Dear Ecolog,
As we all know, climate models are pretty good in broad strokes and not
so good at local scales. In an effort to evaluate changing thermal
conditions for estuarine species, I am trying to compile relevant
nearshore/ shallow water temperature data for estuaries on the US east
coast. Now, I'm sure that there are lots of folks who have thrown
temperature loggers into shallow marshy areas, but I have not been able
to find an easy way to get to these records. Of course, USGS and NOAA
have great repositories for temperature data, but these are generally
for deeper water. If you have temperature data for shallow marshy
areas and are willing to share, please let me know offline. I will
compile all the answers I get into an open access database. (Of course,
if you know of a pre-existing archive for shallow / marsh temperature
data, I'd be grateful for that too!)
Thanks alot!
Steve
Dr. Stephan B. Munch
NOAA Fisheries
UCSC EEB
