| | Accession Number | 5003467 |
| | Title | Design and test a long-term coastal monitoring program at Cape Cod National |
| | Seashore with Application to other coastal units of the National Park Service |
| | Project Description | The National Park Service has identified Cape Cod National Seashore as a prototype monitoring |
| | park for the Atlantic and Gulf coast biogeographic region. A long-term ecosystem program is |
| | necessary to inform park management of ecosystem changes, to provide scientifically-based |
| | evaluations and interpretations of observed changes, and to support development of appropriate |
| | solutions to protect ecosystems. The purpose of this study is to design and test |
| | scientifically-defensible monitoring protocols for long-term application by Cape Cod National |
| | Seashore and other seashore parks. Ecosystems to focus on in the program will include ocean |
| | and estuarine shorelines, freshwater wetlands and ponds, estuaries, maritime forests and |
| | heathlands. |
| | Keywords | cape cod national seashore, coastal monitoring, ecosystem, national park service, |
| | Principal | Charles T Roman, USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center: charles_roman@usgs.gov; |
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