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The Science Issue and Relevance: Coastal wetlands are some of the most productive and valuable habitats in the world. Louisiana contains 40% of the United States’ coastal wetlands, which provide critical habitat for waterfowl and fisheries, as well as many other benefits, such as storm surge protection for coastal communities. In terms of ecosystem services, biological resource production, and infrastructure investments, the value of Louisiana’s coastal wetlands exceeds $100 billion. Thus, stakeholders are gravely concerned about sea-level rise which is causing coastal marsh habitat to convert to open water and resulting in the highest rates of wetland loss in the world, with nearly 1.2 million acres lost since...
Categories: Project;
Types: Map Service,
OGC WFS Layer,
OGC WMS Layer,
OGC WMS Service;
Tags: 2020,
CASC,
Completed,
Projects by Region,
Rivers, Streams and Lakes, All tags...
Sea-Level Rise and Coasts,
Sea-Level Rise and Coasts,
South Central,
South Central CASC,
Water, Coasts and Ice,
Water, Coasts and Ice,
Wetlands,
Wetlands, Fewer tags
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This dataset provides the water content, bulk density, carbon concentrations, nitrogen concentrations, and carbon content of all fourteen cores sampled in coastal Louisiana (CRMS 0224) in October of 2019. Each sample is identified by a unique identifier that corresponds to each site by depth increment combination. The pond age range associated with each site is provided. The depth increment associated with each sample is provided.
Categories: Data;
Tags: Ecology,
Louisiana,
Mississippi River Delta,
Soil Sciences,
USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), All tags...
United States,
carbon cycling,
ecological processes,
environment,
sea-level change,
wetland ecosystems, Fewer tags
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