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.
Brady Couvillion
Brady Couvillion is a Geographer with the Coastal Restoration Assessment Branch of the USGS Wetland and Aquatic Research Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
His research topics commonly include wetland morphology, vegetation monitoring, applications of remote sensing to natural resource assessments, and landscape modeling/forecasting.
Science and Products
Identifying and Projecting Water Quality Outcomes of Canal Backfilling Restoration at Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
Nekton References and Targets: Assessing the Abundance and Density of Fish and Invertebrates Associated with Louisiana’s Marsh Habitat
Quantifying Changes in Wetland Area and Habitat Types in the Deepwater Horizon Louisiana Restoration Area 1985-Present with Remote Sensing
A Roadmap for Developing Resilient Coastal Shellfish Populations: Using Spatial and Process-Based Modelling for Restoration Under Current and Predicted Future Water Quality Conditions
Model Improvements for Louisiana’s 2023 Coastal Master Plan
Identification of Hydrologic Controls on Coastal Spartina patens Marshes and Optimal Hydrological Conditions for Sustainable Mottled Duck Habitat
Mississippi Coastal Improvements Program (MsCIP)
Alabama Barrier Island Restoration Assessment
Assessment of Wetland Area Change and Shoreline Erosion Due to Hurricane Sandy
Investigation of Causal Mechanisms of Coastal Wetland Change in Coastal Louisiana
Spatial Analysis of Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act Projects
Gulf of Mexico Land Loss Change Assessment: A Cooperative Study with the Bureau of Ocean and Energy Management
When and where could rising seas cross thresholds for initiating wetland drowning across conterminous United States?
Coastwide Reference Monitoring System (CRMS) 2005, 2008, 2012, 2015/2016, 2018, and 2021 land-water matrices, Central Louisiana
Coastwide Reference Monitoring System (CRMS) 2021 land-water classification data, Central Louisiana
Eastern oyster Dynamic Energy Budget model outputs under current (2014-2020) and projected (2041-2050) temperature and salinity conditions in Texas and Louisiana estuaries and along northern Gulf of Mexico coast
Coastwide Reference Monitoring System (CRMS) 2021 land-water classification data, Eastern Louisiana
Coastwide Reference Monitoring System (CRMS) 2005, 2008, 2012, 2015/2016, 2018, and 2021 land-water matrices, Eastern Louisiana
Cone penetrometer and elevation measurement data of coastal wetland plant states for resilience quantification, Louisiana, USA (2019)
An Unvegetated to Vegetated Ratio (UVVR) for coastal wetlands of the Conterminous United States (2014-2018)
Riverine Sand Mining/Scofield Island Restoration (BA-40): 2014 habitat classification
Shell Island East Barrier Island Restoration (BA-0110): 2013 habitat pre-construction and post-construction (as-built) classification (ver. 1.1, July 2021)
Humble Canal Hydrologic Restoration (ME-11): 2015 Land-Water Classification
Coastwide Reference Monitoring System (CRMS) 2005, 2008, 2012, 2015/2016 and 2018 land-water matrices
Land area change in coastal Louisiana (1932 to 2016)
Delineation of marsh types from Corpus Christi Bay, Texas, to Perdido Bay, Alabama, in 2010
Land area change in coastal Louisiana from 1932 to 2010
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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.
Rising seas could cross thresholds for initiating coastal wetland drowning within decades across much of the United States
Accelerating elevation gain indicates land loss associated with erosion in Mississippi River Deltaic Plain tidal wetlands
2023 Coastal master plan: Landscape input data
2023 Coastal master plan: ICM-wetlands – Submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) updates
Comparison of historic to future without action (FWOA) land change
The concept of land bridge marshes in the Mississippi River Delta and implications for coastal restoration
Characterization of vegetated and ponded wetlands with implications towards coastal wetland marsh collapse
Development and application of Landsat-based wetland vegetation cover and unvegetated-vegetated marsh ratio (UVVR) for the conterminous United States
Defining oyster resource zones across coastal Louisiana for restoration and aquaculture
Defining aquatic habitat zones across northern Gulf of Mexico estuarine gradients through submerged aquatic vegetation species assemblage and biomass data
Seasonal controls on sediment delivery and hydrodynamics in a vegetated tidally influenced interdistributary island
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Science and Products
Identifying and Projecting Water Quality Outcomes of Canal Backfilling Restoration at Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
Nekton References and Targets: Assessing the Abundance and Density of Fish and Invertebrates Associated with Louisiana’s Marsh Habitat
Quantifying Changes in Wetland Area and Habitat Types in the Deepwater Horizon Louisiana Restoration Area 1985-Present with Remote Sensing
A Roadmap for Developing Resilient Coastal Shellfish Populations: Using Spatial and Process-Based Modelling for Restoration Under Current and Predicted Future Water Quality Conditions
Model Improvements for Louisiana’s 2023 Coastal Master Plan
Identification of Hydrologic Controls on Coastal Spartina patens Marshes and Optimal Hydrological Conditions for Sustainable Mottled Duck Habitat
Mississippi Coastal Improvements Program (MsCIP)
Alabama Barrier Island Restoration Assessment
Assessment of Wetland Area Change and Shoreline Erosion Due to Hurricane Sandy
Investigation of Causal Mechanisms of Coastal Wetland Change in Coastal Louisiana
Spatial Analysis of Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act Projects
Gulf of Mexico Land Loss Change Assessment: A Cooperative Study with the Bureau of Ocean and Energy Management
When and where could rising seas cross thresholds for initiating wetland drowning across conterminous United States?
Coastwide Reference Monitoring System (CRMS) 2005, 2008, 2012, 2015/2016, 2018, and 2021 land-water matrices, Central Louisiana
Coastwide Reference Monitoring System (CRMS) 2021 land-water classification data, Central Louisiana
Eastern oyster Dynamic Energy Budget model outputs under current (2014-2020) and projected (2041-2050) temperature and salinity conditions in Texas and Louisiana estuaries and along northern Gulf of Mexico coast
Coastwide Reference Monitoring System (CRMS) 2021 land-water classification data, Eastern Louisiana
Coastwide Reference Monitoring System (CRMS) 2005, 2008, 2012, 2015/2016, 2018, and 2021 land-water matrices, Eastern Louisiana
Cone penetrometer and elevation measurement data of coastal wetland plant states for resilience quantification, Louisiana, USA (2019)
An Unvegetated to Vegetated Ratio (UVVR) for coastal wetlands of the Conterminous United States (2014-2018)
Riverine Sand Mining/Scofield Island Restoration (BA-40): 2014 habitat classification
Shell Island East Barrier Island Restoration (BA-0110): 2013 habitat pre-construction and post-construction (as-built) classification (ver. 1.1, July 2021)
Humble Canal Hydrologic Restoration (ME-11): 2015 Land-Water Classification
Coastwide Reference Monitoring System (CRMS) 2005, 2008, 2012, 2015/2016 and 2018 land-water matrices
Land area change in coastal Louisiana (1932 to 2016)
Delineation of marsh types from Corpus Christi Bay, Texas, to Perdido Bay, Alabama, in 2010
Land area change in coastal Louisiana from 1932 to 2010
![Land Area Change in Coastal Louisiana (1932 to 2010) video thumbnail: Land Area Change in Coastal Louisiana (1932 to 2010)](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/masonry/public/la_coastal_change.png?itok=H-hHaZnG)
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.
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.