Pine Flatwood - Marsh Ecotone Boundary data for North Florida

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Originator: Thomas Doyle;National Wetlands Research Center;Biological Resources Division;U.S. Geological Survey;

Publication_Date: 1997

Title: Pine Flatwood - Marsh Ecotone Boundary data for North Florida

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Wildlife preserves and refuges in coastal areas of our nation are slowly being inundated by increasing sea level. Warming of our global environment threatens to speed the rate of sea-level rise and perhaps further amplify the detrimental effects of tropical storms, droughts, and lightning fires. A research study was conducted to examine the impacts of tropical storms. droughts, and lightning fires. A research study was conducted to examine the impacts of possible cllimate change scenarios on the functional wetland landbase and habitat of federal parks and refuges along the Gulf of Mexico. In the Big Bend area of northwest Florida, land elevation and water depth are key factors controlling habitat type. A digital elevation model of the area was constructed to track the process and pattern of coastal inundation over space and time for low, mid, and high sea-level rise projections of the Intergovermental Panel on Climate Change. The three sea-level scenarios indicated that major portions of this coastal zone will be permanently inundated over the next century, bringing about a combined migration and loss of some habitats. Results show that there is a large land base that will be quickly converted from coastal salt and freshwater marsh to open water and coastal pine forest to emergent marsh, approaching the scale of land loss that has been experienced in south Louisiana, 25-30 square miles per year. Supplementary Information: A site application of a GIS-based simulation model, WETLANDS, was developed to predict ecosystem response to changing environmental conditions for wetland complexes of the Big Bend region in northwest Florida. The model contains functional attributes of community sensitivity to hydrologic conditions linked with a GIS data base of site characteristics, including habitat type, elevation, soils and land-use. The process of model development requires multiple data layers of biological and physical descriptions of the landbase into a geographic information system. Geographic Description: The site application includes both the aquatic and terrestrial habitats of St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge in the Big Bend region of northwest Florida. The refuge is situated approximately 20 miles south of Tallahassee and covers parts of Wakulla, Jefferson, and Taylor counties. The total area of federally owned land incorporates 64,599 acres. Of the total acreage, 31,500 acres are open water in Apalachee Bay and 32,082 acres are forest and marsh. The refuge is bordered by Apalachee Bay on the south, Ochlockonee Bay on the west, and Aucilla River on the east. The reserve was purchased in 1929 and is one of the oldest refuges in the entire system of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The refuge landscape is characterized by a relatively low elevational gradient that is intersected by several rivers and a number of freshwater springs and intertidal creeks. 1.5.2 Bounding Rectangle Coordinates Methodology: Land elevation and water depth are key factors controlling habitat type and distribution in this coastal environment. Plot and transect surveys were conducted to derive a conceptual model of community types and succession under different environmental conditions and disturbance regimes. First order benchmarks were used to open and/or close transects across the ecosystem ecotone in several watersheds within the refuge boundary. Station locations were established every 30 m along a given transect from which land elevation, and vegetation cover and stature were recorded. Field data was verified by constructing histograms of vegetation distribution with surface elevation. To examine the impacts of possible climate change scenarios on the functional wetland landbase and habitat of federal parks and refuges along the Gulf of Mexico.

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Beginning_Date: 19920601

Ending_Date: 19970930

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West_Bounding_Coordinate: -84.0

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -83.0

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 31.0

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 29.0

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Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY > LIGHTNING

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA > CYCLONES > TROPICAL CYCLONES

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA > DROUGHT

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA > HURRICANES

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA > LIGHTNING

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA > STORMS > TROPICAL STORMS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > BEACHES

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > WETLANDS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > VEGETATION SPECIES

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > COASTAL PROCESSES > BEACHES

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > COASTAL PROCESSES > COASTAL ELEVATION

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > COASTAL PROCESSES > EROSION

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > COASTAL PROCESSES > MARSHES

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > COASTAL PROCESSES > SALTWATER INTRUSION

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > COASTAL PROCESSES > SEA LEVEL RISE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > COASTAL PROCESSES > SEA SURFACE HEIGHT

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > COASTAL PROCESSES > SHORELINE DISPLACEMENT

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > COASTAL PROCESSES > SHORELINES

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > COASTAL PROCESSES > STORM SURGE

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Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > COASTAL HABITAT

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE HABITAT

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > WETLANDS > MARSHES

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > WETLANDS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > WETLANDS > MARSHES

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > FIRE ECOLOGY > FIRE OCCURRENCE

Theme_Keyword: Batis

Theme_Keyword: Big Bend, Fl

Theme_Keyword: Biological Resources Division

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Theme_Keyword: Fl

Theme_Keyword: Florida

Theme_Keyword: Gis Model

Theme_Keyword: Juncus

Theme_Keyword: National Biological Service

Theme_Keyword: National Wetlands Research Center

Theme_Keyword: Nbs

Theme_Keyword: Nwrc

Theme_Keyword: Pine Flatwoods

Theme_Keyword: Pinus

Theme_Keyword: Plant

Theme_Keyword: Plant Distribution

Theme_Keyword: Plant Zonation

Theme_Keyword: Plot Survey

Theme_Keyword: Sabal

Theme_Keyword: Salicornia

Theme_Keyword: Sea-level Rise

Theme_Keyword: Spartina

Theme_Keyword: St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge

Theme_Keyword: Transect Survey

Theme_Keyword: Tropical Cyclones

Theme_Keyword: Tropical Storms

Theme_Keyword: BIOTA

Theme_Keyword: CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Theme_Keyword: ELEVATION

Theme_Keyword: INLAND WATERS

Theme_Keyword: OCEANS

Theme_Keyword: ENGLISH

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Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD

Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA

Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > FLORIDA

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Contact_Person: THOMAS DOYLE

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Address: National Wetlands Research Center

Address: Biological Resources Division

Address: U.S. Geological Survey

Address: 700 Cajundome Boulevard

City: Lafayette

State_or_Province: LA

Postal_Code: 70506

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 318 266-8647

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 318 266-8513

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: thomas_doyle@usgs.gov

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Contact_Organization: DOI/USGS/BRD/NWRC/SDMS > Spatial Data and Metadata Server, National Wetlands Research Center, Biological Resources Division, USGS, U.S. Department of the Interior

Contact_Person: THOMAS DOYLE

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Address: National Wetlands Research Center

Address: Biological Resources Division

Address: U.S. Geological Survey

Address: 700 Cajundome Boulevard

City: Lafayette

State_or_Province: LA

Postal_Code: 70506

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 318 266-8647

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 318 266-8513

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: thomas_doyle@usgs.gov

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National Biological Information Infrastructure metadata clearinghouse. Link to this site to view additional data set documentation.

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Metadata_Review_Date: 20080530

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Contact_Person: ARTURO RESTREPO

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