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.
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Broad-scale response of landbird migration to the immediate effects of Hurricane Katrina Broad-scale response of landbird migration to the immediate effects of Hurricane Katrina
It was the midst of songbird migration season when Hurricane Katrina hit the Louisiana coast in 2005. Typically these birds fatten up in Gulf Coast river bottomland forest for the long flight to Central and South America. After Katrina stripped plants of leaves, fruits, and insects in the fertile bottomlands of the Pearl River, weather radar indicated that migrant birds increased their...
Authors
Wylie Barrow, J. Buler, Brady R. Couvillion, Robb Diehl, Stephen Faulkner, F. Moore, Lori Randall
Landscape change and relative elevation sub-models Landscape change and relative elevation sub-models
No abstract available
Authors
Gregory D. Steyer, Brady Couvillion, Hongqing Wang, William J. Sleavin, John M. Rybczyk, Nadine Trahan, Holly Beck, Craig J. Fischenich, Ronald G. Boustany, Yvonne C. Allen
Impacts of Hurricane Katrina on floodplain forests of the Pearl River Impacts of Hurricane Katrina on floodplain forests of the Pearl River
Floodplain forests are an important habitat for Neotropical migratory birds. Hurricane Katrina passed through the Pearl River flood plain shortly after making landfall. Field measurements on historical plots and remotely sensed data were used to assess the impact of Hurricane Katrina on the structure of floodplain forests of the Pearl River.
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Stephen Faulkner, Wylie Barrow, Brady R. Couvillion, William Conner, Lori Randall, Michael Baldwin
Data collection network to support ecosystem forecasting for the Barataria Basin - Mississippi River domain Data collection network to support ecosystem forecasting for the Barataria Basin - Mississippi River domain
Ecosystem forecasting is limited by a number of uncertainties including inadequate initialization information, unknown boundary conditions, inaccurate model physics and atmospheric forcing functions, and inadequate algorithm development of geomorphic and ecological responses to hydrodynamic and geophysical processes. Monitoring can help reduce these uncertainties by providing numerical...
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Gregory D. Steyer, Alaina Owens, Brady Couvillion
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Brady Canal hydrologic restoration (TE-28): 2016 habitat classification Brady Canal hydrologic restoration (TE-28): 2016 habitat classification
The Louisiana State Legislature created Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection, and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) in order to conserve, restore, create and enhance Louisiana's coastal wetlands. The wetland restoration plans developed persuant to these acts specifically require an evaluation of the effectiveness of each coastal wetlands restoration project in achieving long-term solutions to...
Land area change in Coastal Louisiana (1932 to 2016) - persistent land change spatial data Land area change in Coastal Louisiana (1932 to 2016) - persistent land change spatial data
Coastal Louisiana wetlands are one of the most critically threatened environments in the United States. These wetlands are in peril because Louisiana currently experiences greater coastal wetland loss than all other States in the contiguous United States combined. The analyses of landscape change presented here have utilized historical surveys, aerial, and satellite data to quantify...
Phragmites australis maps and change, Delta National Wildlife Refuge, Louisiana (2011, 2013, 2016) Phragmites australis maps and change, Delta National Wildlife Refuge, Louisiana (2011, 2013, 2016)
This U.S. Geological Survey Data Release includes maps of Phragmites australis coverage within the Delta National Wildlife Refuge (NWR), located on the eastern half of the Mississippi River Delta in south Louisiana, for 2011, 2013 and 2016. While the objective of this mapping effort was to map the presence of P. australis, the map also includes coverage of water and non-P.australis land...
Lake Chapeau sediment input and hydrologic restoration, Point Au Fer Island (TE-26): 2016 land-water classification Lake Chapeau sediment input and hydrologic restoration, Point Au Fer Island (TE-26): 2016 land-water classification
The Louisiana State Legislature created Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection, and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) in order to conserve, restore, create and enhance Louisiana's coastal wetlands. The wetland restoration plans developed pursuant to these acts specifically require an evaluation of the effectiveness of each coastal wetlands restoration project in achieving long-term solutions to...
Big Island Mining (AT-03): 2016 habitat classification Big Island Mining (AT-03): 2016 habitat classification
The Louisiana State Legislature created Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection, and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) in order to conserve, restore, create and enhance Louisiana's coastal wetlands. The wetland restoration plans developed persuant to these acts specifically require an evaluation of the effectiveness of each coastal wetlands restoration project in achieving long-term solutions to...
Atchafalaya sediment delivery (AT-02): 2016 habitat classification Atchafalaya sediment delivery (AT-02): 2016 habitat classification
The Louisiana State Legislature created Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection, and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) in order to conserve, restore, create and enhance Louisiana's coastal wetlands. The wetland restoration plans developed persuant to these acts specifically require an evaluation of the effectiveness of each coastal wetlands restoration project in achieving long-term solutions to...
Channel Armor Gap Crevasse (MR-06): 2016 Land-Water Classification Channel Armor Gap Crevasse (MR-06): 2016 Land-Water Classification
The Louisiana State Legislature created Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection, and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) in order to conserve, restore, create and enhance Louisiana's coastal wetlands. The wetland restoration plans developed persuant to these acts specifically require an evaluation of the effectiveness of each coastal wetlands restoration project in achieving long-term solutions to...
