padilla Bay in northern Washington to Bandon located at the mouth of the Coquille River in southern Oregon. The researchers performed bathymetric surveys, created digital elevation models, measured historic rates of mineral and organic matter accumulation, conducted vegetation surveys, deployed water level data loggers, and produced WARMER wetland accretion model projections for each study site. This collection contains data for all of the above across a number of different datasets. Users should investigate the metadata for each item for more information about it's purpose, methods, quality,...

Tags: Bandon, Bull Island, Coos Bay, Grays Harbor, Nisqually, All tags... Northwest CASC, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, Padilla, Port Susan, SLR, Sea-Level Rise and Coasts, Siletz, Skokomish, WARMER model, Washington, Water, Coasts and Ice, Wetlands, Willapa, climate adaptation, climate change, marsh, salinity, salt marsh, sea-level rise, tidal channels, wetland accretion rate model of ecosystem resilience, Fewer tags

Salt marsh monitoring during water years 2013 to 2019, Humboldt Bay, CA – water levels, surface deposition, elevation change, and carbon storage

This data release includes monitoring data collected by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Humboldt Bay Water Quality and Salt Marsh Monitoring Project. The datasets include continuous water levels collected at a 6-minute timestep collected in two study marshes (Mad River and Hookton). Surface deposition, elevation changes and carbon storage (in marsh edge environments) measured in five USGS study marshes (Mad River, Manila, Jacoby, White and Hookton). The monitoring data presented in this data release represent fundamental datasets needed to manage blue carbon stocks, assess marsh vulnerability, inform SLR adaptation planning, and build coastal resiliency to climate change in Humboldt Bay, CA Additional documentaton...

Tags: California, Ecology, Hookton Slough, Hookton marsh, Humboldt Bay, All tags... Humboldt County, Jacoby marsh, Mad River Slough, Mad River marsh, Manila marsh, SET MH, Sedimentology, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), White Slough, White marsh, blue carbon, carbon storage, elevation change, estuarine processes, feldspar marker horizon, inundation, marsh accretion, marsh ecosystems, salt marsh, surface deposition, surface elevation table, Fewer tags

Elevation of marsh units in Blackwater salt marsh complex, Chesapeake Bay, Maryland

Note: The 2022 data release "Geospatial Characterization of Salt Marshes in Chesapeake Bay" incorporates the Blackwater region salt marsh dataset. (https://doi.org/10.5066/P997EJYB) This data release contains coastal wetland synthesis products for the geographic region of Blackwater salt marsh complex, Chesapeake Bay, Maryland. Metrics for resiliency, including unvegetated to vegetated ratio (UVVR), marsh elevation, and others, are calculated for smaller units delineated from a digital elevation model, providing the spatial variability of physical factors that influence wetland health. The U.S. Geological Survey has been expanding national assessment of coastal change hazards and forecast products to coastal wetlands...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Chesapeake Bay, Dorchester County, Fishing Bay, Honga River, All tags... Maryland, Nanticoke River, United States, Wicomico County, coastal ecosystems, coastal processes, elevation, environment, estuary, geospatial datasets, inlandWaters, marsh health, oceans, salt marsh, vegetation, wetland ecosystems, wetland functions, Fewer tags

Rate of shoreline change of marsh units in eastern Long Island salt marsh complex, New York (ver. 2.0, March 2024)

This data release contains coastal wetland synthesis products for the geographic region of eastern Long Island, New York, including the north and south forks, Gardiners Island, and Fishers Island. Metrics for resiliency, including unvegetated to vegetated ratio (UVVR), marsh elevation, mean tidal range, and shoreline change rate are calculated for smaller units delineated from a Digital Elevation Model, providing the spatial variability of physical factors that influence wetland health. 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 with the intent of...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Atlantic Ocean, Long Island Sound, Moriches Bay, New York, Peconic Bay, All tags... Shinnecock Bay, Suffolk County, United States, accretion, coastal ecosystems, coastal processes, coastline, environment, estuary, geospatial datasets, inlandWaters, marsh health, oceans, polygon shapefile, resilience, salt marsh, sediment, shoreline, tides (oceanic), vegetation, vulnerability, wetland ecosystems, wetland functions, Fewer tags

Coastal wetlands of eastern Long Island, New York (ver. 2.0, March 2024)

This data release contains coastal wetland synthesis products for the geographic region of eastern Long Island, New York, including the north and south forks, Gardiners Island, and Fishers Island. Metrics for resiliency, including unvegetated to vegetated ratio (UVVR), marsh elevation, and mean tidal range, are calculated for smaller units delineated from a Digital Elevation Model, providing the spatial variability of physical factors that influence wetland health. 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 with the intent of providing Federal, State,...

Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Atlantic Ocean, LTER, Long Island Sound, Long-Term Ecological Research, Moriches Bay, All tags... New York, Peconic Bay, Shinnecock Bay, Suffolk County, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, coastal ecosystems, coastal processes, environment, estuary, geospatial datasets, inlandWaters, marsh health, oceans, salt marsh, vegetation, wetland ecosystems, wetland functions, Fewer tags

Soil surface elevation dynamics in a mangrove-to-marsh ecotone characterized by vegetation shifts

This release consists of soil surface elevation, also called vertical land motion of the wetland (VLMw), and vertical accretion data collected over time across an environmental gradient at Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge near Naples, Florida, USA. VLMw was measured using rod surface elevation tables, while accretion was measured using feldspar marker horizons (i.e., RSET-MH technique). Stations were located in the following wetland types: brackish marsh, salt marsh, transition marsh, and mangrove forest. Vegetation cover in the vicinity of the RSET-MH stations was described. The study spanned six years, from 2011 to 2017.

Categories: Data; Tags: Botany, Ecology, Estuarine ecosystems, Naples, Florida, Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge, All tags... USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), accretion, biota, elevation, mangrove, salt marsh, Fewer tags

Vegetated fraction in coastal wetlands along the U.S. Atlantic Coast (16-bit GeoTIFF)

Prior research has shown that sediment budgets, and therefore stability, of microtidal marsh complexes scale with areal unvegetated to vegetated marsh ratios (UVVR) suggesting these metrics are broadly applicable indicators of microtidal marsh vulnerability. This effort has developed the UVVR metric using Landsat 8 satellite imagery for the coastal areas of the contiguous United States (CONUS). These datasets provide annual averages of 1) developed, 2) vegetated, 3) unvegetated fractional covers and 4) an unvegetated to vegetated ratio (UVVR) at 30-meter resolution over the coastal areas of the contiguous United States for the years 2014-2018. Additionally, multi-year average values of vegetated fractional cover...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: GeoTIFF, Pacific Ocean, USGS:5f5b813d82cefd9f2087a728, United States, coastal ecosystems, All tags... coastal processes, inlandWaters, marsh health, marsh stress, resilience, salt marsh, sedimentation, society, vegetation, vulnerability, wetland ecosystems, wetland functions, Fewer tags

Barcode Value for GCPO LCC Estuarine Tidal Marsh

Description of condition index value scores for estuarine tidal marsh along and within 10 km of the GCPO LCC Gulf Coast subgeography. A series of raster calculations were used in a dichotomous decision-based framework to compile a per-pixel draft condition index value at a 10 m resolution for GCPO estuarine tidal marsh based on the number of configuration and condition endpoints met within each marsh pixel. Pixels not identified as a estuarine marsh but that were identified as having the potential to be marsh were given a score of 1, provided the pixels were not classified as developed. Potential estuarine tidal marsh pixels were derived from a combination of potential estuarine tidal marsh classes in the Landfire...

Categories: Data; Types: ArcGIS REST Map Service, ArcGIS Service Definition, Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS, AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS, BIOSPHERE, BIOSPHERE, BIOSPHERE, All tags... BIOSPHERE, BIOSPHERE, BIOSPHERE, COASTAL, COASTAL, COASTAL, COASTAL, Conservation planning, Data, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > COASTAL > MUDFLAT, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > ESTUARY, EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > LAND USE/LAND COVER > LAND RESOURCES, EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > LANDSCAPE > LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY, EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > LANDSCAPE > RECLAMATION/REVEGETATION/RESTORATION, ECOSYSTEMS, ECOSYSTEMS, ECOSYSTEMS, ECOSYSTEMS, ECOSYSTEMS, ECOSYSTEMS, ESTUARINE WETLANDS, GCPO, Gulf Coast, Gulf Coastal Plains and Ozarks, Gulf of Mexico, Informing Conservation Delivery, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, MARINE ECOSYSTEMS, MARINE ECOSYSTEMS, MARINE ECOSYSTEMS, MARINE ECOSYSTEMS, Population and Habitat Evaluation/Projection, SALT MARSH, SAV/SEA GRASS BED, WETLANDS, WETLANDS, biota, completed, condition index value, conservation planning, desired ecological state, ecological assessment, environment, estuarine, geoscientificInformation, planningCadastre, tidal marsh, wetland, Fewer tags

