Brad Griffin
Biography
EDUCATION
B.S., Louisiana State University, Geography (Emphasis in Geographic Information Systems)
RESEARCH
Preparation of cartographic products, performing GIS analyses, spatial database creation and maintenance, and assuring quality control for geospatial products developed to support coastal restoration and protection in coastal Louisiana.
Science and Products
Year Published: 2011
Land area change in coastal Louisiana from 1932 to 2010
Coastal Louisiana wetlands make up the seventh largest delta on Earth, contain about 37 percent of the estuarine herbaceous marshes in the conterminous United States, and support the largest commercial fishery in the lower 48 States. These wetlands are in peril because Louisiana currently undergoes about 90 percent of the total coastal wetland...
Couvillion, Brady R.; Barras, John A.; Steyer, Gregory D.; Sleavin, William; Fischer, Michelle; Beck, Holly; Trahan, Nadine; Griffin, Brad; Heckman, DavidAttribution: Wetland and Aquatic Research Center, Ecosystems, Region 2: South Atlantic-Gulf (Includes Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands), Region 4: Mississippi Basin
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Land area change in coastal Louisiana from 1932 to 2010; 2011; SIM; 3164; Couvillion, Brady R.; Barras, John A.; Steyer, Gregory D.; Sleavin, William; Fischer, Michelle; Beck, Holly; Trahan, Nadine; Griffin, Brad; Heckman, David