Salt Marsh Integrity Assessment Program in USFWS region 5
Salt Marsh Integrity Assessment Program in USFWS region 5
Salt Marsh Integrity Assessment Program in USFWS region 5
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Rapid Method “F<strong>in</strong>al” List<br />
Historical condition and geomorphic sett<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Landscape_position<br />
• Landscape position: 1 (mar<strong>in</strong>e), 2 (middleestuary),<br />
3 (upper-estuary)<br />
• Shape: 1 (expansive meadow), 2 (narrow<br />
fr<strong>in</strong>g<strong>in</strong>g marsh)<br />
• Fill/fragmentation: 1 (no), 2 (low), 3 (mod),<br />
4 (severe)<br />
• Tidal flush<strong>in</strong>g: 1 (well flushed),<br />
2 (moderately flushed), 3 (poorly flushed)<br />
• Aquatic edge: 1 (low), 2 (mod), 3 (high)<br />
• Ditch Density: 1 (no), 2 (low), 3 (mod),<br />
4 (severe)
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