Exposure potential of salt marsh units in Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge to environmental health stressors

Natural and anthropogenic contaminants, pathogens, and viruses are found in soils and sediments throughout the United States. Enhanced dispersion and concentration of these environmental health stressors in coastal regions can result from sea level rise and storm-derived disturbances. The combination of existing environmental health stressors and those mobilized by natural or anthropogenic disasters could adversely impact the health and resilience of coastal communities and ecosystems. This dataset displays the exposure potential to environmental health stressors in the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge (EBFNWR), which spans over Great Bay, Little Egg Harbor, and Barnegat Bay in New Jersey, USA. Exposure...

Types: Citation, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Atlantic Ocean, Barnegat Bay, Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, Great Bay, Little Egg Island, All tags... New Jersey, United States, coastal ecosystems, coastal processes, contaminant transport, contamination, ecological processes, ecotoxicology, environment, environmental assessment, estuary, facility registry service, inlandWaters, marsh health, oceans, polygon shapefile, resilience, salt marsh, sediment, sedimentation, toxic release inventory, vegetation, vulnerability, wetland ecosystems, wetland functions, Fewer tags

Conceptual marsh units of Hudson Valley and New York City salt marsh complex, New York

This data release contains coastal wetland synthesis products for the geographic region of Hudson Valley and New York City, New York. Metrics for resiliency, including unvegetated to vegetated ratio (UVVR), marsh elevation, and mean tidal range, are calculated for smaller units delineated from a Digital Elevation Model, providing the spatial variability of physical factors that influence wetland health. 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 with the intent of providing Federal, State, and local managers with tools to estimate the vulnerability...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Dutchess County, Hudson River, LTER, Long-Term Ecological Research, Lower Bay, All tags... New York, Putnam County, Queens County, Staten Island, United States, Upper Bay, Westchester County, coastal ecosystems, coastal processes, environment, estuary, geospatial datasets, inlandWaters, marsh health, oceans, salt marsh, vegetation, wetland ecosystems, wetland functions, Fewer tags

Elevation of marsh units in Hudson Valley and New York City salt marsh complex, New York

This data release contains coastal wetland synthesis products for the geographic region of Hudson Valley and New York City, New York. Metrics for resiliency, including unvegetated to vegetated ratio (UVVR), marsh elevation, and mean tidal range, are calculated for smaller units delineated from a Digital Elevation Model, providing the spatial variability of physical factors that influence wetland health. 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 with the intent of providing Federal, State, and local managers with tools to estimate the vulnerability...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Dutchess County, Hudson River, LTER, Long-Term Ecological Research, Lower Bay, All tags... New York, Putnam County, Queens County, Staten Island, United States, Upper Bay, Westchester County, coastal ecosystems, coastal processes, elevation, environment, estuary, geospatial datasets, inlandWaters, marsh health, oceans, salt marsh, vegetation, wetland ecosystems, wetland functions, Fewer tags

Mean tidal range of marsh units in north shore Long Island salt marsh complex, New York

This data release contains coastal wetland synthesis products for the geographic region of north shore Long Island, New York. Metrics for resiliency, including unvegetated to vegetated ratio (UVVR), marsh elevation, and mean tidal range, are calculated for smaller units delineated from a Digital Elevation Model, providing the spatial variability of physical factors that influence wetland health. 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 with the intent of providing Federal, State, and local managers with tools to estimate the vulnerability and ecosystem...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Atlantic Ocean, LTER, Long Island Sound, Long-Term Ecological Research, Nassau County, All tags... New York, Suffolk County, United States, coastal ecosystems, coastal processes, environment, estuary, geospatial datasets, inlandWaters, marsh health, oceans, salt marsh, tidal range, tides (oceanic), vegetation, wetland ecosystems, wetland functions, Fewer tags

Monthly Trematode Infections of the Snail Cerithideopsis (Cerithidea) californica at Carpinteria Salt Marsh, California USA, February 2012 to January 2014

Each month (except March 2012), we collected detailed data on the infection status of intertidal snails from ten fixed sites as part of a broader effort to understand food webs in California Estuaries. The study site was Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve, California USA, (University of California Natural Reserve System), which comprises 9 Ha tidal channels, 2 Ha salt flats, 17 Ha upland habitat, 6 Ha tidal pans, 52 Ha vegetated marsh, 2 Ha tidal flats. Each site was a fixed location in channel or flat habitat, with a diameter approximately 50 m in size, centered at the site location marker used in Kuris et al. (2008). At each site/month, we collected, measured, sexed, and dissected ~58 snails (11,643 dissections total,...

