Coastal Vulnerability in GTM NERR
Extreme weather, sea-level rise and degraded coastal ecosystems are placing people and property at greater risk of damages from coastal hazards. Coastal habitats (e.g., marshes, oyster beds, and new mangrove stands) work as buffers from storms and floods, reducing the need for and investment costs in riprap, bulkheads, and other types of ‘hard’ shore protection.
Researchers and stakeholders are codeveloping a tool to identify where investments in habitat conservation / restoration will be most effective for reducing risk of coastal communities to sea-level rise and storms.
Northernmost WETFEET field site,
featuring the “Big Mama” mangrove
Taking measurements of belowground biomass
in a WETFEET control plot
Aerial view of experimental warming chambers at
NMAT, southernmost WETFEET site
Tidal creek and marsh vegetation at the NMAT field site
HOBO device continually measures temperatures at WETFEET mangrove warming plots
Early development (circa 1953) of Conch Island,
Anastasia State Park, and St. Augustine Inlet
The WETFEET Project CVI is collaboration between
Villanova University and GTM NERR
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