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Ecology and Vulnerability Coastal

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Mapped from DEP Wetlands data: coastal band, bluff, or sea cliff, coastal dune, coastal beach, rocky Intertidal shore, tidal flat, salt marsh,  arrier beach system, barrier beach–coastal beach, barrier beach–coastal dune, barrier beach–salt marsh, open water tidal, brackish, salt pond.

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Ecology and Vulnerability
Coastal

Photo credit: Scott Jackson

Stressors:
Aquatic connectivity loss (roads and dams) Temperature changesPrecipitation changesChanges in hydrologyChanges in winterSea level riseStorms and floodsChange in timing of seasonsInvasive plants and animalsPests and diseasesDevelopment and habitat lossTerrestrial connectivity loss (roads and development)
Profile: Coastal ▾▸

Coastal habitats range from coastal uplands (dunes, coastal banks, sea cliffs, and coastal heathlands and shrublands) to a variety of wetlandRead More

Coastal habitats range from coastal uplands (dunes, coastal banks, sea cliffs, and coastal heathlands and shrublands) to a variety of wetland? areas (salt marshes, estuaries and embayments, beaches, rocky intertidal shores, and the ocean).

Related Adaptation Strategies and Actions

Adapt or update municipal plans: Master Plans
Create or amend local wetland bylaws: Account for projected sea level rise
Create or amend local wetland bylaws: Beach migration and shoreline transitional areas
Improve coastal resiliency: Conserve and create blue carbon sinks
Maintain habitat connectivity: Amphibian and reptile tunnels
Maintain habitat connectivity: Collect road crossing data
Maintain habitat connectivity: Modify stream crossings to allow wildlife passage
Maintain habitat connectivity: Restore tidally-driven rivers, estuarine, and marine habitats
Manage floodwater: Create a floodable park or open space
Practice coastal stewardship: Protect coastal resources
Practice responsible recreation: Follow best boating techniques
Practice responsible recreation: Use best methods for catch-and-release fishing
Protect land: Protect land in perpetuity
Protect land: Strategic land protection
Restore affected estuaries: Manage extensive crab herbivory
Restore affected estuaries: Reduce nutrient pollution
Restore affected estuaries: Reduce sediment pollution
Restore and protect natural shorelines: Use living shoreline techniques
Restore natural coastal buffers: Beach and dune nourishment and restoration
Restore natural coastal buffers: Bioengineering for coastal banks
Restore natural coastal buffers: Native vegetation buffers and plantings
Use threshold-based adaptive management: Incorporate ecological thresholds to guide coastal protection and restoration

Related Species

Alewife
American Black Duck
American Eel
American Mink
American Oystercatcher
American Shad
Atlantic Salmon
Atlantic Sturgeon
Blanding's Turtle
Blue-winged Teal
Blueback Herring
Clapper Rail
Coastal Fish
Coyote
Crabs
Eastern Spadefoot Toad
Forage Fish
Frosted Elfin
Horseshoe Crab
Long-tailed Duck
Marsh Wren
New England Cottontail
Northeastern Beach Tiger Beetle
Northern Diamond-backed Terrapin
Northern Harrier
Piping Plover
Red Knot
Saltmarsh Sparrow
Sanderling
Shortnosed Sturgeon
Snowy Egret
Virginia Rail
Willet

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