A Proposed Coast-Wide Reference Monitoring System for Evaluating Wetland Restoration Trajectories in Louisiana

Steyer, Gregory D.; Sasser, Charles E.; Visser, Jenneke M.; Swenson, Erick M.; Nyman, John A.; Raynie, Richard C.

doi:10.1007/978-94-017-0299-7_11

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“…1) and were co-located with Coastwide Reference Monitoring Systems (CRMS) stations (http://lacoast.gov/crms2/home.aspx). Since 2006, continuous hydrological (salinity, temperature, water level) and discrete vegetation, soil, and elevation data have been collected at the CRMS sites (Steyer et al 2003).…”

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Relationships Between Salinity and Short-Term Soil Carbon Accumulation Rates from Marsh Types Across a Landscape in the Mississippi River Delta

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Salinity alterations will likely change the plant and environmental characteristics in coastal marshes thereby influencing soil carbon accumulation rates. Coastal Louisiana marshes have been historically classified as fresh, intermediate, brackish, or saline based on resident plant community and position along a salinity gradient. Short-term total carbon accumulation rates were assessed by collecting 10-cm deep soil cores at 24 sites located in marshes spanning the salinity gradient. Bulk density, total carbon content, and the short-term accretion rates obtained with feldspar horizon markers were measured to determine total carbon accumulation rates. Despite some significant differences in soil properties among marsh types, the mean total carbon accumulation rates among marsh types were not significantly different (mean ± std. err. of 190 ± 27 g TC m −2 year −1 ). However, regression analysis indicated that mean annual surface salinity had a significant negative relationship with total carbon accumulation rates. Based on both analyses, the coastal Louisiana total marsh area (1,433,700 ha) accumulates about 2.7 to 3.3 Tg C year −1 .Changing salinities due to increasing relative sea level or resulting from restoration activities may alter carbon accumulation rates in the short term and significantly influence the global carbon cycle.

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Relationships Between Salinity and Short-Term Soil Carbon Accumulation Rates from Marsh Types Across a Landscape in the Mississippi River Delta

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“…The Coastwide Reference Monitoring System (CRMS) for the State of Louisiana, USA, established approximately 340 stations across its coastal zone, each including an elevation benchmark, tide gauge, RSET station and associated vegetation plots 61,62 . Five years of RSET data collection will allow scoring of a site's vulnerability to SLR in a 'Submergence Vulnerability Index' , with vulnerable sites defined as those where the rate of elevation change is too low to offset relative SLR 63 .…”

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“…In that scenario, regional mangrove RSET networks could be developed in the Caribbean, East Africa, the Middle East, the Indian Ocean, Southeast Asia and the Pacific, not precluding networks in less-vulnerable regions or based on other criteria such as ecology or management 61 . Each regional network would consist of 5-10 countries, each having as few as 10 RSET sites (the minimal design for five countries) to as many as 100 RSET sites (monitoring all mangrove patches >10 km 2 ).…”

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A global standard for monitoring coastal wetland vulnerability to accelerated sea-level rise

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“…The Recovery model tests the "parallelism hypothesis" (Skalski et al 2001): how a treatment site recovers in comparison to a relatively undisturbed reference site, as opposed to comparison to "before" conditions at a control (cf. Miller and Simenstad 1997;Skalski et al 2001;Hood 2002a;Thom et al 2002;Steyer et al 2003). This analytical method is discussed in more detail and diagrammed in Johnson et al (2008, Figure 5).…”

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“…The goal of many restoration activities is to repair connectivity and function of these habitats, to thereby allow fish to regain benefits from these important rearing and refuge areas. However, researchers and managers require the means to 1) evaluate the effectiveness of individual restoration activities (Roni et al 2002), 2) compare projects (Neckles et al 2002;Williams and Orr 2002), and 3) determine the long-term and cumulative effects of habitat restoration on the overall ecosystem (Steyer et al 2003;Diefenderfer et al 2005a). This can best be achieved with a standardized set of research and monitoring metrics.…”

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Protocols for Monitoring Habitat Restoration Projects in the Lower Columbia River and Estuary

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Diefenderfer²,

Borde³

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Protocols for Monitoring Habitat Restoration Projects in the Lower Columbia River and Estuaryiii AbstractThis document describes a set of protocols developed by the National Marine Fisheries Service of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, and the Columbia River Estuary Study Taskforce with the support of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. These protocols are designed for researchers and managers monitoring the effectiveness of actions to restore degraded wetland habitat in the lower Columbia River and estuary (CRE). The intent is to promote a standard set of monitoring protocols to assess and compare habitat restoration projects in the region.The goal of many restoration activities in the CRE is to repair the connectivity and function of wetland habitats, and thereby to allow juvenile salmon to regain benefit from these important rearing and refuge areas. To do this effectively, researchers and managers require the means to 1) evaluate the results of individual restoration activities, 2) compare results among projects, and 3) determine the long-term and cumulative effects of habitat restoration on the overall estuary ecosystem. To help achieve this, we have developed a standardized set of monitoring protocols. We limited the number of metrics to a proposed "core" set and selected measurement methods that are straightforward and economical to use. By "core," we mean an optimum suite of metrics that can adequately detail the results of restoration, depending on the goals of the restoration action and financial and logistical limitations of comprehensively monitoring ecological change over extended temporal and spatial scales. We selected core metrics based on the following criteria: 1) correspond to commonly held restoration project goals; 2) are applicable to all sites; 3) characterize controlling factors, ecosystem structure, and ecosystem function; 4) are relevant to both present and future investigations; and 5) are practical in terms of level of effort.In this document, we summarize the types of restoration strategies being planned and implemented in the CRE. We then propose a set of metrics and statistical design for restoration monitoring activities based on commonly shared ecological goals. Finally, we provide specific protocols for this set of estuary monitoring metrics. Monitoring protocols are provided for hydrology (water surface elevation); water quality (temperature, salinity); elevation (topography); landscape features (remote sensing); plant community (composition and cover); vegetation plantings (success); and fish community (species, temporal presence, size/age structure).

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A Proposed Coast-Wide Reference Monitoring System for Evaluating Wetland Restoration Trajectories in Louisiana

Cited by 35 publications

References 6 publications

Relationships Between Salinity and Short-Term Soil Carbon Accumulation Rates from Marsh Types Across a Landscape in the Mississippi River Delta

Relationships Between Salinity and Short-Term Soil Carbon Accumulation Rates from Marsh Types Across a Landscape in the Mississippi River Delta

A global standard for monitoring coastal wetland vulnerability to accelerated sea-level rise

Protocols for Monitoring Habitat Restoration Projects in the Lower Columbia River and Estuary

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