Potential landward migration of coastal wetlands in response to sea-level rise within estuarine drainage areas and coastal states of the conterminous United States

We quantified the potential area available for landward migration of tidal saline wetlands and freshwater wetlands due to sea-level rise (SLR) at the estuary scale for 166 estuarine drainage areas and at the state scale for 22 coastal states and District of Columbia. We used 2016 Coastal Change Analysis Program (C-CAP) data in combination with the future wetland migration data under the 1.5 m global SLR scenario to evaluate the potential for wetland migration into all the individual C-CAP classes and into the following six land cover categories: (1) freshwater forest (wetland); (2) freshwater marsh (wetland); (3) terrestrial forest (upland); (4) terrestrial grassland (upland); (5) agricultural croplands (upland);...

Categories: Data; Tags: Alabama, Aquatic Biology, Atlantic coast, California, Climatology, All tags... Connecticut, Conterminous United States, Contiguous United States, Delaware, District of Columbia, East coast, Ecology, Florida, Forestry, Georgia, Gulf of Mexico coast, Hydrology, Land Use Change, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pacific coast, Pennsylvania, Remote Sensing, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, Virginia, Washington, West coast, biota, coastal, coastal drainage area, coastal wetland, environment, estuarine drainage area, estuary, freshwater wetland, tidal saline wetland, wetland migration, Fewer tags

U.S. Gulf of Mexico coast (TX, MS, AL, and FL) Vegetation, soil, and landscape data (2013-2014)

The northern Gulf of Mexico coast spans a dramatic water availability gradient (precipitation range: 700 to 1800 mm/year) and represents an excellent natural laboratory for developing climate-influenced ecological models for natural resource managers and culture keepers. In this project, we used this zone of remarkable transition to develop macroclimate-based models for quantifying the regional responses of coastal wetland ecosystems to climate variation. In addition to providing important fish and wildlife habitat and supporting coastal food webs, these coastal wetlands provide many ecosystem goods and services including clean water, stable coastlines, food, recreational opportunities, and stored carbon. Our objective...

Tags: Aquatic Biology, Climatology, Sea-Level Rise and Coasts, South Central CASC, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), All tags... Water, Coasts and Ice, Wetlands, coastal wetland, coastal wetland, ecological thresholds, macroclimatic drivers, mangrove, precipitation, rainfall, salt flat, salt marsh, temperature, tidal saline wetland, Fewer tags