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Mapping irregularly flooded wetlands, high marsh, and salt pannes/flats along the northern Gulf of Mexico coast

July 28, 2022

This data release includes geospatial data for irregularly flooded wetlands and high marsh and salt pannes/flats along the northern Gulf of Mexico coast from Texas to Florida. Specifically, this release includes six products: (1) a map highlighting the probability that an area is an irregularly flooded wetland; (2) a map delineating high marsh and salt pannes/flats; (3) a map from Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana to the Florida Big Bend delineating the coverage of irregularly flooded wetlands that have Juncus roemerianus (Black needlerush) as the dominant vegetation species; (4) a spatial metadata file showing what elevation data were used for specific locations; (5) a supplemental version of the high marsh and salt pannes/flats map that [...]

Citation Information

Publication Year 2022
Title Mapping irregularly flooded wetlands, high marsh, and salt pannes/flats along the northern Gulf of Mexico coast
DOI 10.5066/P9MLO26U
Authors Nicholas M Enwright, Wyatt C Cheney, Kristine Evans, Hana R Thurman, Mark S Woodrey, Auriel M V Fournier, Anne Bauer, Jim Cox, Stephanie Goehring, Heather Hill, Karen Hondrick, Peter Kappes, Heather Levy, Jena Moon, J Andy Nyman, Jonathan Pitchford, Destinee Storey, Matt Sukiennik, Jennifer Wilson
Product Type Data Release
Record Source USGS Digital Object Identifier Catalog
USGS Organization Wetland and Aquatic Research Center

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