[SEMCO] Special Webinar Invitation: Marshes, Mosquitos and Sea Level Rise

Wed Oct 21 15:21:36 EDT 2020

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Friday, Oct. 30th – REGISTER NOW

Webinar | Friday, Oct. 30th | 10AM – 12PM

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Assessing the impacts of hydrological alterations due to ditching on salt marsh ecosystem services and sustainability

Join us for this special session to learn about research results and tools from the Marsh Sustainability and Hydrology (MSH) Project and discuss potential application to your work and salt marsh management and restoration.

Webinar: Friday, Oct. 30th
10AM – 12PM

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Coastal resource managers are tasked with making decisions that simultaneously address the welfare of local communities and the sustainability of salt marshes and the valuable ecosystem services they support. In New England, anthropogenic ditches were dug to reduce shallow ponds on the marsh platform where mosquitoes breed, although this may have led to unintended consequences such as lower elevations and increased susceptibility to sea-level rise.

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In order to evaluate the net impacts of ditching to carbon storage and elevation resilience, researchers from the MSH project team conducted extensive field sampling over a two- year period and carried out detailed lab analyses to help answer key questions from managers. They collected cores from the ditched and unditched sections of the main study site - Great Barnstable Marsh (MA, USA) - and measured and compared parameters including accretion rates, soil properties, soil organic carbon and ages, to determine the impact of ditching on marsh sustainability to sea level rise.

In addition, to help meet needs communicated by managers, the MSH team calibrated a geomorphic model with field data and used it to develop a management decision support tool which was shaped with input from potential end users. The tool is intended to help managers assess impact of different management strategies on salt marsh sustainability and ecosystem service delivery.

In this webinar we will share the main results and outputs of the MSH project and discuss ways this information can be used to manage marsh hydrology and balance different needs in a changing climate. We will also discuss collaboration opportunities around applying the MSH decision support tool and future research.

— TARGET AUDIENCE —
Resource managers, restoration practitioners, researchers, federal and state agency staff, local officials, and non-profit organizations working on coastal resilience and salt marsh restoration and conservation.

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Join Us for this Webinar
October 30, 2020 | 10AM – 12PM

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— PROJECT PARTNERS —
University of Georgia, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Louisiana State University, United States Geological Survey, Cape Cod Mosquito Control, US Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service and the Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve

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MSH Team Members:
Amanda Spivak, Principal Investigator, University of Georgia
Sheron Luk, Ph.D. Candidate, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Meagan Eagle, Research Scientist, United States Geological Survey
Gabrielle Sakolsky, Superintendent, Cape Cod Mosquito Control
Susan Adamowicz, Salt Marsh LMRD Biologist, Rachel Carson, NWR, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Giulio Mariotti, Assistant Professor, Louisiana State University
Megan Tyrrell, Research Coordinator, Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
Tonna-Marie Surgeon Rogers, Director, Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve

This study was funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration through the NERRS Science Collaborative. Stakeholders and end users from a diverse group of federal, state and local organizations contributed input to the development of the MSH Decision Support Tool.

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