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Establishing a Baseline of Estuarine Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Resources Across Salinity Zones Within Coastal Areas of the Northern Gulf of Mexico Categories: Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: Plants, SAV, Sea-Level Rise and Coasts, South Central CASC, Water, Coasts and Ice, All tags... Wetlands, Wildlife and Plants, climate change, species assemblages, water depth, Fewer tags Synthesizing models useful for ecohydrology and ecohydraulic approaches: An emphasis on integrating models to address complex research questions Categories: Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: Ecology, Ecology models, Hydraulics, Hydrologic models, Hydrology, All tags... Model Integration, Rivers, Streams and Lakes, Science Tools For Managers, South Central CASC, State of the Science, Water Quality, Water, Coasts and Ice, landscape, Fewer tags Submerged aquatic vegetation and environmental data along a salinity gradient in Barataria Bay, Louisiana (2015) This data set includes bi-monthly data on submerged aquatic vegetation species composition, percent cover, above and below ground biomass and environmental data at coastal sites across the fresh to saline gradient in Barataria Bay, LA. This project was co-funded by the South Central Climate Adaptation Science Center and the Gulf Coast Prairie and the Gulf Coastal Plains and Ozarks Landscape Conservation Cooperatives. An alternate reference to this product can be found here. Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Climatology, Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana Coastal, Plants, Sea-Level Rise and Coasts, All tags... South Central CASC, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Water, Coasts and Ice, Wetlands, Wildlife and Plants, aquatic vegetation, coastal zone management, coastal zones, estuary, salinity, wetland, wetland ecosystems, wetlands, Fewer tags Defining Aquatic Habitat Zones Across Northern Gulf of Mexico Estuarine Gradients Through Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Species Assemblage and Biomass Data Submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) creates highly productive habitats in coastal areas, providing support for many important species of fish and wildlife. Despite the importance and documented loss of SAV across fresh to marine habitats globally, we lack consistent baseline data on estuarine SAV resources, particularly in the northern Gulf of Mexico (NGOM) estuaries. To understand SAV distribution in the NGOM, SAV biomass and species identity were collected at 384 sites inter-annually (June–September; 2013–2015) from Mobile Bay, Alabama, to San Antonio Bay, Texas, USA. Coastwide, SAV distribution and biomass were consistent across years, covering an estimated 87,000 ha, and supporting approximately 16 ± 1% total... Categories: Publication; Types: Citation Seed biomass from shallow coastal water areas along a salinity gradient in Barataria Bay, Louisiana (2015) This dataset provides bi-monthly data on seed biomass collected in shallow water habitats across the fresh to saline gradient at coastal sites in Barataria Bay, Louisiana. This project was co-funded by the South Central Climate Adaptation Science Center and the Gulf Coast Prairie and the Gulf Coastal Plains and Ozarks Landscape Conservation Cooperatives. An alternate reference to this product can be found here. Categories: Data; Types: Citation; Tags: Alabama, Climatology, Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana Coastal, Mississippi Coastal, All tags... Plants, Sea-Level Rise and Coasts, South Central CASC, Texas, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Water, Coasts and Ice, Wetlands, Wildlife and Plants, coastal ecosystems, coastal zones, wetlands, Fewer tags Evaluating the stationarity assumption in statistically downscaled climate projections: is past performance an indicator of future results? Abstract (from http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10584-016-1598-0): Empirical statistical downscaling (ESD) methods seek to refine global climate model (GCM) outputs via processes that glean information from a combination of observations and GCM simulations. They aim to create value-added climate projections by reducing biases and adding finer spatial detail. Analysis techniques, such as cross-validation, allow assessments of how well ESD methods meet these goals during observational periods. However, the extent to which an ESD method’s skill might differ when applied to future climate projections cannot be assessed readily in the same manner. Here we present a “perfect model” experimental design that quantifies... Categories: Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: Climate Projections, Downscaling, South Central CASC Final Report: Building Capacity within the CSC Network to Effectively Deliver and Communicate Science to Resource Managers and Planners We brought together expertise in the social and communication sciences from targeted academic institutions, particularly experts and scholars who are affiliated with the nation’s Climate Science Centers, by means of an invited workshop. The purpose of this effort is to bring together such a group but also to focus