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WETLANDS WORK AT SFEI

This article provides a basic conceptual model of wetlands, focusing on tidal wetlands, and emphasizes setting habitat goals and measuring progress. It discusses historical ecology, the Bay Area EcoAtlas, the Wetland Regional Monitoring Program, and various projects related to wetland tracking, monitoring, inventory, and indicator development. The article also mentions the EPA's three-tier approach and university-based research partnerships.

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WETLANDS WORK AT SFEI

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  1. WETLANDS WORKAT SFEI

  2. Basic Conceptual Model e.g., contaminants, suspended sediment, freshwater e.g., juvenile fish, organic carbon, contaminants, detritus Atmosphere Watersheds Wetlands Ocean Bays e.g., salt, anadromous fishes, riparian birds e.g., salt, intertidal fishes, suspended sediment

  3. Working Uphill Bay Tidal Wetlands Non-Tidal Wetlands Focus on Tidal Wetlands

  4. Basic Strategy Set Habitat Goals * Make & Measure Progress

  5. Basic Processto Set Goals Understand the Past, Present, and Change Predict Future

  6. Past Present Change Historical Ecology Bay Area EcoAtlas Wetlands Regional Monitoring Program

  7. www.ecoatlas.org Historical View in the EcoAtlas

  8. Basic Strategy Set Habitat Goals Measure Progress with the WRMP *

  9. Basic WRMP Structure SFEI forms and administers and partners with technical teams to develop indicators, collect data, and report understanding. Physical Process, Bio-Geo Chemistry, Vegetation, Invertebrates, Fish, Amphibians and Reptiles, Mammals, Birds, Landscape Ecology, Information Technology

  10. Current WRMP Projects Wetland Tracking Project Monitoring Special Studies Information Technology Wetland Inventory and Indicator Development Review of Project Data and Reports Ecosystem Effects Research Data Management And Reporting EPA’s 3-tier Approach EAIS Development Montezuma Project CALFED Wetlands Pilot EMAP-Estuaries West Coast Pilot Crissy Field Project UC Davis & Univ. Oregon Indicator Tests EcoAtlas Steering Committee Restoration Project Mapping Coyote Hills Project NIS Spartina Geomorphic Effects SFEP Indicator Development

  11. EPA 3-Tier Approach Level 1: Landscape Analysis EcoAtlas used to measure landscape metrics Level 2: CA Rapid Assessment Method Expert Teams Score Random Wetland Sites Level 3: Intensive Assessment CRAM is Tested along Stressor Gradients

  12. Current WRMP Projects Wetland Tracking Project Monitoring Special Studies Information Technology Wetland Inventory and Indicator Development Review of Project Data and Reports Ecosystem Effects Research Data Management And Reporting EPA’s 3-tier Approach EAIS Development Montezuma Project CALFED Wetlands Pilot EMAP-Estuaries West Coast Pilot Crissy Field Project UC Davis & Univ. Oregon Indicator Tests EcoAtlas Steering Committee Restoration Project Mapping Coyote Hills Project NIS Spartina Geomorphic Effects SFEP Indicator Development

  13. EMAP Pilot to Identify Gradients 30 random points, each within a drainage system … … within a marsh patch … … within a watershed.

  14. Current WRMP Projects Wetland Tracking Project Monitoring Special Studies Information Technology Wetland Inventory and Indicator Development Review of Project Data and Reports Ecosystem Effects Research Data Management And Reporting EPA’s 3-tier Approach EAIS Development Montezuma Project CALFED Wetlands Pilot EMAP-Estuaries West Coast Pilot Crissy Field Project UC Davis & Univ. Oregon Indicator Tests EcoAtlas Steering Committee Restoration Project Mapping Coyote Hills Project NIS Spartina Geomorphic Effects SFEP Indicator Development

  15. www.ecoatlas.org Wetland Projects in the EcoAtlas

  16. Current WRMP Projects Wetland Tracking Project Monitoring Special Studies Information Technology Wetland Inventory and Indicator Development Review of Project Data and Reports Ecosystem Effects Research Data Management And Reporting EPA’s 3-tier Approach EAIS Development Montezuma Project CALFED Wetlands Pilot EMAP-Estuaries West Coast Pilot Crissy Field Project UC Davis & Univ. Oregon Indicator Tests EcoAtlas Steering Committee Restoration Project Mapping Coyote Hills Project NIS Spartina Geomorphic Effects SFEP Indicator Development

  17. Review of Project Data and Monitoring Reports • Form and Administer TRTs to: • Advise and Review Habitat Plans • Recommend Indicators • Review Monitoring Results • Recommend Adaptations

  18. Current WRMP Projects Wetland Tracking Project Monitoring Special Studies Information Technology Wetland Inventory and Indicator Development Review of Project Data and Reports Ecosystem Effects Research Data Management And Reporting EPA’s 3-tier Approach EAIS Development Montezuma Project CALFED Wetlands Pilot EMAP-Estuaries West Coast Pilot Crissy Field Project UC Davis & Univ. Oregon Indicator Tests EcoAtlas Steering Committee Restoration Project Mapping Coyote Hills Project NIS Spartina Geomorphic Effects SFEP Indicator Development

  19. University-basedResearch Partners Multi-disciplinary research teams are developing new indicators and analytical methods to assess wetland form, processes, and ecosystem functions that could be used in the WRMP to monitor status and trends and wetland project performance.

  20. Current WRMP Projects Wetland Tracking Project Monitoring Special Studies Information Technology Wetland Inventory and Indicator Development Review of Project Data and Reports Ecosystem Effects Research Data Management And Reporting EPA’s 3-tier Approach EAIS Development Montezuma Project CALFED Wetlands Pilot EMAP-Estuaries West Coast Pilot Crissy Field Project UC Davis & Univ. Oregon Indicator Tests EcoAtlas Steering Committee Restoration Project Mapping Coyote Hills Project NIS Spartina Geomorphic Effects SFEP Indicator Development

  21. Mapping Invasive Cordgrass

  22. www.ecoatlas.org Spartina Invasions in the EcoAtlas

  23. Hydro-geomorphic Effects of Invasive Cordgrass

  24. Current WRMP Projects Wetland Tracking Project Monitoring Special Studies Information Technology Wetland Inventory and Indicator Development Review of Project Data and Reports Ecosystem Effects Research Data Management And Reporting EPA’s 3-tier Approach EAIS Development Montezuma Project CALFED Wetlands Pilot EMAP-Estuaries West Coast Pilot Crissy Field Project UC Davis & Univ. Oregon Indicator Tests EcoAtlas Steering Committee Restoration Project Mapping Coyote Hills Project NIS Spartina Geomorphic Effects SFEP Indicator Development

  25. www.ecoatlas.org New EcoAtlas Tools

  26. Some New Proposals • Map Shellmounds to help recover Tradition Ecological Knowledge • Recover historical topographic maps as templates for wetland restoration • Move WRMP to Level 3 of the EPA wetland monitoring approach • Support the Subtidal Goals Project

  27. WETLANDS WORKAT SFEI

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