• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2024-09-01T00:00:00.000+00:00

This project improved understanding of sediment dynamics around the Rachel Carson Reserve in North Carolina to inform ongoing resilience planning efforts for vulnerable coastal habitats and local...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2022-05-01T00:00:00.000+00:00

By pairing water quality and meteorological data with visible impacts, reserves can illustrate storm impacts and connect local communities to science. The project This project developed through...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2024-02-29T00:00:00.000+00:00

People receive numerous benefits from nature, such as water purification, coastal protection, and food production. These ecosystem services are an increasingly important consideration for coastal...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2024-02-29T00:00:00.000+00:00

Thin-layer placement (TLP) is an emergent climate adaptation strategy that mimics natural deposition processes in tidal marshes by adding a small amount of sediment on top of marsh in order to...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2022-08-01T00:00:00.000+00:00

Monitoring plays a central role in detecting change in coastal ecosystems. The National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERRS) invests heavily in assessing changes in tidal wetlands through the...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2026-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00

This multi-reserve catalyst project compared established and emerging methods for assessing intertidal oyster reef community structure and ecosystem function. With their partners, the project...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2024-09-01T00:00:00.000+00:00

This project brought together oyster reef managers along the southeastern United States to evaluate the use of uncrewed aerial systems (UAS), or drones, as a novel tool for measuring changes in...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2017-09-01T00:00:00.000+00:00

In this project, National Estuarine Research Reserves in North and South Carolina worked to improve local understanding of climate change effects on southeastern salt marsh and provide decision...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2017-09-01T00:00:00.000+00:00

This project will assess the ecosystem services of shellfish farming by measuring impacts of newly established farms in the North Carolina Research Reserve. Because there is an opportunity to...

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