Landward migration of tidal saline wetlands with sea-level rise and urbanization: a comparison of northern Gulf of Mexico estuaries

Publication Date

2018-04-23

Start

1983-01-01

End

2100-01-01

Borchert, S.M., Osland, M.J., Enwright, N.M., and Griffith, K.T., 2018, Landward migration of tidal saline wetlands with sea-level rise and urbanization: A comparison of northern Gulf of Mexico estuaries: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7S75F7K.

Type: Related Primary Publication

This effort builds on work by Enwright and others (2015, 2016) which modeled future tidal saline wetland landward migration at the region scale (i.e., all five Gulf coast states). However, there is much potential to use these data for customized analyses focused on landscape conservation design within specific estuaries. The objective of this analysis was to identify differences across estuaries in future landward tidal saline wetland migration opportunities and urban barriers to migration. In broad terms, we provide scientific information that could be used by natural resource managers to enhance the adaptive capacity of coastal wetlands in the face of sea-level rise and coastal development. REFERENCES Enwright, N.M., Griffith, K.T., and Osland, M.J., 2015, Incorporating future change into current conservation planning—Evaluating tidal saline wetland migration along the U.S. Gulf of Mexico coast under alternative sea-level rise and urbanization scenarios, U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 969, http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ds969. Enwright, N.M., Griffith, K.T., and Osland, M.J., 2016, Barriers to and opportunities for landward migration of coastal wetlands with sea-level rise: Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, v. 14, p. 307-316.

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