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CRMS monitoring: 390-site network shows higher baseline water levels since 2011; CPRA to continue annual measurements
Summary
Leanne Sharp (CRMS program, CPRA Lafayette office) briefed the board on the Coastwide Reference Monitoring System (CRMS), a network of roughly 390 monitoring sites that track vegetation, elevation, accretion, water level and salinity across coastal Louisiana.
Leanne Sharp (CRMS program, CPRA Lafayette office) briefed the board on the Coastwide Reference Monitoring System (CRMS), a network of roughly 390 monitoring sites distributed across coastal Louisiana to measure vegetation, surface elevation, accretion, water level and salinity. Sharp said the network is a standardized, randomized reference design intended to let scientists and planners make coastwide inferences about marsh condition and long‑term change.
Sharp summarized recent CRMS data analysis and the network’s role in planning and adaptive management. Key points:
- CRMS is a randomized network of about 390 sites, designed to represent basin and marsh‑type distributions so analysts can draw inferences about marsh types and basins rather than only project sites. Sharp said, "we didn't put it there. We used randomization…
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