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Tidal Wetland Restoration Monitoring
Pages 137-150

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From page 137...
... . Continued losses of tidal marshlands and APPROACHES their interactions with other Gulf Coast habitats are unraveling the remaining natural and human Gulf states and federal agencies have connections often referred to as ecosystem developed programs to restore emergent wetlands services.
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From page 138...
... . Monitoring for adaptive management the Gulf Coast have provided many opportunities needs to be included in the monitoring plan when for large-scale restoration, however considerable these questions are critical to restoring marsh uncertainties can hinder restoration activities.
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From page 139...
... PRO OJECT-LEVEL MONITORIN AND M NG ASSES SSMENT PLAN CONSIDER RATIONS Cons struction Mon nitoring Information Needs Bas on Monito sed oring Purpose e and Proje Objectives ect s A habitat re All estoration pro ojects entail some man ipulation, typ pically to esttablish the hhabitat As deefined in Part I of this rep port, the three e struc cture and biopphysical proc cesses necessa for ary primary purposes of restoration monitoring f n g deveelopment or enhancem r ment of a selfinclude (1 assuring projects are built and are 1) p b e mainntaining habitat.
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From page 140...
... However, others may require in-depth monitoring Monitoring for Adaptive Management at specified spatial and temporal scales. For example, a funding agency may require an For projects with uncertainties that might estimate of carbon storage for a restored marsh, reduce performance or lead to failure, monitoring which may necessitate an additional monitoring for adaptive management is appropriate.
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From page 141...
... In addition, post-construction monitoring (e.g., The metrics chosen for each restoration subsidence, plant survival at the end of the first project, and at a larger scale for groups of growing season) may need to be performed at projects, depend upon the objectives, financial certain times to assess whether specified resources, monitoring plan, and the team (see standards supplied in the restoration plan are met.
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From page 142...
... restore tidal flushing and native vegetation to an emergent marsh that (b) increases habitat con- Monitoring Planning Considerations nectivity for fish in support of fisheries, and (c)
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From page 143...
... Since much of performance depend upon the restoration approach, monitoring involves establishing progress as the objectives, site conditions, processes, and restored marsh approaches its reference with stressors. For our Example 1, sediment samples of respect to specific objectives, a sampling design grain size, either within marsh peat or in adjacent to examine trends (e.g., trajectories)
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From page 144...
... , but for basin-wide and through banding, using on the ground point regional evaluation of restoration actions, it is counts, or specific repeatable vantage points and good practice to agree upon a standard protocol areas (Shriver and Greenberg, 2012)
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From page 145...
... Tidal Wetla Restoration Monitoring and n 145 Table II.2 Metrics Conside M ered Good Prac ctice to Monitor Tidal Wetland Restoration A d Activities for Construction, Performanc Toward Proje Objectives, and Program-L ce ect Level or Large-S Scale Assessme ents.
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From page 146...
... is to re wn and arrier beach marsh; econstruct a ba
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From page 147...
... Silver Spring, Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council.
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From page 148...
... A framework for 2002. A monitoring protocol to assess tidal standardized monitoring of living shorelines restoration of salt marshes on local and in the Delaware estuary and beyond.
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From page 149...
... 171-206 in Anthropogenic Modification hydrologic restoration of a tidal pond and salt of North American Salt Marshes.
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From page 150...
... Hague, Netherlands: SPB restoration of coastal wetlands. Wetlands Academic Publishing.
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Key Terms

  • adaptive management
  • salt marsh
  • effective monitoring
  • conceptual model
  • restoration monitoring

  • tidal wetland
  • ecological restoration
  • performance monitoring
  • coastal research
  • salt marshes

  • gulf coast
  • restored marsh
  • ecosystem services
  • reference sites
  • ecosystem restoration

  • restoration approaches
  • tidal marshes
  • monitoring activities
  • emergent wetlands
  • sampling design

  • surface elevation
  • project objectives
  • barrier beach
  • soil development
  • restoration actions

  • hydrologic restoration
  • tidal marsh
  • restoration council
  • coastal wetlands
  • emergent marsh


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