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Data from: Decision science as a framework for combining geomorphological and ecological modeling for the management of coastal systems Coastal management decisions are complex and include challenging tradeoffs. Decision science offers a useful framework to address such complex problems. We illustrate the process with several coastal restoration studies. Our capstone example is based on a recent barrier island restoration assessment project at Dauphin Island, Alabama, which included the development of geomorphological and ecological models that forecast environmental changes over a 10 year time period from 2015 to 2025. The proposed framework aims to serve as a tool to assist coastal managers with the process of restoration. Specifically, we discuss the importance of considering concepts and techniques from ecology, coastal geology, geomorphology,... Categories: Data; Tags: Adaptive Management, Aquatic Biology, Barrier Island, Climatology, Dauphin Island, Alabama, All tags... Ecology, Environmental Health, Geography, Geomorphology, Geomorphology, Hydrology, Interdisciplinary Science, Land Use Change, Marine Geology, Restoration, Structured Decision Making, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), biota, Fewer tags Parcel cost benefit and portfolio selection data for reserve design optimization using modern portfolio analysis 1) Raw parcel-level habitat data for the South Carolina Lowcountry surrounding Cape Romain NWR and Francis Marion NF, from current current conditions and for three projected sea-level rise futures based on SLAMM model outputs, NLCD land cover and the projected distribution of sea levels for 2050. 2) a table of parcel identification numbers (without georeference) with parcel size (Ha) and sub-group identity. 3) Optimization-model derived reserve design portfolios that define the Pareto-optimal frontier for each sub-group and for four budget scenarios along axes of reserve design benefits and risk. Categories: Data; Tags: Data Visualization & Tools, Science Tools For Managers, Sea-Level Rise and Coasts, Southeast CASC, Water, Coasts and Ice, All tags... decision support methods, ecosystem services valuation, mathematical modeling, risk assessment, spatial analysis, Fewer tags Spatial conservation planning under uncertainty: adapting to climate change risks using modern portfolio theory Abstract (from Ecological Society of America (ESA): Climate change and urban growth impact habitats, species, and ecosystem services. To buffer against global change, an established adaptation strategy is designing protected areas to increase representation and complementarity of biodiversity features. Uncertainty regarding the scale and magnitude of landscape change complicates reserve planning and exposes decision makers to risk of failing to meet conservation goals. Conservation planning tends to treat risk as an absolute measure, ignoring the context of the management problem and risk preferences of stakeholders. Application to conservation of risk management theory emphasizes diversification of portfolio of... Categories: Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: Data Visualization & Tools, Science Tools For Managers, Sea-Level Rise and Coasts, Southeast CASC, Water, Coasts and Ice, All tags... climate uncertainty, modern portfolio theory, multi-criteria decision analysis, reserve design, risk management, sea-level rise, spatial conservation planning, Fewer tags Global change and conservation triage on National Wildlife Refuges Abstract (From http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol20/iss4/art14/): National Wildlife Refuges (NWRs) in the United States play an important role in the adaptation of social-ecological systems to climate change, land-use change, and other global-change processes. Coastal refuges are already experiencing threats from sea-level rise and other change processes that are largely beyond their ability to influence, while at the same time facing tighter budgets and reduced staff. We engaged in workshops with NWR managers along the U.S. Atlantic coast to understand the problems they face from global-change processes and began a multidisciplinary collaboration to use decision science to help address them. We are applying a... Categories: Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: Coastal, Data Visualization & Tools, National Wildlife Refuge, Northeast CASC, Science Tools For Managers, All tags... Sea-Level Rise, Sea-Level Rise and Coasts, Southeast CASC, Water, Coasts and Ice, Fewer tags Cape Romain Partnership for Coastal Protection Abstract (from USGS Publications Warehouse): This final report summarizes activities, outcomes, and lessons learned from a 3-year project titled “Climate Change Adaptation for Coastal National Wildlife Refuges” with the Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) and local partners in the surrounding South Carolina Lowcountry. The Lowcountry is classified as the 10-county area encompassing the coastal plain of South Carolina (this report specifically focuses on Berkeley, Charleston, and Georgetown Counties). The goals of this work, sponsored by the U.S. Geological Survey’s Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center (SECASC), were to foster active engagement with stakeholders; to develop a comprehensive definition... Categories: Publication; Types: Citation Final Project Memo – Climate Change Adaptation for Coastal National Wildlife Refuges Coastal ecosystems in the eastern U.S. have been severely altered by local processes associated with human development, including drainage of coastal wetlands, hydrologic alterations affecting sediment supply, and land-use change, and by global-scale ecological changes including sea-level rise and other effects associated with climate change. Together, these forces are degrading the capacity of ecological and social systems to respond to disturbance. The goal of this project was to foster active engagement with stakeholders; develop a comprehensive problem definition that expressed local values, knowledge, and perceptions; and encourage building of effective networks and trust across organizations and individuals... Tags: Adaptive management, Data Visualization & Tools, Science Tools For Managers, Sea-Level Rise and Coasts, Southeast CASC, All tags... Southeast CASC, Water, Coasts and Ice, coastal refuge, global change, optimization, portfolio analysis, reserve design, resource allocation, sea-level rise, structured decision making, Fewer tags Workshop Report: Maximizing the social and ecological value of Cape Romain National Wildlife Coastal ecosystems in the Eastern U.S. have been severely altered by processes associated with human development, including drainage of wetlands, changes in hydrology, land clearing, agricultural and forestry activity, and the construction of structures that "harden" the coast. Sea-level rise and the changing frequency of extreme events associated with climate change are now further degrading the capacity of those ecological and social systems to remain resilient. As custodians of ecological goods and services valued by society, coastal National Wildlife Refuges (NWRs) have an especially important role to play in helping socio-ecological systems adapt to global-change processes. To help refuges address this challenge,... Categories: Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge, Data Visualization & Tools, Northeast CASC, Science Tools For Managers, Sea-Level Rise and Coasts, All tags... South Carolina, Southeast CASC, Water, Coasts and Ice, coastal ecosystems, eastern U.S., global change processes, Fewer tags Data Release: Modeling coastal salinity regime for biological application Salinity regimes in coastal ecosystems are highly dynamic and driven by complex geomorphic and hydrological processes. Estuarine biota are generally adapted to salinity fluctuation, but are vulnerable to salinity extremes. Characterizing coastal salinity regime for ecological studies therefore requires representing extremes of salinity ranges at various time scales relevant to ecology (e.g., daily, monthly, seasonally). This data release provides supporting data for the journal article titled, "Quantifying uncertainty in coastal salinity regime for biological application using quantile regression," by Yurek et al. (2022). A spatially-resolved model was developed that derives quantile distributions of salinity related... Tags: Aquatic Biology, Climatology, Ecology, Hydrology, Land Use Change, All tags... Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge, Suwannee Sound, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Water Quality, biological salinity tolerance, biota, climate, coastal salinity regime, drought, prediction, quantile regression, streamflow, uncertainty, Fewer tags Modeling structural mechanics of oyster reef self-organization including environmental constraints and community interactions Abstract (from Ecological Modelling): Self-organization is a process of establishing and reinforcing local structures through feedbacks between internal population dynamics and external factors. In reef-building systems, substrate is collectively engineered by individuals that also occupy it and compete for space. Reefs are constrained spatially by the physical environment, and by mortality, which reduces production but exposes substrate for recruits. Reef self-organization therefore depends on efficient balancing of production and occupancy of substrate. To examine this, we develop a three-dimensional individual-based model (IBM) of oyster reef mechanics. Shell substrate is grown by individuals as valves, accumulates... Categories: Publication; Types: Citation