| | Accession Number | 5004866 |
| | Title | Monitoring the success of salt marsh restoration by evaluating trophic relationahips: a |
| | multiple stable isotope approach |
| | Project Description | Restoration of degraded salt marshes is proceeding at a rapid rate within the northeastern US. |
| | Related to DOI lands, the NPS and USFWS have salt marsh restoration program ongoing at Cape |
| | Cod NS and Sachuest Point NWR, among other units. Re-establishing ecosystem function is the |
| | primary goal of salt marsh restoration, but despite the accelerated interest in marsh restoration, |
| | there are few restoration sites where comprehensive data sets are available to quantify the |
| | ecological success of restoration efforts. The purpose of this project is to use multiple stable |
| | isotopes as a new monitoring tool to complement the existing marsh restoration program at Cape |
| | Cod NS. Stable isotope studies have been used extensively in estuarine systems to understand |
| | food web relationships. We propose to better understand trophic transfer in restoring marshes |
| | using this technique and investigate the role of stable isotopes as a new method for documenting |
| | restoration success. |
| | Keywords | restoration, salt marsh, stable isotopes, wetlands, |
| | Principal | Mary-Jane James-Pirri, University of Rhode Island: mjjp@gso.uri.edu; Charles T Roman, USGS |
| | Investigators | Patuxent Wildlife Research Center: charles_roman@usgs.gov; |
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