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Suspended-sediment concentration data from water samples collected in 2016-17 in Grand Bay, Alabama and Mississippi Suspended-sediment transport is a critical element governing the geomorphology of tidal marshes and estuaries. Marsh elevation, relative to sea level, is maintained by both organic material and the deposition of inorganic sediment. Additionally, horizontal marsh extent is altered by lateral erosion and accretion. In wetlands within and near Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, parts of the salt marsh are eroding relatively rapidly. To understand the connection between sediment fluxes and these processes, the U.S. Geological Survey made oceanographic and water-quality measurements from August 2, 2016, to January 28, 2017, to quantify suspended-sediment concentration and sediment transport in tidal channels... Categories: Data; Tags: Bayou Heron, Bayou Middle, Geomorphology, Grand Bay, Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, All tags... Grand Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Kreole, Marine Geology, Middle Bayou, Mississippi, Sedimentology, Water Quality, inlandWaters, oceans, sediment transport, suspended material (water), Fewer tags Discharge measurements made in Bayou Heron and Bayou Middle, Grand Bay, Mississippi in January 2017 Grand Bay, a 30-square-kilometer embayment of the Gulf of Mexico bordered by 20 square kilometers of salt marsh, is experiencing rapid lateral shoreline erosion at up to 5 meters per year. Determining whether the eroded sediment is exported to the deep ocean or imported via tidal channels and deposited on the marsh platform is critical to understanding the long-term response of the marsh to wave attack and sea-level rise. Quantifying water-column sediment flux helps to characterize the role of tidal channels in this process, and water discharge is a key component of sediment flux. To that end, discharge was measured repeatedly over consecutive diurnal tidal cycles in the tidal channels of Bayou Heron and Bayou Middle,... Categories: Data; Tags: Bayou Heron, Bayou Middle, Geomorphology, Geophysics, Grand Bay, All tags... Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Grand Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Kreole, Marine Geology, Middle Bayou, Mississippi, Water Resources, acoustic doppler current profiling, inlandWaters, oceans, stream discharge, streamflow, Fewer tags