57718
Mud on the Move: Predicting How Marshes Will Change as Sea Levels Rise - NERRS/NSC(NERRS Science Collaborative)
Data Set
Published / External
47021
NERRS
Project
Completed
Healthy tidal marshes support the food webs that underpin our fisheries; they mitigate the impact of coastal storms, and they improve water quality. However, as sea level rises, marshes are at risk from “drowning.” To survive, marshes must maintain their elevation relative to surrounding waters. They do this, in part, through accretion, a process by which sediment suspended in the water accumulates on the marsh’s surface. For marshes to survive, accretion must keep pace with sea level rise. Making decisions to support marsh sustainability depends on the ability to accurately measure suspended sediment concentrations, yet current monitoring programs lack well-tested, effective approaches to doing so.
The project team addressed this gap by developing a protocol to assess suspended sediment in tidal marshes, improve understanding of sediment dynamics, increase the accuracy of ecological models, and inform marsh conservation and restoration for the future.
Project Lead and Contact:
Matt Ferner, San Francisco Bay NERR, mferner@sfsu.edu
Project Type: Collaborative Research
Theme
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > ESTUARY
Theme
climate change
Theme
marsh accretion
Theme
restoration
Theme
sea level rise
Theme
sediment transport
Spatial
Grand Bay, MS
Spatial
North Inlet-Winyah Bay, SC
Spatial
San Franciso Bay, CA
Data Set
None Planned
The distributor does not assume liability.
Metadata Contact
2017-10-31
Person
Cothran, Jeremy
jeremy.cothran@gmail.com
Ground Condition
-88.48
-88.39
30.43
30.31
Grand Bay, MS NERR
-79.285
-79.15
33.375
33.204
North Inlet-Winyah Bay, SC NERR
-122.505
-122.45
38.014
37.98
San Franciso Bay, CA NERR
Range
2013-09-01
2014-08-01
Unclassified
None
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http://www.nerrssciencecollaborative.org/project/Ferner13
Online Resource
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Jeremy Cothran
2019-09-24T18:29:05
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2019-11-01
Office for Coastal Management
OCM
1002
Public
No
2019-11-01
1 Year
2020-11-01