Sea level rise

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The sea level rise metric is an index of the likelihood that a site impacted by sea level rise will be resilient and adaptive or not. Rob Thieler, Erika Lentz, and others at the USGS lab at Woods Hole developed a model for sea level rise that was adapted by the UMass DSL team for this project. The sea level projections used were based on an average of the projections from two IPCC climate change scenarios for the year 2080: RCP 4.5 and RCP 8.5. Resiliency to sea level rise is defined as whether a site is projected to be inundated by salt water, or can respond dynamically so that it does not become submerged (e.g., a tidal marsh that accretes sediment quickly enough to stay above the level of the sea).  In the latter case the site is considered less stressed by sea level rise.

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Aquatic core vulnerability to development

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Aquatic core vulnerability to development is an index that measures the likelihood of development in areas that may impact the aquatic cores. It is based on the aquatic buffers and the future probability of development (between 2010 and 2080). Areas with little influence on the aquatic cores have low vulnerability regardless of how likely they are to be developed. Areas with high influence on the aquatic cores, such as uplands in close proximity to aquatic cores, that also have a high probability of future development, receive high scores on the index.

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Brook trout climate response

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This data layer is based on information from the USGS Conte Anadromous Fish Lab (Ben Letcher group). It is the average of the current and future probability of brook trout occurrence. It is intended to indicate where, within cool and cold headwater creeks, brook trout are projected to occur now and into the future.

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Read the Technical Abstract for this data layer (brookTroutCR2080.shp).