Program Info
- Website
- http://www.tbep.org/
- Region(s)
- SW
- Summary
- The Critical Coastal Habitat Assessment (CCHA) was developed as a long-term monitoring effort to examine the status and trends of coastal habitats in the face of climate change, sea-level rise, and other anthropologic impacts (Price et al. 2017). This monitoring program is designed to be an early warning system that will enable improved adaptive management and restoration of coastal habitats (PBS&J 2010). The CCHA protocol includes monitoring flora, fauna, and abiotic parameters across a transect of coastal habitats, with specific emphasis on tracking long-term landward shifts in vegetation. Monitoring sites are intended to be revisited every 3-5 years in perpetuity.
- Parameters
- Vegetation composition, percent cover, species richness, shoot density, tree composition, soil percent organic content, poreware salinity, sediment accretion and erosion, estimated of fiddler crabs and burrows, invertebrates and mammal activity
- Notes
- Application
- assess the mosaic of critical coastal habitats to detect changes from natural and anthropogenic impacts including climate change and to improve management of habitats
- Publications
- Start
- 2014
- End
- Current
- Frequency
- Periodic
- Method
- topographic survey, permanent transect, permanent benchmarks, elevation of transect and site control, Stratified random quadrats one meter square plots along belt transect, photos, feldspar horizons, Shallow well piezometers
- Discontinuity
- Data Location
- By Request https://github.com/tbep-tech/ccha-workflow https://shiny.tbep.org/ccha-workflow/
- Data Format
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- Habitats
- Coastal Wetlands
- SEACAR Citation
- Tampa Bay Estuary Program. (2018). Tampa Bay Critical Coastal Habitat Assessment. Updated 05/25/2023. Distributed by: SEACAR Data Discovery Interface, Office of Resilience and Coastal Protection, Florida Department of Environmental Protection. https://data.florida-seacar.org/programs/details/906
- Alternative Citation
indicates priority attributes

Contacts
Program Extent
Export Standardized Data
Habitat(s) : Indicator(s) | Last Updated | File Download |
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Coastal Wetlands : Species Composition | 01/13/25 06:32 PM | Download File - Coastal Wetlands - 906.zip |
DIP Document | N/A | Download File - DIP |
Office of Resilience and Coastal Protection Managed Areas
Boca Ciega Bay, Pinellas County
Indicators
Indicator |
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Coastal Wetlands - Species Composition |
Documentation and Data provided by program
File Type | File Name | Added On | Details |
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Data | CCHA_TransectDataRolledUp.xlsx | 10/02/20 02:03 PM | |
Data | PCQ-CCHA.xlsx | 11/01/22 11:38 AM | |
Data | trees_m2.csv | 02/28/23 04:24 PM | |
Data | Veg_CCHA_Transects.xlsx | 11/01/22 11:38 AM | |
Data | Veg_Data_CCHA.zip | 07/13/18 11:49 AM | |
GIS | GIS_CCHA.zip | 07/13/18 11:49 AM | |
Logo | tbep_logo.png | 07/13/18 11:49 AM | |
Protocols | Additional Related Documents.docx | 10/02/20 02:03 PM | |
Protocols | Raulerson_CERF2019_CCHA.pdf | 10/02/20 02:03 PM | |
Protocols | TBEP_05_17_CCHA_Phase_2_baseline_report.pdf | 07/13/18 11:49 AM | |
Protocols | TBEP_06_17_CCHA_Training_Manual.pdf | 07/13/18 11:49 AM |