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Predicting Sea-Level Rise Vulnerability of Terrestrial Habitat and Wildlife of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

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Published By US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior

Issued about 9 years ago

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Type of release
a one-off release of a single dataset

Data Licence
Not Applicable

Content Licence
Creative Commons CCZero

Verification
automatically awarded

Description

Chapter 1 describes the vegetation and topography of 20 islands of Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, the distribution and status of wildlife populations, and the predicted impacts for a range of sea level rise SLR scenarios. This chapter also explores the potential effects of SLR on wildlife breeding habitats for each island. Chapter 2 details a study of the Laysan Island ecosystem, describing a quantitative model that incorporates SLR, storm wave, and rising groundwater inundation. Wildlife, storm, and oceanographic data allowed for an assessment of the phonological and spatial vulnerability of Laysan Islands breeding bird species to SLR and storms.

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