Website

https://rookerybay.org/learn/research/mapping-monitoring.html

Region(s)

SW

Summary

Shoreline change

Parameters

Shoreline location

Notes

Mapping the shoreline is one way Reserve staff uses GIS technology to monitor coastal processes and guide management activity. Each year staff map dynamic coastal areas such as Keewaydin Island to measure change.

Application

Inform management of islands in the NERR that support sea turtle and beach nesting birds

Publications

Site management use only

Start

2001

End

Current

Frequency

Annual

Method

georectify annual Collier County property appraiser images and use trimble to collect global positioning system (GPS) points along vegetation line on sandy shore of dynamic barrier islands

Discontinuity

Data Location

By Request

Data Format

shapefiles

Habitats

RCP Program not part of SEACAR analysis

SEACAR Citation

Alternative Citation

indicates priority attributes