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Surface Elevation Change And Vertical Accretion In Created Mangroves In Tampa Bay, Florida, Usa
Citation:
Cormier, N., M. Osland, K. Krauss, C. Stagg, D. Dantin, A. From, M. Russell, AND A. Almario. Surface Elevation Change And Vertical Accretion In Created Mangroves In Tampa Bay, Florida, Usa. Presented at Conference on Ecological and ecosystem Restoration (CEER), New Orleans, LA, July 28 - August 01, 2014.
Impact/Purpose:
This will a presentation at CEER 2014 in New Orleans. We document change in soil surface elevation, vertical accretion, and shallow subsidence on 9 created mangrove sites across a 20-year chronosequence over three years of development, and compare these to an equal number of natural reference sites in Tampa Bay, Florida.
Description:
Mangroves protect coastlines, provide faunal habitat, and store large quantities of carbon (C). In South Florida and other parts of the Gulf of Mexico, large wetland areas, including mangrove forests, have been removed, degraded, or damaged. Wetland creation efforts have been used increasingly to compensate for the ecosystem goods and services lost after such removal or degradation. However, it is important that we determine whether these created wetlands are functionally equivalent to their natural counterparts with respect to the good and services they are to replace (e.g.,creating new C sinks or protecting coastal towns from recurring storms).