Monitoring salt marsh vegetation at George Washington Birthplace National Monument: 2012 summary report
Nicosia EL. 2013. Monitoring salt marsh vegetation at George Washington Birthplace National Monument: 2012 summary report. Natural Resource Data Series. NPS/NCBN/NRDS—2013/442. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado
The Northeast Coastal and Barrier Network (NCBN) began monitoring salt marsh vegetation and nekton on a biennial basis at George Washington Birthplace National Monument (GEWA) in 2008. This report summarizes the third year of vegetation data collected during the summer of 2012. Nekton monitoring was not conducted due to time constraints. Forty-nine vegetation plots were sampled on August 7, 2012. The percent cover of each vegetation species and non-vegetation cover type within each 1 m2 plot was visually estimated using a revised Braun-Blanquet method. Twenty-four vegetation species and three non-vegetation cover types (bare ground, wrack & litter, and water) were observed.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Nicosia, Erika
- Date of Issue
- 2013-01
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- GEWA , NRSS
- Keywords
- George Washington Birthplace National Monument, GEWA, Inventory and Monitoring Program (I&M), Monitoring, NCBN, Northeast Coastal and Barrier Network, Salt Marsh, Vegetation