Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment: Salt marshes (Connecticut)

Assessment full text

This habitat1 was identified as highly vulnerable to climate change because of the following factors:

  • Sea level rise
  • Inability for salt marsh accretion to keep pace with rising sea levels
  • Loss and conversion of habitat from high marsh to low marsh, and low marsh to mudflat

1Note that the Connecticut habitat CCVA did not specify between low and high marshes in their assessment

Ranking
Highly Vulnerable
Confidence
Not Specified
Climate scenario
SRES A1, A1B, A2 (Lower, Mid-range, and High emissions scenario)
Location
Connecticut
Time period
2020, 2050, and 2080
Assessment reference label
References
Assessment reference text

Adaptation Subcommittee to the Governor’s Steering Committee on Climate Change (ASGSCCC). 2010. The impacts of climate change on Connecticut agriculture, infrastructure, natural resources and public health.

Assessment resource links
What is a Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment?
Habitats and Communities (Ecogroups)
Coastal: Salt marsh