Multiple factor analysis of piping plovers and other beach-dependent species habitat use and population dynamics following storm and human created changes to barrier island habitats within the Fire Island National Seashore (Report)

The goal of this project is to provide a broader ecological understanding of the ways in which the breaches and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) breach-fill projects affect piping plover populations, their red fox predators and their invertebrate prey communities. Virginia Tech (VT) compared the dynamics of bird use and invertebrate densities in an open breach area, two filled breach areas, two restoration areas, overwash areas, and other areas. Ultimately VT results will help refine their understanding of the time frame and manner in which piping plover habitat develops and persists.The work described in this report was funded under the Breach Contingency Plan (BCP; USACE 1996), the Fire Island Inlet to Moriches...

Categories: Data; Tags: Charadrius melodus, Fire Island, LCC Network Science Catalog, North Atlantic Landscape Conservation Cooperative Data.gov, Piping Plover, All tags... Report, barrier islands, beach restoration, beaches, coastal bay, coastal change, coastal ecosystems, completed, red fox, shorebirds, Fewer tags

Aerial imagery from unmanned aerial systems (UAS) flights and ground control points: Plum Island Estuary and Parker River NWR (PIEPR), February 27th, 2018.

Low-altitude (80 and 100 meters above ground level) digital images were taken over an area of the Plum Island Estuary and Parker River National Wildlife Refuge in Massachusetts using 3DR Solo unmanned aerial systems (UAS) on February 27, 2018. These images were collected as part of an effort to document marsh stability over time and quantify sediment movement using UAS technology. Each UAS was equipped with either a Ricoh GRII digital camera for natural color photos, used to produce digital elevation models and ortho images, or a MicaSense RedEdge multi-spectral camera that captures five specific bands of the visible spectrum (blue, green, red, red edge, and near-infrared), which can be used to classify vegetation....

Tags: Aerial Imaging, Environmental Health, Geomorphology, Hazards, Marine Geology, All tags... Massachusetts, Parker River, Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, Plum Island, Remote Sensing, USA, aerial photography, aerial photography, coastal change, coastal change forecasts, coastal ecosystems, coastal processes, image collections, navigational data, remote sensing, remote sensing, storm impacts, Fewer tags

UAS-SfM for Coastal Research: Geomorphic Feature Extraction and Land Cover Classification from High-Resolution Elevation and Optical Imagery

Tags: Northeast CASC, Sea-Level Rise and Coasts, Water, Coasts and Ice, coastal change, drones, All tags... elevation model, geomorphic feature extraction, land cover classification, photogrammetry, structure-from-motion, unmanned aerial system, Fewer tags

Aerial imagery and ground control points collected during an uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) survey at Plum Island Estuary and Parker River NWR (PIEPR), November 14, 2017 and March 28, 2019

Low-altitude (80 and 100 meters above ground level) digital images were taken over an area of the Plum Island Estuary and Parker River National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) in Massachusetts using 3DR Solo unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) on November 14, 2017 and March 28, 2019. These images were collected as part of an effort to document marsh stability over time and quantify sediment movement using UAS technology. Each UAS was equipped with either a Ricoh GRII digital camera for natural color photos, used to produce digital elevation models and ortho images, or a MicaSense RedEdge multi-spectral camera that captures five specific bands of the visible spectrum (blue, green, red, red edge, and near-infrared), which can be...

Tags: Aerial Imaging, Hazards, Massachusetts, Parker River, Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, All tags... Plum Island, Remote Sensing, USA, aerial photography, aerial photography, coastal change, coastal change forecasts, coastal ecosystems, coastal processes, image collections, navigational data, remote sensing, remote sensing, storm impacts, Fewer tags

Current Coastal Change Research and Priority Information Needs in Western Alaska

Research on coastal change in Cook Inlet and South East Alaska has increased rapidly in recent years, making it challenging to track existing projects, understand their cumulative insights, gauge remaining research gaps, and prioritize future work. The project proposed here will identify existing coastal change research in Cook Inlet and Southeast Alaska, and synthesize each projects focus, approach, and findings. The resulting report will document the research landscape for communities facing change, decision-makers navigating change, researchers pursuing projects, as well as funding agencies trying to prioritize where to allocate resources. This project will help the North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative...

Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2015, AK-0, AK-00, Academics & scientific researchers, Academics & scientific researchers, All tags... Alaska, Alaska, Changes in sea level and coastal storms, Climate Change, Conservation Planning, Conservation Planning, Cook Inlet, Cook Inlet, Cook Inlet, Cook Inlet, Decision Support, Decision Support, Federal resource managers, Federal resource managers, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, LCC Network Science Catalog - LCCScienceCatalog, North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Priority C. Effects of changes in sea levels, Project, Report, Report, SE Alaska, SE Alaska, SE Alaska, Southeast Alaska, State agencies, State agencies, Training/Outreach/Workshop, Training/Outreach/Workshop, Website, Website, climate change, climate change, climate change, climate change, coastal change, coastal change, coastal change, coastal change, completed, onGoing, sea level rise, sea level rise, Fewer tags