(Lead Investigators: FitzGerald, Hughes and Fulweiler)
Study site and location of field work activities. Two first-order tidal channels and marsh platform areas (SM 1, 2) have been nutrient enriched and 2 similar areas are used as control sites (SM 3, 4). Two new sites are proposed for nutrient enrichment starting in 2009 (not shown on map). CH1, CH2, CH3 are the three channel cross section that we propose to instrument to quantify the biogeochemical fluxes between marshes and tidal flats (CH1 drains SM1-2 while CH2 drains SM3-4). TF1, TF2 and TF3 are the locations at which the tidal flat substrate experiments will be conducted (with tripod deployment). They represent three typical tidal flat environments (interchannel flat, deep flat, and shallow flat)
Study site and location of field work activities. Two first-order tidal channels and marsh platform areas (SM 1, 2) have been nutrient enriched and 2 similar areas are used as control sites (SM 3, 4). Two new sites are proposed for nutrient enrichment starting in 2009 (not shown on map). CH1, CH2, CH3 are the three channel cross section that we propose to instrument to quantify the biogeochemical fluxes between marshes and tidal flats (CH1 drains SM1-2 while CH2 drains SM3-4). TF1, TF2 and TF3 are the locations at which the tidal flat substrate experiments will be conducted (with tripod deployment). They represent three typical tidal flat environments (interchannel flat, deep flat, and shallow flat)