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This data release includes monitoring data collected by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Humboldt Bay Water Quality and Salt Marsh Monitoring Project. The datasets include continuous water levels collected at a 6-minute timestep collected in two study marshes (Mad River and Hookton). Surface deposition, elevation changes and carbon storage (in marsh edge environments) measured in five USGS study marshes (Mad River, Manila, Jacoby, White and Hookton). The monitoring data presented in this data release represent fundamental datasets needed to manage blue carbon stocks, assess marsh vulnerability, inform SLR adaptation planning, and build coastal resiliency to climate change in Humboldt Bay, CA Additional documentaton...
Tags: California,
Ecology,
Hookton Slough,
Hookton marsh,
Humboldt Bay, All tags...
Humboldt County,
Jacoby marsh,
Mad River Slough,
Mad River marsh,
Manila marsh,
SET MH,
Sedimentology,
USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC),
White Slough,
White marsh,
blue carbon,
carbon storage,
elevation change,
estuarine processes,
feldspar marker horizon,
inundation,
marsh accretion,
marsh ecosystems,
salt marsh,
surface deposition,
surface elevation table, Fewer tags
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Elevation change and surface deposition are important drivers of salt marsh ecological processes and represent two of the fundamental variables for determining marsh resilience to sea-level rise. Surface Elevation Tables with Marker Horizons (SET-MH) were used to measure plot-scale elevation change (SETs) and surface deposition (MHs) in five USGS study marshes located in Humboldt Bay, CA. SET-MHs were installed in 2014 (Mad River marsh and Manila marsh) and in 2015 (Jacoby marsh, White marsh, and Hookton marsh) and were measured during quarterly site visits. The SET-MH network includes two SETs and six MHs in each of the five study marshes. Measuring elevation change at the two SETs in each study marsh involves...
Categories: Data;
Tags: California,
Hookton marsh,
Humboldt Bay,
Humboldt County,
Jacoby marsh, All tags...
Mad River marsh,
Manila marsh,
SET MH,
White marsh,
accretion,
biota,
estuarine processes,
marsh ecosystems,
salt marsh,
surface deposition, Fewer tags
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This datasets summarizes small mammal trapping efforts that USGS San Francisco Bay Estuary Field Station has led, co-led, or supervised, to detect and monitor the endangered salt marsh harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys raviventris) in the northern reaches of San Francisco Bay from 1998-2014. As the salt marsh harvest mouse is listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act, sensitive location information can be made available upon request by contacting the dataset point of contact. These data support the following publication: Marcot, B.G., Woo, I., Thorne, K.M., Freeman, C.M., and Guntenspergen, G.R., 2020. Habitat of the endangered salt marsh harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys raviventris) in San Francisco Bay....
Categories: Data;
Tags: San Francisco Bay,
San Pablo Bay,
USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC),
Wildlife Biology,
biota, All tags...
capturing (animals),
endangered species,
habitat use,
habitats,
mammals,
small mammal assemblage,
vegetation,
wildlife, Fewer tags
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Water levels are an important driver of salt marsh processes. In 2016, pressure-transducing data loggers (LT Edge Model 3001, Solinst and Hobo Model U-20-001-01-Ti) and barometric-pressure loggers (Model 3001, Solinst) were deployed in two USGS study marshes (Mad River marsh and Hookton marsh) located in Humboldt Bay, CA. The loggers were placed as low in the tide frame as possible, while still maintaining access to the sensors at low tide. Sensors captured high tide water levels; but sensor elevation was too high to capture low tide water levels. Continuous measurements were collected on a 6-minute timestep. Sensor elevations were surveyed using Real-Time Kinematic GPS (Leica GS-15, Leica Geosystems, Norcross,...
Categories: Data;
Tags: California,
Hookton marsh,
Humboldt Bay,
Humboldt County,
Mad River marsh, All tags...
Manila marsh,
White marsh,
biota,
estuarine processes,
inundation,
marsh ecosystems,
salt marsh,
water level, Fewer tags
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Tidal wetlands support plant communities that facilitate carbon storage, accrete soil, and provide habitat for terrestrial and aquatic species. Climate change is likely to alter estuaries through sea-level rise and changing precipitation patterns, although the ecological responses are uncertain. We were interested in plant responses to physiological stress induced by elevated water salinity and flooding conditions, which may be more prevalent under climate change. . We used a greenhouse experiment and factorial flooding (1, 12, 24, and 48 % time) and salinity (0, 5, 15, 30 PSU) treatments to evaluate the productivity responses of three emergent herbaceous species (Carex lyngbyei, Triglochin maritima, and Argentina...
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