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Elevation measurements of marsh-pond transitions along a historical marsh loss gradient in the Blackwater Estuary, MD, USA in 2014
Citable as data publication
Schepers, L.; Brennand, P.; Kirwan, M.L.; Guntenspergen, G.R.; Temmerman, S.; (2020): Elevation measurements of marsh-pond transitions along a historical marsh loss gradient in the Blackwater Estuary, MD, USA in 2014. Marine Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.14284/413
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High-precision elevation measurements were performed along a historical marsh loss gradient in the Blackwater Estuary, MD, USA.
The Blackwater marshes (Maryland, USA; 38°24’ N, 76°40’ W) are a brackish coastal marsh system where since 1938 more than 2,000 ha or 51 % of the marshes have been converted to shallow open water, with most marsh habitat lost upstream, and leaving the most downstream
marshes relatively intact. As a result, there is a spatial gradient of decreasing marsh area and increasing shallow open water area in upstream direction along the Blackwater River.
Five field sites along this marsh loss gradient were selected. This dataset contains measurements at at the transitions from vegetated marshes to unvegetated pond areas recorded with a high-precision GPS system during a field campaing in between August 14 and September 12, 2014. Scope Themes: Coastal studies (e.g. shores, estuaries) Keywords: Marine/Coastal, Brackish water, Coastal morphology, Marshes, Sea level changes, ANW, USA, Chesapeake Bay Geographical coverage ANW, USA, Chesapeake Bay [Marine Regions] Temporal coverage
14 August 2014 - 12 September 2014 Parameter
Elevation Contributors
Universiteit Antwerpen; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Departement Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Ecosysteembeheer (ECOBE), more, data creator, data creator
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), more, data creator, data creator
Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS), more, data creator, data creator
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), more
Publication
Based on this dataset
Schepers, L. (2017). Spatial patterns and bio-geomorphological effects of vegetation loss in a submerging coastal marsh. PhD Thesis. University of Antwerp, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology: Antwerp. xii, 124 pp., more
Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2020-05-31
Information last updated: 2020-05-31
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