Data for Forest resistance to sea-level rise prevents landward migration of tidal marsh

Data for the locations of marsh plant resurvey plots, the start points of tree mortality transects (one file for Connecticut; one for New York), and master chronologies for red oak group (Quercus rubra, Q. velutina) and white oak group (Q. alba, Q. bicolor) growth rates from 1993-2013. Master chronologies are for trees at two site: Stewart B. McKinney NWR in Westbrook, CT and Barn Island WMA in Stonington, CT.