Dataset: The development of strategies for coastal wetland conservation prioritization in Virginia under climate change
Mitchell, Molly Angstadt, Kory Stanhope, David
Mitchell, Molly
Angstadt, Kory
Stanhope, David
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This project focuses on developing strategies to improve our understanding and strengthen the sustainability of Virginia’s coastal wetlands to climate change impacts. Marsh migration under sea level rise is a primary pathway for marsh persistence. However, the resulting extent and habitat function of the newly migrated marsh is still being explored. In addition, accelerating sea level rise suggests that coastal wetlands need frequent monitoring to assess change. This project addresses Virginia regional priority 1, to develop a framework to overcome barriers to use existing wetland assessment methodologies and studies for restoration/compensatory mitigation projects to improve functional performance of aquatic resources by creating a method to readily update tidal marsh status, evaluate trends under sea level rise, and understand shifts in habitat function. This project expands the tidal wetlands assessment and monitoring programs to include consideration of climate stressors. It also extends outcomes and lessons learned from previous EPA project (CD96347001-0, CD963819-01-1) that identified tidal marsh vulnerability to loss or community change from sea level rise.
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2023-12-01
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Center for Coastal Resources Management (CCRM), Climate change, sea level rise, marsh
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Virginia Institute of Marine Science
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https://doi.org/10.25773/3t1n-ss33