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- description: Biomass production is positively correlated with mean tidal range in salt marshes along the Atlantic coast of
the United States of America. Recent studies support the idea that enhanced stability of the marshes can be attributed to
increased vegetative growth due to increased tidal range. This dataset displays the spatial variation mean tidal range (i.e.
Mean Range of Tides, MN) in the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge (EBFNWR), which spans over Great Bay, Little Egg
Harbor, and Barnegat Bay in New Jersey, USA. MN was based on the calculated difference in height between mean high water (MHW)
and mean low water (MLW) using the VDatum (v3.5) software (http://vdatum.noaa.gov/). The input elevation was set to zero in
VDatum to calculate the relative difference between the two datums. As part of the Hurricane Sandy Science Plan, the U.S.
Geological Survey has started a Wetland Synthesis Project to expand National Assessment of Coastal Change Hazards and forecast
products to coastal wetlands. The intent is to provide federal, state, and local managers with tools to estimate their vulnerability
and ecosystem service potential. For this purpose, the response and resilience of coastal wetlands to physical factors need
to be assessed in terms of the ensuing change to their vulnerability and ecosystem services. EBFNWR was selected as a pilot
study area.; abstract: Biomass production is positively correlated with mean tidal range in salt marshes along the Atlantic
coast of the United States of America. Recent studies support the idea that enhanced stability of the marshes can be attributed
to increased vegetative growth due to increased tidal range. This dataset displays the spatial variation mean tidal range
(i.e. Mean Range of Tides, MN) in the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge (EBFNWR), which spans over Great Bay, Little
Egg Harbor, and Barnegat Bay in New Jersey, USA. MN was based on the calculated difference in height between mean high water
(MHW) and mean low water (MLW) using the VDatum (v3.5) software (http://vdatum.noaa.gov/). The input elevation was set to
zero in VDatum to calculate the relative difference between the two datums. As part of the Hurricane Sandy Science Plan, the
U.S. Geological Survey has started a Wetland Synthesis Project to expand National Assessment of Coastal Change Hazards and
forecast products to coastal wetlands. The intent is to provide federal, state, and local managers with tools to estimate
their vulnerability and ecosystem service potential. For this purpose, the response and resilience of coastal wetlands to
physical factors need to be assessed in terms of the ensuing change to their vulnerability and ecosystem services. EBFNWR
was selected as a pilot study area.
Citation
- Title Mean tidal range in salt marsh units of Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, New Jersey (polygon shapefile).
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2018-05-21T09:30:03.688912
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