Evaluating Tidal Wetland Restoration Performance Using National Estuarine Research Reserve System Reference Sites and the Restoration Performance Index (RPI)

• Published in: Estuaries and coasts Vol. 41; no. 1; pp. 36 - 51
• Main Authors: Raposa, Kenneth B., Lerberg, Scott, Cornu, Craig, Fear, John, Garfield, Nina, Peter, Christopher, Weber, Robin L.J., Moore, Gregg, Burdick, David, Dionne, Michelle
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer Science+Business Media 01.01.2018; Springer US; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Brackishwater environment; Coastal Sciences; Community structure; Dredging; Earth and Environmental Science; Ecological monitoring; Ecology; Environment; Environmental Management; Environmental restoration; Estuaries; Estuarine environments; Excavation; Freshwater & Marine Ecology; Groundwater; Groundwater levels; Hydrology; Parameter identification; Parameters; Performance indices; Restoration; SPECIAL SECTION: THE NATIONAL ESTUARINE RESEARCH RESERVE SYSTEM: AN INTEGRATED NETWORK OF RESEARCH AND MONITORING SITES SUPPORTING COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; Tidal energy; Tidal power; Trajectory analysis; Water and Health; Wetland restoration; Wetlands; Excavation; Elevation; Vegetation monitoring; Reference network; Hydrologic restoration; NERR biomonitoring

Evaluations of tidal wetland restoration efforts suffer from a lack of appropriate reference sites and standardized methods among projects. To help address these issues, the National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERRS) and the NOAA Restoration Center engaged in a partnership to monitor ecologi...