Abstract
Marsh Restoration Planning and Analysis Incorporating Tide and Elevation Data Track: Ecology and Conservation Author(s): Galen Scott, Craig Martin, Kristen Tronvig Proper integration of accurate land elevation and tide data in the design and planting of marsh restoration sites should increase success rates in terms of marsh stability, primary productivity, habitat value, and a site's ability to keep pace with sea level rise. Accurate predictions of plant ranges will help plants become established more quickly and encourage plant coalescence, site stabilization, and the trajectory toward natural marsh equivalence. A GIS tool for achieving this integration will reduce costs by improving efficiencies in site design and planting and by reducing plant mortality and associated labor costs. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Geodetic Survey and Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services are collaborating with other NOAA offices and the National Aquarium in Baltimore to create and distribute an ArcGIS application for restoration practitioners that will illustrate frequency and duration of inundation and create spatially explicit planting zones for marsh restoration sites. Galen Scott NOAA N/NGS National Geodetic Survey 7307 15th ave Takoma Park , MD 20912 US Phone: 301 713 3222 E-mail: galen.scott@noaa.gov Craig Martin NOAA N/OPS1 1305 East West Highway Silver Spring , MD 20910 US Phone: (301)713-2897 E-mail: craig.martin@noaa.gov Kristen Tronvig NOAA N/OPS Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services 1305 East West Highway Silver Spring , MD 20910 US Phone: (301)713-2981 E-mail: kristen.tronvig@noaa.gov |
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