Primary production across a coastal wetland landscape in Louisiana, U.S.A. environmental data (2012-2014)
Description
Above- and belowground production in coastal wetlands are important contributors to carbon accumulation and ecosystem sustainability. As sea level rises, we can expect shifts to more salt-tolerant communities, which may alter these ecosystem functions and services. Although the direct influence of salinity on species-level primary production has been documented, we lack an understanding of the landscape-level response of coastal wetlands to increasing salinity. What are the indirect effects of sea-level rise, i.e. how does primary production vary across a landscape gradient of increasing salinity that incorporates changes in wetland type? We measured above- and belowground production in four wetland types that span an entire coastal gradient from fresh to saline marsh.
Resources
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Landing page for access to the data |
https://doi.org/10.5066/F7G44NFJ |
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The metadata original format |
https://data.usgs.gov/datacatalog/metadata/USGS.581a3571e4b0bb36a4ca2f3a.xml |
Tags
- aboveground-production
- usgs-581a3571e4b0bb36a4ca2f3a
- salinity-gradient
- coastal-wetlands
- sea-level-rise
- climate-change
- wetland-type
- louisiana
- landscape-scale
- barataria-basin
- belowground-production
- terrebonne-basin