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Ecology and Vulnerability
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This habitat was identified as potentially benefiting from climate change because of the following factors:
- As sea level rises, land that... Read More
This habitat was identified as potentially benefiting from climate change because of the following factors:
- As sea level rises, land that is currently intertidal will become subtidal (hence, the increase in open water and loss of tidal flats), while saltmarsh will extend further upgradient as the inundation and salinity changes, at the expense of the brackish marshes, which it will replace.
MA CCVA: Manomet Center for Conservation Science (Manomet) and Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife (MA DFW). 2010. Climate change and Massachusetts fish and wildlife: Volume 2 habitat and species Vulnerability.
This habitat was identified as highly vulnerable to climate change due to the following factors:
- As sea level rises, land that is currently intertidal will become subtidal (hence... Read More
This habitat was identified as highly vulnerable to climate change due to the following factors:
- As sea level rises, land that is currently intertidal will become subtidal (hence, the increase in open water and loss of tidal flats), while saltmarsh will extend further upgradient as the inundation and salinity changes, at the expense of the brackish marshes, which it will replace.
MA CCVA: Manomet Center for Conservation Science (Manomet) and Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife (MA DFW). 2010. Climate change and Massachusetts fish and wildlife: Volume 2 habitat.
This habitat1 was identified as highly vulnerable to climate change because of the following factors:
- Sea level rise
- Dependence on inland migration ... Read More
This habitat1 was identified as highly vulnerable to climate change because of the following factors:
- Sea level rise
- Dependence on inland migration
1Note that the Maine habitat CCVA did not specify between low and high marshes in their assessment
Whitman, A., A. Cutko, P. De Maynadier, S. Walker, B. Vickery, S. Stockwell, and R. Houston. 2013. Climate change and biodiversity in Maine: vulnerability of habitats and priority species. Report SEI-2013-03. Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences (in collaboration with Maine Beginning with Habitat Climate Change Working Group), Brunswick, ME.
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