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NESP MaC Project 1.11 - OzSET: Integration and publication of the Australian Surface Elevation Table dataset

This record provides an overview of the NESP Marine and Coastal Hub small-scale study - "OzSET: Integration and publication of the Australian Surface Elevation Table dataset". For specific data outputs from this project, please see child records associated with this metadata.

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Australia’s coastal floodplains and wetlands provide essential ecosystem services and have immense cultural value. They regulate water quality, moderate flood and storm damage, and provide habitat for marine life including commercial fish and shellfish species. These environments are threatened by accelerating rates of sea-level rise. A national approach is needed to monitor and assess the way coastal floodplains and wetlands are changing in response to sea level rise.


A useful measure of resilience is the extent to which coastal wetland sediments can accrete vertically at a rate matching that of sea-level rise. Assessing the resilience, or vulnerability, of these environments requires measurements of rates of vertical accretion, subsidence and elevation gain across a range of coastal settings. The Surface Elevation Table-Marker Horizon (SET-MH) technique measures the vertical accretion of coastal wetland sediments. This enables assessment of whether wetlands are keeping pace with sea level rise (measured at tide gauges), or subsiding relative to local sea level rise and thus vulnerable to permanent inundation and loss.


Australia’s network of Surface Elevation Tables is one of the most extensive in the world, consisting of over 200 benchmark monitoring stations from Westernport Bay, Victoria to Darwin Harbour, NT. The network has developed largely without national coordination, and the data gathered have not been readily available to the research community or research users.


This project collated SET data on accretion, subsidence and elevation change in mangroves, saltmarshes, seagrasses and tidal freshwater forests, and provides an initial analysis of accretion and surface elevation trends. This information is vital to coastal risk assessment, estimating blue carbon sequestration, and modelling potential predicted changes in other ecosystem services.


Outputs

• Collation of data from existing Surface Elevation Table (SET-MH) stations [dataset]

• Final Technical Report

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Identification info

Date (Creation)
2021-03-01

Resource provider

Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (DAWE), Australian Government
Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (DAWE)
GPO Box 858
Canberra
Australian Capital Territory
2601
Australia

Principal investigator

Macquarie University - Saintilan, Neil (Project co-leader)
New South Wales
Australia
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Principal investigator

The University of Queensland - Lovelock, Catherine (Project co-leader)
Queensland
Australia
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Collaborator

Macquarie University - Pham, Dat (Data collation)
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University of Wollongong - Rogers, Kerrylee (Data contributor (NSW, Vic))
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The University of Adelaide - Jones, Alice (Data contributor (SA))
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Charles Darwin University - Goddard, Madeline (Data contributor (NT))
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Edith Cowan University - Lavery, Paul (Data contributor (WA))
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Charles Darwin University - Hutley, Lindsay (Data contributor (NT))
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The University of Adelaide - Mosley, Luke (Data contributor (SA))
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Purpose
To provide a national resource to monitor the resilience of coastal wetlands with sea level rise and other climate change impacts. These data can be used to validate remotely sensed products, underpin modelling of the impacts of sea level rise on wetland distribution and monitor variation in soil accretion and carbon sequestration over time.
Credit
National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Marine and Coastal Hub
Credit
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW), Australian Government
Credit
In addition to NESP (DCCEEW) funding, this project is matched by an equivalent amount of in-kind support and co-investment from project partners and collaborators.
Status
Completed

Point of contact

Macquarie University - Saintilan, Neil
New South Wales
Australia
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Point of contact

The University of Queensland - Lovelock, Catherine
Queensland
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Topic category
  • Biota
  • Environment
  • Oceans

Extent



Temporal extent

Time period
2021-09-01 2022-03-31
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed
Keywords (dataSource)
  • National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Marine and Coastal Hub
Keywords (Theme)
  • sea level rise
  • coastal wetland
  • accretion
  • resilience
  • subsidence
GCMD Earth Science keywords
  • MARINE ECOSYSTEMS
  • SEA LEVEL RISE
  • COASTAL PROCESSES

Resource constraints

Classification
Unclassified

Resource constraints

Use limitation
This project was funded by the Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) through the NESP Marine and Coastal Hub.

Resource constraints

Linkage
http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/4.0/88x31.png

License Graphic

Title
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License


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Website
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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UTF8

Distribution Information

OnLine resource
Final Project Report

Saintilan N, Sun Y (2022) Integration, analysis and publication of the Australian Surface Elevation Table-Marker Horizon Dataset. Report to the National Environmental Science Program. Macquarie University.

OnLine resource
Associated Publication

Saintilan, N., Sun, Y., Lovelock, C.E. et al. Vertical Accretion Trends in Australian Tidal Wetlands. Estuaries and Coasts 47, 2057–2070 (2024). doi:10.1007/s12237-023-01267-x

OnLine resource
Associated Publication

Saintilan N, Kovalenko KE, Guntenspergen G, et al. Constraints on the adjustment of tidal marshes to accelerating sea level rise. Science (New York, N.Y.). 2022 Jul;377(6605):523-527. doi:10.1126/science.abo7872

OnLine resource
Project page on NESP Marine and Coastal Hub website

OnLine resource
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: NESP MaC Hub website

Metadata

Metadata identifier
urn:uuid/53c464cb-aebb-43b7-b20d-d2f3936d497f

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Point of contact

Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies - Emma Flukes (NESP Marine and Coastal Hub Data Manager (Southern node))
Parent metadata
  • National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Marine and Coastal (MaC) Hub - Funding Program 2021-2027

Type of resource

Resource scope
Field session
Name
MaC Hub Project 1.11
Metadata linkage
https://metadata.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/53c464cb-aebb-43b7-b20d-d2f3936d497f

Point of truth URL of this metadata record

Date info (Creation)
2022-03-01T12:00:00
Date info (Revision)
2025-03-03T09:34:52

Metadata standard

Title
ISO 19115-3:2018
 
 

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Keywords

accretion coastal wetland resilience sea level rise subsidence
GCMD Earth Science keywords
COASTAL PROCESSES MARINE ECOSYSTEMS SEA LEVEL RISE

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