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View article: Fewer Wetlands, More Drainage: Forensic Mapping of Wetland Loss and Drainage Alteration Illustrates the Hydrological Transformation of Coastal Watersheds
Fewer Wetlands, More Drainage: Forensic Mapping of Wetland Loss and Drainage Alteration Illustrates the Hydrological Transformation of Coastal Watersheds Open
Land use-land cover (LULC) change is widely implicated in coastal water quality degradation, but we often lack understanding of how LULC change has varied spatiotemporally because so much change occurred before the advent of modern mapping…
View article: UAV-Based Wetland Monitoring: Multispectral and Lidar Fusion with Random Forest Classification
UAV-Based Wetland Monitoring: Multispectral and Lidar Fusion with Random Forest Classification Open
As sea levels rise and temperatures increase, vegetation communities in tropical and sub-tropical coastal areas will be stressed; some will migrate northward and inland. The transition from coastal marshes and scrub–shrubs to woody mangrov…
View article: UAV-based Wetland Monitoring: Mapping Coastal Habitats and Changes in Vegetation Height with Digital Terrain Models 
UAV-based Wetland Monitoring: Mapping Coastal Habitats and Changes in Vegetation Height with Digital Terrain Models  Open
Monitoring coastal wetlands, particularly mangroves, is increasingly important as the impacts of climate change increase. As sea levels rise and temperature increase, vegetation communities traditionally associated with tropical and sub-tr…
View article: Evidence that ericoid mycorrhizal shrubs can outcompete ectomycorrhizal trees for nitrogen in tannin‐rich litter
Evidence that ericoid mycorrhizal shrubs can outcompete ectomycorrhizal trees for nitrogen in tannin‐rich litter Open
Mycorrhizal associations of trees play a key role in ecosystem biogeochemistry, yet we know relatively little about the nutrient acquisition strategies of ericoid mycorrhizal (ErM) shrubs, despite their prevalence in forest understories. E…
View article: Dataset: Evidence that ericoid mycorrhizal shrubs can outcompete ectomycorrhizal tree seedlings for nitrogen in tannin-rich litter
Dataset: Evidence that ericoid mycorrhizal shrubs can outcompete ectomycorrhizal tree seedlings for nitrogen in tannin-rich litter Open
The full methods and context of this dataset can be found in the publication of the same name (2024) authored by Rains, Bledsoe, Kraus, and Wurzburger. Please contact Kai Rains ([email protected]) if you would like to collaborate on a project…
View article: Dataset: Evidence that ericoid mycorrhizal shrubs can outcompete ectomycorrhizal tree seedlings for nitrogen in tannin-rich litter
Dataset: Evidence that ericoid mycorrhizal shrubs can outcompete ectomycorrhizal tree seedlings for nitrogen in tannin-rich litter Open
The full methods and context of this dataset can be found in the publication of the same name (2024) authored by Rains, Bledsoe, Kraus, and Wurzburger. Please contact Kai Rains ([email protected]) if you would like to collaborate on a project…
View article: Forensic Wetland and Deepwater Habitat Mapping for Setting Pre-development Conditions
Forensic Wetland and Deepwater Habitat Mapping for Setting Pre-development Conditions Open
Mapping wetlands and deepwater habitats prior to modern settlement is difficult due to the difficulty of obtaining sufficient, spatially explicit data on conditions prior to the middle of the 20th century. We overcame this barrier by using…
View article: Reorganizing the Waterscape: Asymmetric Loss of Wetlands and Gain of Artificial Water Features in a Mixed-use Watershed
Reorganizing the Waterscape: Asymmetric Loss of Wetlands and Gain of Artificial Water Features in a Mixed-use Watershed Open
View article: Mapping Groundwater Recharge Potential in High Latitude Landscapes Using Public Data, Remote Sensing, and Analytic Hierarchy Process
Mapping Groundwater Recharge Potential in High Latitude Landscapes Using Public Data, Remote Sensing, and Analytic Hierarchy Process Open
Understanding where groundwater recharge occurs is essential for managing groundwater resources, especially source-water protection. This can be especially difficult in remote mountainous landscapes where access and data availability are l…
View article: Hydrologic Connectivity and Flow Generation from California Vernal Pool, Swale, and Headwater Stream Complexes to Downstream Waters
Hydrologic Connectivity and Flow Generation from California Vernal Pool, Swale, and Headwater Stream Complexes to Downstream Waters Open
Many headwater wetlands are integrated into flowpath networks and can serve as sources of streamflow for downgradient waters. We demonstrate this with five years of data in vernal pool, swale, and headwater stream complexes in the Central …
View article: Geospatial data needed to map groundwater recharge areas in high latitude landscapes.
Geospatial data needed to map groundwater recharge areas in high latitude landscapes. Open
This project consists of 11 files: 1) a zipped folder with a geodatabase containing seven raster files and two shapefiles, 2) a zipped folder containing the same layers found in the geodatabase, but as standalone files, 3) 9 .xml files con…
View article: Artificial Water Features and Wetlands in the Tampa Bay Watershed, Florida, U.S.A. in the1950s and in 2007
Artificial Water Features and Wetlands in the Tampa Bay Watershed, Florida, U.S.A. in the1950s and in 2007 Open
This project consists of 5 files, a ReadMe (text) and four geospatial shapefiles generated in ArcPro 3.0.4. (ESRI). Two shapefiles depict the distribution and spatial extent of artificial water features (AWFs, e.g., reservoirs, stormwater …
View article: Hydrologic Connectivity and Flow Generation from California Vernal Pool, Swale, and Headwater Stream Complexes to Downstream Waters
Hydrologic Connectivity and Flow Generation from California Vernal Pool, Swale, and Headwater Stream Complexes to Downstream Waters Open
Many headwater wetlands are integrated into flowpath networks and can serve as sources of streamflow for downgradient waters. We demonstrate this with five years of data in vernal pool, swale, and headwater stream complexes in the Central …
View article: Using Remote Sensing and Machine Learning to Locate Groundwater Discharge to Salmon-Bearing Streams
Using Remote Sensing and Machine Learning to Locate Groundwater Discharge to Salmon-Bearing Streams Open
We hypothesized topographic features alone could be used to locate groundwater discharge, but only where diagnostic topographic signatures could first be identified through the use of limited field observations and geologic data. We built …
View article: GIS_Gerlach_et_al_2021.zip
GIS_Gerlach_et_al_2021.zip Open
These folders contain a GIS dataset and expanded metadata to accompany: Gerlach, M.E.; Rains, K.C.; Guerrón-Orejuela, E.J.; Kleindl, W.J.; Downs, J.; Landry, S.M.; Rains, M.C. Using Remote Sensing and Machine Learning to Locate Groundwater…
View article: Enhancing protection for vulnerable waters
Enhancing protection for vulnerable waters Open