National Capital Region Network Resource Brief: Long-Term Monitoring Reveals Challenges and Resilience at Dyke Marsh
Schmit J, Nortrup M, Tait N. 2023. National Capital Region Network Resource Brief: Long-Term Monitoring Reveals Challenges and Resilience at Dyke Marsh. National Park Service
Faced with threats like sea level rise and erosion, the freshwater tidal wetlands of Dyke Marsh in George Washington Memorial Parkway may have challenges ahead. Scientists with the Inventory and Monitoring Program collected and analyzed marsh elevation data from 2006 to 2019 to determine how the ecosystem is weathering these changes.
- Type
- Resource Brief
- Authors
- Schmit, John Paul; Nortrup, Megan; Tait, Nicholas
- Date of Issue
- 2023-04
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- GWMP , NCR , NCRN
- Keywords
- Dyke Marsh, freshwater tidal marsh, I&M, Inventory & Monitoring, marsh elevation, NCRN, Potomac River, sea level rise, SET, tidal marsh, Water Brief, wetlands