NETN Monitoring Salt Marsh Elevation (2010-Ongoing)

Northeast Coastal and Barrier Network. NETN Monitoring Salt Marsh Elevation (2010-Ongoing). 2010. National Park Service

Salt marsh communities are sensitive to disturbance and perturbations from natural causes such as storms and geomorphic processes, as well as human induced impacts associated with nutrient loading, watershed development, tidal restrictions, and ditching. There is a long history of alteration of salt marshes along the Northeast coast, including extensive ditching for mosquito control, salt hay farming, and restriction of tidal exchange by roads, causeways, bridges, and dikes. As the coastal corridor becomes more urbanized, watersheds become increasingly developed, and salt marsh acreage declines and become fragmented. Urbanization leads to nutrient-laden runoff. By monitoring salt marsh elevation, the Network will be able to provide information to park managers on how park salt marsh communities are changing over time.

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Project
Authors
Northeast Coastal and Barrier Network
Publisher
National Park Service
Units
ACAD , BOHA
Keywords
Elevation, Monitoring, Salt Marsh
Subjects
Ecological Framework: Geology and Soils | Soil Quality | Soil Function and Dynamics , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Intertidal Communities , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Estuarine Communities

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