Petaluma Marsh
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Petaluma marsh is located along the Petaluma River and covers 81 hectares. We surveyed 655 elevation points and 357 vegetation plots to determine baseline conditions of the marsh. Water level loggers deployed in 2010 were used to characterize the tidal inundation patterns throughout the year. Sediment accretion rates from soil cores were used as input for the WARMER sea-level rise response model. WARMER projects that by 2050 Petaluma marsh will be dominated by low marsh vegetation and will transition into mudflat habitat by 2080.
Petaluma marsh is located along the Petaluma River and covers 81 hectares. We surveyed 655 elevation points and 357 vegetation plots to determine baseline conditions of the marsh. Water level loggers deployed in 2010 were used to characterize the tidal inundation patterns throughout the year. Sediment accretion rates from soil cores were used as input for the WARMER sea-level rise response model. WARMER projects that by 2050 Petaluma marsh will be dominated by low marsh vegetation and will transition into mudflat habitat by 2080.
PETALUMA MARSH
To download the Petaluma PDF Summary Report (Petaluma appendix from USGS Open-File Report Final report for sea-level rise response modeling for San Francisco Bay estuary tidal marshes):