Delineation of marsh types and marsh type-change in Coastal Louisiana for 2007 and 2013 Delineation of marsh types and marsh type-change in Coastal Louisiana for 2007 and 2013
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) researchers often require detailed information regarding emergent marsh vegetation types (i.e., fresh, intermediate, brackish, and saline) for modeling habitat capacities and mitigation. In response, the U.S. Geological Survey, in collaboration with the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management produced a detailed change classification of emergent...
Cote Blanche Hydrologic Restoration (TV-04): 2015 land-water classification Cote Blanche Hydrologic Restoration (TV-04): 2015 land-water classification
The Louisiana State Legislature created Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection, and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) in order to conserve, restore, create and enhance Louisiana's coastal wetlands. The wetland restoration plans developed pursuant to these acts specifically require an evaluation of the effectiveness of each coastal wetlands restoration project in achieving long-term solutions to...
Black Bayou Hydrologic Restoration (CS-27): 2015 land-water classification Black Bayou Hydrologic Restoration (CS-27): 2015 land-water classification
The Louisiana State Legislature created Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection, and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) in order to conserve, restore, create and enhance Louisiana's coastal wetlands. The wetland restoration plans developed persuant to these acts specifically require an evaluation of the effectiveness of each coastal wetlands restoration project in achieving long-term solutions to...
Mississippi barrier island land area change 1984-2016 Mississippi barrier island land area change 1984-2016
The analyses of landscape change presented in this dataset use Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM), Enhanced Thematic Mapper (ETM) and Operational Land Imager (OLI) to assess changes in land area through time. All cloud-free dates of imagery from 1984 through early 2016 were used in this analysis. This amounted to a total of 174 dates of imagery which were analyzed. No water level restrictions...
Pelican Island and Pass La Mer to Chaland Pass restoration (BA-38): Chaland Island (2005, 2007) and Pelican Island (2011, 2013) habitat classifications Pelican Island and Pass La Mer to Chaland Pass restoration (BA-38): Chaland Island (2005, 2007) and Pelican Island (2011, 2013) habitat classifications
The Louisiana State Legislature created Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection, and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) in order to conserve, restore, create and enhance Louisiana's coastal wetlands. The wetland restoration plans developed pursuant to these acts specifically require an evaluation of the effectiveness of each coastal wetlands restoration project in achieving long-term solutions to...
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Broad-scale response of landbird migration to the immediate effects of Hurricane Katrina Broad-scale response of landbird migration to the immediate effects of Hurricane Katrina
It was the midst of songbird migration season when Hurricane Katrina hit the Louisiana coast in 2005. Typically these birds fatten up in Gulf Coast river bottomland forest for the long flight to Central and South America. After Katrina stripped plants of leaves, fruits, and insects in the fertile bottomlands of the Pearl River, weather radar indicated that migrant birds increased their...
Authors
Wylie Barrow, J. Buler, Brady R. Couvillion, Robb Diehl, Stephen Faulkner, F. Moore, Lori Randall
Landscape change and relative elevation sub-models Landscape change and relative elevation sub-models
No abstract available
Authors
Gregory D. Steyer, Brady Couvillion, Hongqing Wang, William J. Sleavin, John M. Rybczyk, Nadine Trahan, Holly Beck, Craig J. Fischenich, Ronald G. Boustany, Yvonne C. Allen
Impacts of Hurricane Katrina on floodplain forests of the Pearl River Impacts of Hurricane Katrina on floodplain forests of the Pearl River
Floodplain forests are an important habitat for Neotropical migratory birds. Hurricane Katrina passed through the Pearl River flood plain shortly after making landfall. Field measurements on historical plots and remotely sensed data were used to assess the impact of Hurricane Katrina on the structure of floodplain forests of the Pearl River.
Authors
Stephen Faulkner, Wylie Barrow, Brady R. Couvillion, William Conner, Lori Randall, Michael Baldwin
Data collection network to support ecosystem forecasting for the Barataria Basin - Mississippi River domain Data collection network to support ecosystem forecasting for the Barataria Basin - Mississippi River domain
Ecosystem forecasting is limited by a number of uncertainties including inadequate initialization information, unknown boundary conditions, inaccurate model physics and atmospheric forcing functions, and inadequate algorithm development of geomorphic and ecological responses to hydrodynamic and geophysical processes. Monitoring can help reduce these uncertainties by providing numerical...
Authors
Gregory D. Steyer, Alaina Owens, Brady Couvillion
Filter Total Items: 15
Filter Total Items: 49
Brady Canal hydrologic restoration (TE-28): 2016 habitat classification Brady Canal hydrologic restoration (TE-28): 2016 habitat classification
The Louisiana State Legislature created Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection, and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) in order to conserve, restore, create and enhance Louisiana's coastal wetlands. The wetland restoration plans developed persuant to these acts specifically require an evaluation of the effectiveness of each coastal wetlands restoration project in achieving long-term solutions to...
