AbstractModeling Sea Level Rise Impacts on Coastal Habitats and SpeciesTrack: Ocean, Coastal, and Marine Resources Author Global sea level increases will affect the Southern California coastlines over the next one hundred years. The California Coastal Commission is concerned with potential threats to coastal wetlands, habitats, and marine species. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Carlsbad Fish and Wildlife Office would like to use GIS and Sea Level Affected Marshes Modeling (SLAMM) tools to predict the potential effects of sea level rise (SLR). SLAMM is a simulation process that predicts wetland conversions and shoreline modification during long-term SLR. A tool was developed that uses GIS and SLAMM to enable users to conduct risk analyses of coastlines, measure movements of wetlands and potential losses of habitats and species based on selected variables (including SLR, temperature, year, habitat, and species type). This tool will enable the Carlsbad Fish and Wildlife Office to conduct accurate analyses to help decision makers put forward policies that preserve existing coastlines, habitats and species. AiLam Truong University of Redlands 1111 E. Central Ave. ##21 Redlands, California 92373 United States Phone: 714-598-8553 E-mail: ailam_truong@spatial.redlands.edu |