About the project

Reliable water level information is vital for understanding how tidal water flooding and inundation affect coastal wetlands. Despite the rich body of tidal wetland studies in the Reserve System, long-term availability of wetland feature-specific water level monitoring data has been minimal even for reserves with well-developed wetlands and water level monitoring programs. With access to high-precision, long-term water level monitoring data, reserves can document variability among tidal wetland features, ultimately informing potential restoration activities. To address this need, a transfer project employed a targeted training approach to install novel arm-and-float water level loggers and bring expertise in hydrodynamic monitoring and tidal datum calculation to six reserves.

About the resource

Project Lead Vitalii Sheremet (Okeanolog / Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) gives an introduction to "Transfer of a Low-cost Tidal Wetland Water Level Monitoring System: Hyperlocal Calculations of Inundation and Tidal Datums for Understanding Change and Restoration Planning."