| Title | Sea Level Affecting Marshes Model (SLAMM) |
| Publication Type | Report |
| Year of Publication | 2014 |
| Authors | Lee II, Henry, Deborah A. Reusser, Melanie R. Frazier, Lee M. McCoy, Patrick J. Clinton, Jonathan S. Clough, and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory. Office of Research and Development. Western Ecology Division |
| Pagination | 50 p. |
| City | Newport, Or. |
| Call Number | OSU Libraries: Digital Open Access |
| Keywords | aquatic vegetation, bathymetry, climate change, eelgrass = Zostera marina, geographic information system, salt marsh, sea level, topography, Willapa Bay, Yaquina Bay |
| Notes | This is a technical document discussing how to use a computer program to model the effects of sea-level rise on native seagrass. “Because of the ecological importance of SAV [submerged aquatic vegetation] habitats, U.S. EPA, USGS, and USDA partnered with Warren Pinnacle Consulting to enhance the SLAMM modeling software to include new functionality in order to predict changes in Zostera marina distribution within Pacific Northwest estuaries in response to sea level rise.” (from the Introduction) The Yaquina River estuary and Willapa Bay are used as examples. While the emphasis of the document is on GIS, there are some good maps of Yaquina Bay. Clearly, a sea-level rise would have an impact on native seagrass distribution, with Zostera present in fewer areas. The latest version of the tool can be found at: https://coast.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/tools/slamm.html . |
| URL | https://warrenpinnacle.com/prof/SLAMM6/SLAMM_6.3_final_release.pdf |
