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Main Title

Vulnerability Assessments in Support of the Climate Ready Estuaries Program: A Novel Appraoch Using Expert Judgment. Volume II. Results for the Massachusetts Bays Program.

CORP Author

Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC. National Center for Environmental Assessment.

Year Published

2012

Report Number

EPA/600/R-11/058FB

Stock Number

PB2012-108157

Additional Subjects

Environmental impact ; Assessments ; Climate ; Estuaries ; Vulnerabilities ; Management planning and control ; Ecosystems ; Marshes ; Marine resources ; Massachusetts Bay Program

Internet Access

Description	Access URL
	https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=P100LNZI.PDF

Holdings

Library	Call Number	Additional Info	Location	Last Modified	Checkout Status
NTIS	PB2012-108157	Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown.		07/26/2022

Collation

157p

Abstract

The purpose of this project was two-fold: to conduct a vulnerability assessment using a novel, expert judgment approach based on expert elicitation methods, and to analyze the implications for adaptation planning. This was not a comprehensive vulnerability assessment for the whole estuary but rather a proof of concept for a new type of assessment exercise, using two key ecosystem processes of salt marsh ecosystems as demonstration studies. This was accomplished through a series of steps to: (1) identify key management goals and ecosystem processes essential to meeting those goals; (2) create conceptual models of selected ecosystem processes; (3) assess ecosystem process sensitivities to climate change; (4) consider resulting vulnerabilities with respect to management goals; and (5) explore implications for adaptation planning. Steps 1-2 were used to define the scope of the assessment, while steps 3-5 comprise the vulnerability assessment itself.

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