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

Black Skimmer- Potential Habitat Under Sea Level Affecting Marshes Model (SLAMM) Conditions

Changes in tidal marsh area and habitat type in response to sea-level rise were modeled using the Sea Level Affecting Marshes Model (SLAMM 6) that accounts for the dominant processes involved in wetland conversion and shoreline modifications during long-term sea level rise (Park et al. 1989; Successive versions of the model have been used to estimate the impacts of sea level rise on the coasts of the U.S. The model was produced by Warren Pinnacle Consulting, Inc. for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The SLAMM version 6 technical document can be accessed at http://warrenpinacle.com/prof/SLAMM. SLAMM outputs were converted from raster to vector features. Land cover (wetland) types were generalized to MesoHabitat...

Categories: Data; Types: ArcGIS REST Map Service, ArcGIS Service Definition, Downloadable, Map Service; Tags: Black Skimmer, LiDAR, Port Aransas, SLAMM, Sea Level, All tags... Sea-Level Affecting Marshes Model, Water Levels, marsh, Fewer tags

Egg Membrane Thickness in 13 Waterbird Species

Eggshells of 13 waterbird species were divided in half longitudinally and the outer eggshell membrane was removed from one of the halves. Eggshell thickness was measured for both eggshell halves, both with and without the outer eggshell membrane. The eggshell membrane thickness was calculated by taking the difference between the two thickness measurements. These data support the following publication: Santolo, G.M., Peterson, S.H., Cooney, B., Hartman, C.A., Herzog, M.P. and Ackerman, J.T., 2024. Eggshell membrane thickness and its contribution to total eggshell thickness for 13 waterbird species. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology. https://doi.org/10.1676/23-00017

Categories: Data; Tags: American avocet, American coot, Black skimmer, Black-necked stilt, California gull, All tags... Caspian tern, Double-crested cormorant, Ecology, Forster's tern, Green heron, Killdeer, Pied-billed grebe, Snowy plover, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Western grebe, Wildlife Biology, biota, egg, egg masses, morphology (biological), Fewer tags

Data for Gulf Coast Vulnerability Assessment

This USGS Data Release represents geospatial and tabular data for the Gulf Coast Vulnerability Assessment Project. The data release was produced in compliance with the new 'open data' requirements as way to make the scientific products associated with USGS research efforts and publications available to the public. The dataset consists of 2 separate items: 1. Vulnerability assessment data for habitat and species based on expert opinion (Tabular datasets) 2. Vulnerability assessment values for species across subregions in study area (Vector GIS dataset)

Types: Citation; Tags: Alabama, Barrier Islands, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana, All tags... Mangrove, Mississippi, Oyster Reef, Texas, Tidal Emergent Marsh, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), american oystercatcher, black skimmer, blue crab, clapper rail, climate change, eastern oysters, environment, habitat alteration, hypoxia, invasive species, kemp's ridley sea turtle, land use change, mottled duck, red drum, roseate spoonbill, sea-level change, spotted seatrout, wilson's plover, 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: Citation, Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Alabama, Barrier Islands, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana, All tags... Mangrove, Mississippi, Oyster Reef, Texas, Tidal Emergent Marsh, 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