Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve

05 Jul, 03 AM - 05 Jul, 08 AM

While the need for expanded coastal wetlands is obvious, exactly what a healthy marsh consists of is still somewhat of an abstract concept. I seek to rigorously document the existing level of ecological functioning at both Ormond Beach and the surrounding regional salt marsh systems (including Carpinteria Salt Marsh) to provide detailed functional goals for a restored wetland complex. In so doing this effort will provide rigorous and objective yardsticks with which to gauge the efficacy of the range of our management efforts in coastal marshes. Due to limited funding currently, I am initially focusing on a subset of the overall metrics proposed: aerial arthropod productivity, soil seed bank diversity, and Cerithidea californica/trematode parasites. Preliminary soil seed bank data were gathered in 1999-2000. I seek to initiate/re-initiate sampling beginning in summer/fall of 2009.

Visit #18570 @Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve

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Under Project # 20220 | Research

Regional Monitoring for Ormond Beach Salt Marsh Restoration

faculty - California State University (CSU), Channel Islands

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Sean Anderson Jul 5, 2009 (1 days)
Sean Anderson Jul 5, 2009 (1 days)

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