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Status and Trends |
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These tasks include a variety of methods to track brown marsh spread/recovery:
fixed wing transects, helicopter transects, aerial photography, and
LANDSAT imagery. Fixed wing and helicopter surveys are key in locating
and determining the extent of marsh dieback. Aerial photography is important
to provide high-resolution imagery for studying marsh dieback in relation
to adjacent wetland areas. Satellite imagery can be used to monitor
large areas of wetlands across different salinity regimes.
Task I.1
Photointerpret, using stereo techniques and ground truthing, aerial
infrared photographs of twelve 1:24.000 quadrangle maps of highly stressed
saline marsh taken in the Barataria Terrebonne Estuary in the fall of
2000.
For a copy of this proposal please contact:
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Larry
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National Wetlands Research Center |
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US Geological Survey |
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337-266-8581 |
Task I.2
Characterize brown marsh progression and/or recovery in brackish and
saline marshes across the entire coast of Louisiana using Landsat imagery
for two dates: one in the late summer/early fall of 2000 and the next
in late summer/early fall of 2001.
For a copy of this proposal please contact:
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Shea Penland |
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Coastal Research Laboratory |
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Data
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University of New Orleans |
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504-280-3119 |
Task I.3
Characterizing the Brown Marsh Spectral Response at the Plant and Canopy
Level by using Multi-Resolution Imagery and Aerial Photography Data.
For a copy of this proposal please contact:
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Elijah Ramsey |
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National Wetlands Research Center |
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US Geological Survey |
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337-266-8575 |
Task I.4
Obtain late summer/early fall 2001 aerial infrared photography covering
the 12 quadrangle maps chosen in Task I.1. Rectify photography to produce
a contiguous mosaic that will show the extent of the effected areas.
Compare this to data generated from the fall 2000 aerial infrared photography
to conduct change analyses for the quadrangle maps chosen in Task 1.1.
For a copy of this proposal please contact:
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Larry Handley |
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National Wetlands Research Center |
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US Geological Survey |
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337-266-8581 |
Task I.6
Perform ground assessments of plant recovery and soil conditions during
spring and fall of 2001 at the multiple field sites throughout the Barataria
and Terrebonne Basins that were established in 2000.
For a copy of this proposal please contact:
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Karen McKee |
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National Wetlands Research Center |
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Final Report (5.73 MB) |
US Geological Survey |
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337-266-8662 |
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