Land area change in Coastal Louisiana (1932 to 2016) - persistent land change spatial data Land area change in Coastal Louisiana (1932 to 2016) - persistent land change spatial data
Coastal Louisiana wetlands are one of the most critically threatened environments in the United States. These wetlands are in peril because Louisiana currently experiences greater coastal wetland loss than all other States in the contiguous United States combined. The analyses of landscape change presented here have utilized historical surveys, aerial, and satellite data to quantify...
Phragmites australis maps and change, Delta National Wildlife Refuge, Louisiana (2011, 2013, 2016) Phragmites australis maps and change, Delta National Wildlife Refuge, Louisiana (2011, 2013, 2016)
This U.S. Geological Survey Data Release includes maps of Phragmites australis coverage within the Delta National Wildlife Refuge (NWR), located on the eastern half of the Mississippi River Delta in south Louisiana, for 2011, 2013 and 2016. While the objective of this mapping effort was to map the presence of P. australis, the map also includes coverage of water and non-P.australis land...
Lake Chapeau sediment input and hydrologic restoration, Point Au Fer Island (TE-26): 2016 land-water classification Lake Chapeau sediment input and hydrologic restoration, Point Au Fer Island (TE-26): 2016 land-water classification
The Louisiana State Legislature created Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection, and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) in order to conserve, restore, create and enhance Louisiana's coastal wetlands. The wetland restoration plans developed pursuant to these acts specifically require an evaluation of the effectiveness of each coastal wetlands restoration project in achieving long-term solutions to...
Big Island Mining (AT-03): 2016 habitat classification Big Island Mining (AT-03): 2016 habitat classification
The Louisiana State Legislature created Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection, and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) in order to conserve, restore, create and enhance Louisiana's coastal wetlands. The wetland restoration plans developed persuant to these acts specifically require an evaluation of the effectiveness of each coastal wetlands restoration project in achieving long-term solutions to...
Atchafalaya sediment delivery (AT-02): 2016 habitat classification Atchafalaya sediment delivery (AT-02): 2016 habitat classification
The Louisiana State Legislature created Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection, and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) in order to conserve, restore, create and enhance Louisiana's coastal wetlands. The wetland restoration plans developed persuant to these acts specifically require an evaluation of the effectiveness of each coastal wetlands restoration project in achieving long-term solutions to...
Channel Armor Gap Crevasse (MR-06): 2016 Land-Water Classification Channel Armor Gap Crevasse (MR-06): 2016 Land-Water Classification
The Louisiana State Legislature created Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection, and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) in order to conserve, restore, create and enhance Louisiana's coastal wetlands. The wetland restoration plans developed persuant to these acts specifically require an evaluation of the effectiveness of each coastal wetlands restoration project in achieving long-term solutions to...
Delineation of marsh types and marsh type-change in Coastal Louisiana for 2007 and 2013 Delineation of marsh types and marsh type-change in Coastal Louisiana for 2007 and 2013
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) researchers often require detailed information regarding emergent marsh vegetation types (i.e., fresh, intermediate, brackish, and saline) for modeling habitat capacities and mitigation. In response, the U.S. Geological Survey, in collaboration with the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management produced a detailed change classification of emergent...
Cote Blanche Hydrologic Restoration (TV-04): 2015 land-water classification Cote Blanche Hydrologic Restoration (TV-04): 2015 land-water classification
The Louisiana State Legislature created Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection, and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) in order to conserve, restore, create and enhance Louisiana's coastal wetlands. The wetland restoration plans developed pursuant to these acts specifically require an evaluation of the effectiveness of each coastal wetlands restoration project in achieving long-term solutions to...
Black Bayou Hydrologic Restoration (CS-27): 2015 land-water classification Black Bayou Hydrologic Restoration (CS-27): 2015 land-water classification
The Louisiana State Legislature created Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection, and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) in order to conserve, restore, create and enhance Louisiana's coastal wetlands. The wetland restoration plans developed persuant to these acts specifically require an evaluation of the effectiveness of each coastal wetlands restoration project in achieving long-term solutions to...
Mississippi barrier island land area change 1984-2016 Mississippi barrier island land area change 1984-2016
The analyses of landscape change presented in this dataset use Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM), Enhanced Thematic Mapper (ETM) and Operational Land Imager (OLI) to assess changes in land area through time. All cloud-free dates of imagery from 1984 through early 2016 were used in this analysis. This amounted to a total of 174 dates of imagery which were analyzed. No water level restrictions...
Pelican Island and Pass La Mer to Chaland Pass restoration (BA-38): Chaland Island (2005, 2007) and Pelican Island (2011, 2013) habitat classifications Pelican Island and Pass La Mer to Chaland Pass restoration (BA-38): Chaland Island (2005, 2007) and Pelican Island (2011, 2013) habitat classifications
The Louisiana State Legislature created Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection, and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) in order to conserve, restore, create and enhance Louisiana's coastal wetlands. The wetland restoration plans developed pursuant to these acts specifically require an evaluation of the effectiveness of each coastal wetlands restoration project in achieving long-term solutions to...