Pine Island Runnel, Great Marsh, Massachusetts 2014 – 2021 Dataset

Monitoring data set accompanying the publication, " Runnels Reverse Mega-pool Expansion and Improve Marsh Resiliency in the Great Marsh, Massachusetts (USA)" in the Journal Wetlands. <br> <br> Coastal ecologists in New England have been implementing a restoration strategy of runnels, or shallow ditches, to enhance drainage of oversaturated and ponding interior marshes. In 2015, runnels were constructed to drain two large and expanding pools in the Great Marsh System of Massachusetts, USA. Vegetation, elevation, and hydrology were monitored using field sampling and remote sensing analysis conducted pre- and post-restoration over seven growing seasons to document the recovery of the vegetation community in the pool and salt marsh platform. Vegetation was monitored with 0.5 m2 plots with all species identified and percent cover estimated per species. Elevation was recorded with either laser level (2015) or RTK-GPS (2016, 2021) in the plots. Water level elevations were monitored with Odyssey capacitance loggers (2015, 2016) and Hobo pressure transducers (2018, 2021). <br> Questions about the data set can be directed towards Grant McKown, [e-mail]