experts in the nation’s Climate Science Centers on how these Centers’ affiliates can more effectively communicate the science of this important but often misunderstood problem and meaningfully inform effective policy in each region. Categories: Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: Science Communication, Science Tools for Managers, Social Science, South Central CASC, Workshop, All tags... social, Fewer tags Estuarine Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Habitat Provides Organic Carbon Storage Across a Shifting Landscape Abstract (from ScienceDirect): Submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) thrives across the estuarine salinity gradient providing valuable ecosystem services. Within the saline portion of estuaries, seagrass areas are frequently cited as hotspots for their role in capturing and retaining organic carbon (Corg). Non-seagrass SAV, located in the fresh to brackish estuarine areas, may also retain significant soil Corg, yet their role remains unquantified. Given rapidly occurring landscape and salinity changes due to human and natural disturbances, landscape level carbon pool estimates from estuarine SAV habitat blue carbon estimates are needed. We assessed Corg stocks in SAV habitat soils from estuarine freshwater to saline... Categories: Publication; Types: Citation Brackish Marsh Zones as a Waterfowl Habitat Resource in Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Beds in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Categories: Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: Plants, Sea-Level Rise and Coasts, South Central CASC, Water, Coasts and Ice, Wetlands, All tags... Wildlife and Plants, sea-level rise, seed biomass, submerged aquatic vegetation, waterfowl, Fewer tags Final Report: Inter-Tribal Workshops on Climate Change in the Central U.S. The establishment of the South Central Climate Science Center (SCCSC) heralded new forms of partnership among Tribal nations and members of the climate science and conservation communities. But communicating key concepts such as risk and vulnerability is a culturally specific practice. So these new relationships call for pluricultural conversations about climate change and variability. To contribute to the goal of mutual understanding, this project developed and implemented a series of five workshops -- four in Oklahoma and one in New Mexico -- that introduced Tribal members and employees across the region to the SC CSC as a resource for their climate adaptation practices. Not counting members of the research team,... Categories: Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: Climate Change Adaptation, Indigenous, Indigenous Peoples, South Central CASC, Tribal, All tags... Tribes and Tribal Organizations, video, workshop, Fewer tags Submerged aquatic vegetation and environmental data for coastal areas from Texas through Alabama, 2013-2015 This projects primary goal was to provide data on occurrence and abundance of SAV resources within the fresh to saline coastal waters of the northern Gulf of Mexico, and to relate these findings to key environmental variables. The data set provides the collected data from 2013, 2014 and 2015 on site location, discrete water quality, aquatic vegetation cover and biomass by species. The same 384 sites were collected each year, between June and September. This project was co-funded by the South Central Climate Adaptation Science Center and the Gulf Coast Prairie and the Gulf Coastal Plains and Ozarks Landscape Conservation Cooperatives. An alternate reference to this product can be found here. Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Alabama, Aquatic Biology, Climatology, Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana Coastal, All tags... Mississippi Coastal, Plants, Sea-Level Rise and Coasts, South Central CASC, Texas, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Water, Coasts and Ice, Wetlands, Wildlife and Plants, aquatic vegetation, estuary, marsh, wetland ecosystems, wetlands, Fewer tags Seed biomass from shallow coastal water areas from Texas through Alabama, 2013-2015 This projects primary goal was to provide data on biomass of potential seed resources located within shallow water coastal areas within fresh to saline coastal waters of the northern Gulf of Mexico. The data set provides biomass of seeds, by species or lowest practical taxon from 2013, 2014 and 2015 across 384 randomly selected sites located in shallow water coastal areas. The data were collected between June and September of each year. This data set can be merged with a dataset which reports submerged aquatic vegetation and environmental data collected at the same time (La Peyre et al. 2017; https://doi.org/10.5066/F7GH9G44). This project was co-funded by the South Central Climate Adaptation Science Center and... Categories: Data; Types: Citation; Tags: Alabama, Aquatic Biology, Climatology, Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana Coastal, All tags... Mississippi Coastal, Plants, Sea-Level Rise and Coasts, South Central CASC, Texas, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Water, Coasts and Ice, Wetlands, Wildlife and Plants, aquatic vegetation, coastal ecosystems, coastal zones, submerged aquatic vegetation, waterfowl