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

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

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

Publication: Shifting Niche Space in Coastal Landscapes: Spatio-temporal Patterns Driving Submerged Aquatic Vegetation across the Northern Gulf of Mexico

Identifying distributions of submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) across the northern Gulf of Mexico (NGOM) coastal landscape necessitates describing ecological processes in estuarine gradients. SAV assemblages are ecological indicators of aquatic ecosystem health; spatial and temporal distributions are strongly correlated to environmental conditions. Many wildlife species, including waterfowl, are dependent on SAV and seeds in NGOM coastal marshes for food and habitat. To understand SAV distributions at multiple spatial and temporal scales a multi-tiered project was designed to collect SAV presence, species assemblage, and cover data, and cores to describe seed food. The first tier sampled inter-annually in the growing...

Categories: Data, Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: Academics & scientific researchers, BIOSPHERE, BIOSPHERE, BIOSPHERE, BIOSPHERE, All tags... COASTAL, COASTAL, COASTAL, COASTAL, Conservation NGOs, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, ECOSYSTEMS, ECOSYSTEMS, ECOSYSTEMS, ECOSYSTEMS, Federal resource managers, Interested public, LCC Network Science Catalog, MARINE ECOSYSTEMS, MARINE ECOSYSTEMS, MARINE ECOSYSTEMS, MARINE ECOSYSTEMS, Policy makers & regulators, Publication, Regional & county planners, SAV/SEA GRASS BED, SAV/SEA GRASS BED, SAV/SEA GRASS BED, SAV/SEA GRASS BED, State agencies, Tribes, biota, completed, Fewer tags

Condition Index 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: BIOSPHERE, BIOSPHERE, BIOSPHERE, BIOSPHERE, BIOSPHERE, All tags... BIOSPHERE, BIOSPHERE, BIOSPHERE, BIOSPHERE, BIOSPHERE, BRACKISH MARSH, COASTAL, COASTAL, COASTAL, COASTAL, Conservation planning, Data, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > LAND USE/LAND COVER, EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > LANDSCAPE > LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY, EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > LANDSCAPE > RECLAMATION/REVEGETATION/RESTORATION, ECOSYSTEMS, ECOSYSTEMS, ECOSYSTEMS, ECOSYSTEMS, ECOSYSTEMS, ECOSYSTEMS, ECOSYSTEMS, ECOSYSTEMS, ECOSYSTEMS, ECOSYSTEMS, ESTUARINE WETLANDS, ESTUARY, ESTUARY, ESTUARY, ESTUARY, 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, MARINE ECOSYSTEMS, MARINE ECOSYSTEMS, MARINE ECOSYSTEMS, MARINE ECOSYSTEMS, Population and Habitat Evaluation/Projection, SALT MARSH, SAV/SEA GRASS BED, SAV/SEA GRASS BED, TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS, TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS, WETLANDS, WETLANDS, biota, completed, condition index value, conservation planning, desired ecological state, ecological assessment, environment, estuarine, geoscientificInformation, planningCadastre, tidal marsh, wetland, 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

Publication: Analysis of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Resources across the Northern Gulf of Mexico: Communities and Biomass

Submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) provides many critical ecosystem services, yet we lack basic information on SAV assemblages, biomass and diversity across expansive coasts such as the northern Gulf of Mexico (nGoM). This research investigated SAV along the nGoM from 2013-2015 examining (1) inter-annual variation in SAV assemblages and biomass across salinity zones and gulf coast eco-regions (Texas Mid-Coast, Texas/LA Chenier Plain, Louisiana Delta, MS/AL), (2) intra-annual variation in SAV assemblages and biomass across salinity zones, (3) response of two species, Ruppia maritima and Myriophyllum spicatum, to salinity and light regimes, and (4) estimated organic carbon stock and storage of SAV habitat soils across...

Categories: Data, Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: Academics & scientific researchers, BIOSPHERE, BIOSPHERE, BIOSPHERE, BIOSPHERE, All tags... COASTAL, COASTAL, COASTAL, COASTAL, Conservation NGOs, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, ECOSYSTEMS, ECOSYSTEMS, ECOSYSTEMS, ECOSYSTEMS, Federal resource managers, Interested public, LCC Network Science Catalog, MARINE ECOSYSTEMS, MARINE ECOSYSTEMS, MARINE ECOSYSTEMS, MARINE ECOSYSTEMS, Policy makers & regulators, Publication, Regional & county planners, SAV/SEA GRASS BED, SAV/SEA GRASS BED, SAV/SEA GRASS BED, SAV/SEA GRASS BED, State agencies, Tribes, biota, completed, 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