This resource contains the recording for the student symposium titled "Ecosystem Dynamics & Trends Across Seven National Estuarine Research Reserves," a series of presentations given as part of the 2023 catalyst project "Synthesizing long-term SWMP datasets to quantify estuarine ecosystem dynamics and identify trends along an ecological gradient."
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Keywords: data analysis, education (graduate)
Reserves: Chesapeake Bay, MD, Great Bay, NH, Guana Tolomato Matanzas, FL, North Inlet-Winyah Bay, SC, Padilla Bay, WA, Rookery Bay, FL, South Slough, OR
Project lead Karina Heim gives a short introduction to "Greener Shores: Bringing Plant-scale Knowledge to Shoreline Habitat Practitioners in the Lake Superior (Gichigami) Basin."
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Keywords: cultural ecosystem services, sustainable shoreline, land use planning, indigenous knowledge
GUIDE CASE STUDY: To help elevate the cultural significance of plants and preserve their knowledge, Indigenous knowledge holders agreed to advise a project team as they developed a planting guide for the Gichi-gami basin. As discussions began, the team quickly discovered differing expectations about what and how Indigenous knowledge would inform the final guide.
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Keywords: land use planning, cultural ecosystem services, shoreline stabilization, Indigenous science
Rising coastal flood risk and recent disasters are driving interest in the construction of gated storm surge barriers worldwide, with current studies recommending barriers for at least 11 estuaries in the United States alone.
Project Lead Kaitlyn Dietz (Guana Tolomato Matanzas NERR) gives a 5-minute introduction to "Storm Stories: Communicating Hurricane Impacts using Monitoring Data and Visualizations." The presentation was given during a project team workshop in July 2021.
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Keywords: SWMP, communication, hurricane
Reserves: ACE Basin, SC, Delaware, Guana Tolomato Matanzas, FL, Jobos Bay, PR, North Carolina, North Inlet-Winyah Bay, SC
Educators from the Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Virginia (CBNERRVA) and the Virginia Institute of Marine Science's (VIMS) Marine Advisory Program cre
The ability to quickly communicate local environmental changes in the aftermath of hurricanes helps impacted communities better understand storm events and support recovery.