seed resources, wetland, wetland ecosystems, Fewer tags Holocene climate variability in Texas, USA: An integration of existing paleoclimate data and modeling with a new, high-resolution speleothem record Abstract (from http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277379115300329): Delineating the climate processes governing precipitation variability in drought-prone Texas is critical for predicting and mitigating climate change effects, and requires the reconstruction of past climate beyond the instrumental record. We synthesize existing paleoclimate proxy data and climate simulations to provide an overview of climate variability in Texas during the Holocene. Conditions became progressively warmer and drier transitioning from the early to mid Holocene, culminating between 7 and 3 ka (thousand years ago), and were more variable during the late Holocene. The timing and relative magnitude of Holocene climate... Categories: Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: Holocene, Other Water, Paleoclimate reconstruction, South Central CASC, Speleothem, All tags... Texas, Water, Coasts and Ice, Fewer tags Delineation of Marsh Types From Corpus Christi Bay, Texas, to Perdido Bay, Alabama, in 2010 Categories: Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: Sea-Level Rise and Coasts, South Central CASC, Water, Coasts and Ice, Wetlands Quantifying Seining Detection Probability for Fishes of Great Plains Sand‐Bed Rivers Abstract (from Wiley Online Library): Species detection error (i.e., imperfect and variable detection probability) is an essential consideration when investigators map distributions and interpret habitat associations. When fish detection error that is due to highly variable instream environments needs to be addressed, sand‐bed streams of the Great Plains represent a unique challenge. We quantified seining detection probability for diminutive Great Plains fishes across a range of sampling conditions in two sand‐bed rivers in Oklahoma. Imperfect detection resulted in underestimates of species occurrence using naïve estimates, particularly for less common fishes. Seining detection probability also varied among fishes... Categories: Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: Rivers, Streams and Lakes, Science Tools For Managers, South Central CASC, State of the Science, Water, Coasts and Ice Effects of salinity and light on growth and interspecific interactions between Myriophyllum spicatum L. and Ruppia maritima L. Abstract (from ScienceDirect): Submerged macrophyte habitats provide significant benefits to estuarine systems. In southeast Louisiana, Myriophyllum spicatum L. (milfoil) and Ruppia maritima L. (widgeongrass) are dominant species existing across fresh to brackish areas. Though frequently co-occurring across the range of salinity and light conditions, their individual responses to changing environmental conditions from restoration, weather and climate may determine overall species distribution, and biomass abundance. We compared milfoil and widgeongrass growth (i.e., biomass increase) across a range of salinity and light, in monoculture (salinity: 0, 5, 10, 15, 20; light: high ˜ 50% ambient; low ˜ 20% ambient), and... Categories: Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: Plants, Sea-Level Rise and Coasts, South Central CASC, Water, Coasts and Ice, Wetlands, All tags... Wildlife and Plants, Fewer tags Salinity and Water Clarity Dictate Seasonal Variability in Coastal Submerged Aquatic Vegetation in Subtropical Estuarine Environments Abstract (from Inter-Research Science Publisher): Spatial and temporal variability characterize submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) assemblages, but understanding the complex interactions of environmental drivers of SAV assemblages remains elusive. We documented SAV composition and biomass across a salinity gradient in a coastal estuary over 12 mo. Ten macrophyte species were identified. The dominant species, Ceratophyllum demersum and Myriophyllum spicatum, accounted for over 40% of total biomass. Only Ruppia maritima occurred across the salinity gradient. Salinity, water depth and clarity delineated 3 assemblages: a saline assemblage, and 2 groups of fresher-water species, one associated with deeper water and lower... Categories: Publication; Types: Citation Sediment carbon, submerged aquatic vegetation and environmental variables in deltaic southeast Louisiana (2015-2016) These present data on sediment carbon within submerged aquatic vegetation beds from fresh to saline coastal locations in Barataria Bay, Louisiana. Water quality, site location, vegetation biomass and species composition are presented. This project was co-funded by the South Central Climate Adaptation Science Center and the Gulf Coast Prairie Landscape Conservation Cooperative and Gulf Coastal Plains and Ozarks LCC. An alternate reference to this product can be found here. Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Louisiana Coastal, Plants, Sea-Level Rise and Coasts, South Central CASC, All tags... USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Water, Coasts and Ice, Wetlands, Wildlife and Plants, aquatic vegetation, carbon sequestration, coastal ecosystems, coastal zones, oceans, salinity, Fewer tags