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Casting into the Atlantic Ocean, the fisherman tries his luck for any sportfish that comes along. Assateague Island National Seashore, Maryland.
The popular sport of surf fishing on Assateague…
Conceptual diagram illustrating saltwater intrusion on barrier islands due to climate change. As sea-level rises, ocean saltwater travels underground until it reaches the fresh groundwater in the mixing zone.
Saltwater Intrusion on Barrier Islands
Conceptual diagram illustrating natural resources found on Assateague Island. Assateague Island provides critical habitat for many unique plants and animals.
Assateague Island and Natural Resources, USA
Conceptual diagram illustrating the effects of sea-level rise and storm surges on barrier islands. When sea-level rise combines with strong storms, barrier islands experience high storm surges, which increases the effects of flooding and erosion.
Sea-level Rise and Storm Surges on Barrier Islands
Illustration map of barrier islands located along the Atlantic coast from Maine to Mexico.
USA: Barrier Islands on the Atlantic and Gulf…
Conceptual diagram illustrating different monitoring activities implemented on Assateague Island to track changing habitats. Monitoring activities - which are habitat specific - include water quality, seagrass area, salt marsh nekton survey, surface elevation table, plover nests and fledgling success, upland elevation change, shoreline rate of change, and beach topography.
Monitoring Activities to Track Changing Habitats…
Illustration of man doing beach topography
Monitoring: beach topography
Illustration of biologist monitoring birds with binoculars
Monitoring: biologist bird-watcher
Illustration of a man doing a deer population count.
Monitoring: deer population count
Illustration of a man doing the salt marsh nekton survey.
Monitoring: salt marsh nekton survey
Illustration of a technician using a Surface Elevation Table (SET).
Monitoring: surface elevation table
A strong ocean storm has sent wave and sand overwash and debris over the dunes, clearing the vegetation almost to the salt marsh on the bay side of Assateague Island.
Ocean overwash area
Illustration of a barrier island coast with microtidal, wave-dominated energy. The morphology shows an flood-tidal delta, recurved spit, washover fans,
Coastline 2D: barrier island with microtidal…
Illustration of a barrier island coast with mixed (wave & tide) energy. The morphology shows an ebb-tidal delta, a drumstick barrier island, tidal inlets, tidal creeks, and saltmarsh.
Coastline 2D: barrier island with mixed energy
Illustration of a bay with barrier island.
Coastline 3D: bay with barrier island
Conceptual diagram illustrating the conceptual cross section of the Atlantic Coastal Plain aquifer system in southern Maryland. The cross section runs approximately northwest to southeast.
Cross section of the Atlantic Coastal Plain
Conceptual diagram illustrating the 'Brunn rule', which is used to predict the landward movement of the shoreline relative to sea-level rise. This consists of developing an 'equilibrium profile' for the shoreface, which is shaped by the gradual release of wave energy approaching the shore.
The 'Brunn rule'

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