47689 Assessing Ecological and Physical Performance of Sustainable Shoreline Structure - NERRS/NSC(NERRS Science Collaborative) Data Set Published / External 47021 NERRS Project Completed 2019-03-01 From 2010 to 2018, the National Estuarine Research Reserve System’s Science Collaborative supported the Hudson River Sustainable Shorelines Project, which engages a regional research team to quantify the ecological functions and physical stresses on the full range of Hudson River, New York shorelines. This research is the basis for development of information and tools to identify the best settings and approaches for sustainable shoreline protection in the Hudson River Estuary. Work has included the establishment of a sustainable shoreline demonstration network of seven sites with varying modes of construction distributed along the Hudson. The most recent project-- the focus of this InPort entry-- expanded that effort by working closely with regulators, engineers, and land managers to 1) develop and field-validate a rapid assessment protocol manual for physical and ecological functions of ecologically enhanced shorelines and 2) train local land managers in the protocols. This work helps to solidify confidence in the suitability of novel shoreline techniques in the Hudson River Estuary and has enabled local managers to track performance into the future. The project also produced a dataset comprised of a suite of measures of ecological and physical functions of built sustainable shorelines along the Hudson River. Nature-based, ecologically enhanced, or soft shoreline stabilization techniques (hereafter termed "sustainable shorelines") have the potential to maintain and enhance important ecological services, provide greater resilience to physical forces, and be cost-competitive with traditional approaches such as revetments and bulkheads. In order for these techniques to be used more widely in the Hudson River Estuary, their performance must be demonstrated and evaluated locally. Landowners, site designers, and decision makers have expressed this need to enhance their confidence in proposing innovative designs to clients, investing in sustainable shoreline construction, and steering permit applications toward these less traditional options. Loaded by FGDC Metadata Uploader, batch 10143, 10-31-2017 15:31 Stuart Findlay Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies findlays@caryinstitute.org (845) 677-7600 x138 Partners: Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies Consensus Building Institute Hudson River NERR, NY Stevens Institute of Technology Theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > COMMUNITY DYNAMICS > COMMUNITY STRUCTURE Theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > COASTAL Theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT Theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > SUSTAINABILITY > ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY Theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > COASTAL PROCESSES > SHORELINES Theme NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science and Services Keywords SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > HABITAT CONVERSION/FRAGMENTATION > RECLAMATION/REVEGETATION/RESTORATION Spatial Beczak-Habirshaw Park and Tidal Marsh Spatial Coxsackie Boat Launch Spatial Esopus Meadows Preserve Spatial Foundry Dock Park Spatial Hudson River NERR, NY Data Set As Needed Table (digital) Site name derived from Hudson Maps or common usage DAYOFYEAR Day of Year YEAR Year SEGMENTNUMBERS segments are sections of shoreline, typical on the order of 100 m long sharing a similar physical/ecological condition PROFILENUMBER Profiles are the sampling transects running from the water to upland APNUMBER Assessment points (AP) are representative places along the transects where data are collected. BEDROCK Cover of AP by bedrock or v large stone Value is "class" as indicated in Protocol BOULDER Cover of AP by boulder GRAVELCOBBLE Cover of AP by gravel/cobble SANDMUD Cover of AP by Sand/Mud STONECOUNT Count of stones > 6" within a 0.25 m quadrant MEANSIZEINCOUNT Mean size of stones in quadrant WRACK Wrack is present/absent WOODYDEBRIS Woody Debris (> 1" diameter, > 3 feet long) is present/absent MEANSLOPE Mean slope (degrees) CANOPY Cover of AP by vegetated canopy UNDERSTORY Cover of AP by understory GROUNDCOVER Cover of AP by groundcover SPPRICHNESS Estimated number of plant species, Value is "class" as indicated in Protocol AQUATICPLANTS Aquatic plants are present/absent MOWMANAGE Mowing or other management is evident at site SPPCOMP List of top 3 plant species at the AP INVASIVES Invasives present absent POINUMBER Point of interest is a particular feature worthy of monitoring over time POITYPE Type of feature (i.e. large stone, built structure, erosion feature, crest, etc. CRESTSTONECOUNT Number of stones (> 6") at the crest CRESTSTONESIZE Mean size of stones comprising the crest EROSIONVOLUME Estimated volume of erosion feature ASSETDISPLACE Location of previously identified object or feature BULKENERGYDIFFERENCE Difference in sphere mass loss between exposed and sheltered location WAVEHTDIFFERENCE Difference in wave height between exposed and sheltered location WAKEDIFFERENCE Difference in wake height between exposed and sheltered location The distributor does not assume liability. Metadata Contact 2017-10-31 Person Cothran, Jeremy jeremy.cothran@gmail.com Originator 2016-01 2018 Person Findlay, Stuart findlays@caryinstitute.org Ground Condition -74.1 -73.76 42.37 40.91 Range 2016-01-01 2018-12-31 Unclassified None Cite this dataset when used as a source: NOAA retains the right to analyze, synthesize and publish summaries of the NERRS/NSC data. The NERRS/NSC retains the right to be fully credited for having collected and process the data. Following academic courtesy standards, the NERR site where the data were collected should be contacted and fully acknowledged in any subsequent publications in which any part of the data are used. The data enclosed within this package/transmission are only as accurate as the quality assurance and quality control procedures that are described in the associated metadata reporting statement allow. The user bears all responsibility for its subsequent use/misuse in any further analyses or comparisons. The Federal government does not assume liability to the Recipient or third persons, nor will the Federal government reimburse or indemnify the Recipient for its liability due to any losses resulting in any way from the use of this data. Requested citation format: NOAA National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERRS) Science Collaborative(NSC). http://www.nerrssciencecollaborative.org/project/Findlay15 Online Resource This site provides a project overview and links to all associated products, including data. https://caryinstitute.figshare.com/s/59c66288a24ab9faf5fe Online Resource This site provides access to the project dataset, including metadata. https://www.hrnerr.org/hudson-river-sustainable-shorelines Online Resource Project website gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:47689 Jeremy Cothran 2017-10-31T15:31:20 SysAdmin InPortAdmin 2022-08-09T17:11:32 2019-11-08 Office for Coastal Management OCM 1002 Public No No 2019-11-08 1 Year 2020-11-08