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U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2010-1299

In Cooperation with the National Park Service Water Quality Program

Biogeochemical Processes in an Urban, Restored Wetland of San Francisco Bay, California, 2007–2009: Methods and Data for Plant, Sediment, and Water Parameters

By Lisamarie Windham-Myers, Mark C. Marvin-DiPasquale, Jennifer L. Agee, Le H. Kieu, Evangelos Kakouros, Li Erikson, and Kristen Ward

ABSTRACT

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The restoration of 18 acres of historic tidal marsh at Crissy Field has had great success in terms of public outreach and visibility, but less success in terms of revegetated marsh sustainability. Native cordgrass (Spartina foliosa) has experienced dieback and has failed to recolonize following extended flooding events during unintended periodic closures of its inlet channel, which inhibits daily tidal flushing. We examined the biogeochemical impacts of these impoundment events on plant physiology and on sulfur and mercury chemistry to help the National Park Service land managers determine the relative influence of these inlet closures on marsh function. In this comparative study, we examined key pools of sulfur, mercury, and carbon compounds both during and between closure events. Further, we estimated the net hydrodynamic flux of methylmercury and total mercury to and from the marsh during a 24-hour diurnal cycle. This report documents the methods used and the data generated during the study.

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  • Appendix A folder. All project data are represented in these workbook files as spreadsheets in several file formats (397 kB total)
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Suggested citation:

Windham-Myers, L., Marvin-DiPasquale, M.C., Agee, J.L., Kieu, L.H., Kakouros, E., Erikson, L., and Ward, K., 2010, Biogeochemical processes in an urban, restored wetland of San Francisco Bay, California, 2007-2009; methods and data for plant, sediment and water parameters: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2010-1299, 23 p. and spreadsheets.



Contents

Abstract

Background

Site Description

Methods

Acknowledgments

References Cited

one Appendix


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