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R/CT-02
Hyperspectral Reflectance of Freshwater Tidal Emergent Macrophytes as a Remote Sensing Tool for Assessing Wetland Nitrogen Status
Principal Investigator:
David R. TilleyStart/End Year:
2004 - 2006Institution:
University of Maryland, College ParkCo-Principal Investigator:
Andrew Baldwin, University of Maryland, College ParkTopic(s):
- Ecosystems and Restoration
Description:
(1) Adapt leaf-scale models for relating plant reflectance indices to wetland ammonia concentrations, identified in our previous and on-going research, to field-scale canopy reflectance measurements of freshwater tidal marsh plant communities; (2) Design, build and test a boat-borne platform for rapidly collecting canopy hyperspectral reflectance of marshes, which can be used in the canopy-scale reflectance/ammonia models to quantify marsh nitrogen status, & (3) Demonstrate our technology to state agencies to consider it as a wetland monitoring tool.
Funding Start Year
2004
Funding End Year
2006
Related Publications:
Tilley, DR; Ahmed, M; Son, JH; Badrinarayanan, H. 2007. Hyperspectral reflectance response of freshwater macrophytes to salinity in a brackish subtropical marsh. Journal of Environmental Quality36(3):780 -789. doi:10.2134/jeq2005.0327. UM-SG-RS-2007-10.
Tilley, DR; Ahmed, M; Son, JH; Badrinarayanan, H. 2003. Hyperspectral reflectance of emergent macrophytes as an indicator of water column ammonia in an oligohaline, subtropical marsh. Ecological Engineering21(23):153 -163. doi:10.1016/j.ecoleng.2003.10.004. UM-SG-RS-2003-16.
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Nina Santos
Nina Santos is a Ph.D. student at the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. For her dissertation, she is focused on small shrimp-like crustaceans called mysids – an understudied yet important part of many estuarine and coastal food webs.
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Developing a habitat model for mysids, an important link in Chesapeake Bay food webs
Mysids are important mesozooplankton prey for many species of fish in Chesapeake Bay and are an important link in transferring energy from lower to upper trophic levels. Mysids also serve as biological vectors for benthic-pelagic coupling due to their diel vertical migration and omnivorous prey-switching behavior, which makes mysids important regulators of food web architecture. Despite their central role in coastal food webs, surprisingly little is known about mysid ecology and dynamics in Chesapeake Bay.
