Dataset: Mussel bed vertical change information from laser scans conducted from 2010 to 2012 in Back Sound, North Carolina (EstuarineMetaDyn project)

ValidatedFinal no updates expectedVersion (2016-10-20)Dataset Type:Other Field Results

Principal Investigator, Contact: F. Joel Fodrie (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

BCO-DMO Data Manager: Amber D. York (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)


Project: Interacting Effects of Local Demography and Larval Connectivity on Estuarine Metapopulation Dynamics (EstuarineMetaDyn)

This dataset contains elevation, exposure percentage, average vertical change (m), and average vertical change rate from laser scans conducted from 2010 to 2012 in Back Sound, North Carolina.

Other Back Sound datasets in this project:
Oyster density and length
Water level
Reef elevation, exposure, and vertical change
Laser scan, density, and GPS grid sampling information

These data are published in:

Ridge, J. T., Rodriguez, A. B., Fodrie, F. J., Lindquist, N. L., Brodeur, M. C., Coleman, S. E., ... & Theuerkauf, E. J. (2015). Maximizing oyster-reef growth supports green infrastructure with accelerating sea-level rise. Scientific reports, 5. doi: 10.1038/srep14785


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