Categories: Data; Tags: California, Carpinteria, Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve, Santa Barbara County, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), All tags... distribution, estuary, habitat, mapping, salt marsh, snail, trematodes, Fewer tags

Monthly densities of the snail Cerithideopsis (Cerithidea) californica at Carpinteria Salt Marsh, California USA, February 2012 to January 2014

Each month (except March 2012), we collected detailed data on the density, size distribution, and infection status of intertidal snails from ten fixed sites as part of a broader effort to understand food webs in California Estuaries. The study site was Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve, California USA, (University of California Natural Reserve System), which comprises 9 Ha tidal channels, 2 Ha salt flats, 17 Ha upland habitat, 6 Ha tidal pans, 52 Ha vegetated marsh, 2 Ha tidal flats. Each site was a fixed location in channel or flat habitat, with a diameter approximately 50m in size, centered at the site location marker used in Kuris et al. (2008). At each site/month, we collected, measured, sexed, and dissected ~58...

Categories: Data; Tags: California, Carpinteria, Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve, Santa Barbara County, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), All tags... density, distribution, estuary, habitat, mapping, salt marsh, snail, trematodes, Fewer tags

Wave thrust values at point locations along the shorelines of Massachusetts and Rhode Island

This product provides spatial variations in wave thrust along shorelines in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Natural features of relevance along the State coast are salt marshes. In recent times, marshes have been eroding primarily through lateral erosion. Wave thrust represents a metric of wave attack acting on marsh edges. The wave thrust is calculated as the vertical integral of the dynamic pressure of waves. This product uses a consistent methodology with sufficient spatial resolution to include the distinct features of each marsh system. Waves under different climatological wind forcing conditions were simulated using the coupled ADCIRC/SWAN model system. The estuarine and bay areas are resolved with horizontal...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Coastal Wetlands, Coastal processes, Geomorphology, Massachusetts, Mathematical modeling, All tags... Ocean waves, Rhode Island, Salt marsh, Shoreline, United States of America, Vulnerability, Wave attack, Wave thrust, biota, wetland ecosystems, Fewer tags

Morro Bay, California: Tidal Marsh Digital Elevation Model

To assess the current topography of the tidal marshes we conducted survey-grade elevation surveys at all sites between 2009 and 2013 using a Leica RX1200 Real Time Kinematic (RTK)Global Positioning System (GPS) rover (±1 cm horizontal, ±2 cm vertical accuracy; Leica Geosystems Inc., Norcross, GA; Figure 4). At sites with RTK network coverage (San Pablo, Petaluma, Pt. Mugu, and Newport), rover positions were received in real time from the Leica Smartnet system via a CDMA modem (www.lecia-geosystems.com). At sites without network coverage (Humboldt, Bolinas, Morro and Tijuana), rover positions were received in real time from a Leica GS10 antenna base station via radio link. When using the base station, we adjusted...

Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: Drought, Fire and Extreme Weather, Extreme Weather, Morro Bay, Sea-Level Rise and Coasts, Southwest CASC, All tags... Water, Coasts and Ice, elevation surveys, salt marsh, Fewer tags

Pt. Mugu, California: Tidal Marsh Digital Elevation Model

To assess the current topography of the tidal marshes we conducted survey-grade elevation surveys at all sites between 2009 and 2013 using a Leica RX1200 Real Time Kinematic (RTK)Global Positioning System (GPS) rover (±1 cm horizontal, ±2 cm vertical accuracy; Leica Geosystems Inc., Norcross, GA; Figure 4). At sites with RTK network coverage (San Pablo, Petaluma, Pt. Mugu, and Newport), rover positions were received in real time from the Leica Smartnet system via a CDMA modem (www.lecia-geosystems.com). At sites without network coverage (Humboldt, Bolinas, Morro and Tijuana), rover positions were received in real time from a Leica GS10 antenna base station via radio link. When using the base station, we adjusted...

Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: Drought, Fire and Extreme Weather, Extreme Weather, Pt. Mugu, Sea-Level Rise and Coasts, Southwest CASC, All tags... Water, Coasts and Ice, elevation surveys, salt marsh, Fewer tags