Description
Protection and restoration of coastal watersheds requires the synthesis of complex environmental issues. Contaminated site remediation, dredging and disposal of contaminated sediments, and restoring injured habitats are a few of the challenges facing coastal managers. The evaluation of multiple environmental issues can be significantly improved by combining scientific data and watershed characteristics into a Geographic Information System (GIS).NOAA's Coastal Protection and Restoration Division (CPRD) has developed decision-support tools for specific watersheds around the country that combine the use of a standard database structure, database-mapping application, and GIS. CPRD Watershed Database & Mapping Projects facilitate sediment and tissue chemistry and bioeffects data, natural resources, and potential habitat restoration projects to be overlaid on a watershed's features and land uses, and displayed on maps at flexible spatial scales. This approach simplifies data analysis and presentation, provides valuable tools for complex decision-making, and improves our understanding of dynamic aquatic ecosystems.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/cpr/watershed/watershedtools.html | HTML | Downloadable Data | Open resource |
| Citation URL | HTML | Online Resource | Open resource |
| Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords | Unknown | The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. | Open resource |
| Full Metadata Record | Unknown | View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. | Open resource |
| NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) | NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. | Open resource |
Tags
- alcoa/lavaca bay
- anacostia river
- aquatic ecosystems
- calcasieu estuary
- charles river
- charleston harbor
- chemical threat
- christina river
- coastal region
- coastal storms initiative
- contaminant release
- data management
- data sharing
- doc/noaa/nos/orr
- elizabeth river
- environmental monitoring
- environmental sensitivity index
- hudson river
- hurricane mitch
- kalamazoo river
- marplot
- massachusetts bay
- national ocean service
- newark bay
- new bedford
- noaa
- npl
- office of response and restoration
- orr gis
- portland harbor
- puget sound
- query manager
- restoration
- san francisco bay
- sediment bioassay
- sediment chemistry
- sheboygan river
- southern california
- st. andrew bay
- st. john's river
- st. lawrence river
- st. louis river
- superfund site
- tissue chemistry
- toxicity
- united states
- u.s. department of commerce
- u.s. exclusive economic zone
- watershed
- willamette river