Coastal Wetlands and Estuaries

The USGS conducts research to better understand the ecological function of and stressors to aquatic habitats at both marine and freshwater coasts. Listed below are samples of USGS research on coastal wetlands and estuaries.

• Marine Coasts and Estuaries

• Lake and Freshwater Coasts

Marine Coasts and Estuaries

• Atlantic Sea Level Rise, Lagoonal Marsh Loss, and Wildlife Habitat Implications (mid-Atlantic coast) (PWRC) (also related to Global Change)

• Biscayne Bay Coastal Wetlands Well-Site Data Acquisition (SOFIA, Priority Ecosystems Science)

• Chesapeake Bay Science Projects at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center (PWRC)

• Coastal Marsh Dieback (Brown Marsh) (Florida, Louisiana, Texas) (NWRC)
  

• Interactions Between Sea Otters and Nearshore Communities (eastern Pacific) (WERC)
  
  
• Louisiana Coastal Land Loss (NWRC)
  
  
• Role of Coastal Wetlands in Cook Inlet, Alaska as a Stopover Habitat for Migratory Birds (ASC)
  

• Nutrient Dynamics and Biochemical Cycling (NWRC)

• Physiological Ecology and Ecohydrology of Coastal Forested Wetlands (NWRC) (also related to Forested Wetlands)
  
  
• Potential Effects of Elevated Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide (CO2) on Coastal Wetlands (NWRC) (also related to Global Change)
  
  
• Restoration of the White Abalone in Southern California: Population Assessment, Brood Stock Collection, and Development of Husbandry Technology (WERC)

• Science Support for Salt Pond Restoration and Management in South San Francisco Bay. Download the File. (4,224 KB, PDF--get Adobe Reader) (San Francisco Bay and Delta Ecosystem Program, Priority Ecosystems Science, WERC)
  
  
• St. Petersburg / Center for Coastal & Watershed Studies (FISC)

Lake and Freshwater Coasts

• Coastal Ecosystems Research at the Great Lakes Science Center (GLSC) (also related to Great Lakes Wetlands)
  

• Terrestrial, Freshwater and Marine Ecosystems: Coastal Ecosystems (GLSC)
  

• Wetlands Research at the Great Lakes Science Center (GLSC) (also related to Global Change, Great Lakes Wetlands)

	More Research Samples from: Alaska Science Center (ASC) Florida Integrated Science Center (FISC) Great Lakes Science Center (GLSC) National Wetlands Research Center (NWRC) Patuxent Wildlife Research Center (PWRC) Western Ecological Research Center (WERC)