Monitoring salt marsh vegetation at Gateway National Recreation Area’s Sandy Hook Unit: 2014 summary report
Nicosia EL. 2015. Monitoring salt marsh vegetation at Gateway National Recreation Area’s Sandy Hook Unit: 2014 summary report. Natural Resource Data Series. NPS/NCBN/NRDS—2015/793. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado
The Northeast Coastal and Barrier Network (NCBN) began monitoring salt marsh vegetation and nekton at Gateway National Recreation Area’s Sandy Hook Unit (GATE-SHU) in 2010. This report summarizes the third year of vegetation data collected during the summer of 2014. Nekton sampling was not conducted, and vegetation sampling was conducted at only one of the three established monitoring sites due to time and budget constraints. Fifty vegetation plots were sampled on July 8, 2014. 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. Fourteen vegetation species and five non-vegetation cover types were recorded.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Nicosia, Erika
- Date of Issue
- 2015-07
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- GATE , NCBN , NRSS
- Keywords
- GATE, Gateway National Recreation Area, I&M, inventory and monitoring program, NCBN, Northeast Coastal and Barrier Network, Salt Marsh, Sandy Hook Unit, SHU, Vegetation, Vital Signs
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Estuarine Communities