Modeling marsh migration: User needs for decision-making collected in 2021 and 2023

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Identification_Information
Data_Quality_Information
Entity_and_Attribute_Information
Distribution_Information
Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Dawn M. Kotowicz
Originator: Amanda D. Stoltz
Originator: Nina Woodard
Publication_Date: 20250625
Title:

Modeling marsh migration: User needs for decision-making collected in 2021 and 2023

Edition: 1.0
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: tabular digital data
Series_Information:

Series_Name: data release
Issue_Identification: DOI:10.5066/P13JMCBZ

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
Publisher:

U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program

Other_Citation_Details:

Suggested citation: Kotowicz, D.M., Stoltz, A.D., and Woodard, N., 2025, Modeling marsh migration—User needs for decision-making collected in 2021 and 2023: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P13JMCBZ.

Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/P13JMCBZ
Online_Linkage:

https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/67b8fc30d34e1a2e835b85a1

Description:

Abstract:

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) conducted interviews of professionals who make decisions about marshes during the Salt Marsh Evolution along the South Atlantic Bight project (SAB project) and the Marsh Model Retrospective initiative. During the SAB project, an advisory committee of marsh model users were interviewed in June 2023 about what decisions they make about marshes and how they use marsh models in their work. During the Marsh Model Retrospective initiative, marsh model users were interviewed between March and July 2021. These data were collected to learn more about what decisions marsh model users intend to make with the results of these efforts. Data from both sets of interviews were analyzed and categorized into the types of needs that the interviewed professionals who make decisions about marshes expressed regarding marsh models.

Purpose:

This dataset provides access to the interview data categorized into the types of needs that the interviewed professionals who make decisions about marshes expressed regarding marsh models. These data were collected to assess the needs of professionals who make decisions about marshes and intentions for use of the results of the marsh modeling efforts along the SAB, and to inform marsh modelers of how to better position research outcomes to meet these needs. These data are to be used as a case study with respect to the SAB project, and not representative of any population.

Supplemental_Information:

For more information on the SAB project, please see https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/salt-marsh-evolution-along-the-south-atlantic-bight/. For more information on the Marsh Model Retrospective initiative, please see https://placeslr.org/our-work/activeprojects/enhancing-marsh-model-applications-through-intersectional-stakeholder-engagement/marsh-model-comparison/.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 2021
Ending_Date: 2023

Currentness_Reference:

These data were collected during interviews that took place from March to July 2021 and in June 2023.

Status:

Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -180.0000
East_Bounding_Coordinate: 180.0000
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 90.0000
South_Bounding_Coordinate: -90.0000

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: environment
Theme_Keyword: inlandWaters
Theme_Keyword: oceans

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey
Theme_Keyword: USGS
Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program
Theme_Keyword: CMHRP
Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Theme_Keyword: WHCMSC
Theme_Keyword: marsh

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: wetland ecosystems
Theme_Keyword: natural resource management
Theme_Keyword: social sciences
Theme_Keyword: decision support methods

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier
Theme_Keyword: USGS:67b8fc30d34e1a2e835b85a1

Access_Constraints: None.
Use_Constraints:

Public domain data from the U.S. Government are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. Please recognize the U.S. Geological Survey as the originator of the dataset.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Dawn M Kotowicz
Contact_Organization:

U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center

Contact_Position: Research Social Scientist
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: dkotowicz@usgs.gov

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

These data are not presented as an attribute table with different fields; rather, they are categorized into the types of needs that the interviewed professionals who make decisions about marshes expressed in a single column of data. Therefore, there is no relevant attribute accuracy report.

Logical_Consistency_Report:

Topics for discussion differed between projects, but consistent among all respondents within each project. The Marsh Model Retrospective and the SAB project. the data table is organized into two tabs. The first tab presents the results from the SAB project and the second tab presents the results from the Marsh Model Retrospective.

Completeness_Report:

This dataset includes only data collected with respect to decision makers’ needs regarding marsh migration modeling projects.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

These data are interview data not intended to apply to any specific place. Therefore, there are no inherent spatial data or hoizontal positional accuracy associated with the interview responses.

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Step 1: Collected interview data for the Marsh Model Retrospective initiative.
Between March and July 2021, marsh model users were interviewed by Sarah Martin, Wetland Specialist, Mississippi State University for the Marsh Model Retrospective initiative. Interviewees were selected by snowball sampling decision makers connected to the Marsh Model Retrospective project. There were a series of topics about how users apply marsh modeling outputs in decision making but specific questions for each discussion differed. Interviewees were from all over the United States, and not specific to a single region. The respondents were marsh model users (n=10) including species managers, stewardship coordinators, researchers, land managers, and consultants.

Process_Date: 202107
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: Marsh Retrospective needs
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Nina Woodward
Contact_Organization:

Program for Local Adaptation to Climate Effects: Sea-Level Rise (PLACE: SLR)

Contact_Position: Habitat Resilience Specialist
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 1815 Popps Ferry Road
City: Biloxi
State_or_Province: MS
Postal_Code: 39532

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 228-388-4710
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: n.woodard@placeslr.org

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Step 2: Collected interview data for the SAB project.
During the SAB project, USGS research social scientists Dawn Kotowicz and Amanda Stoltz identified participants to participate in the project's Management Transition Advisory Committee (MTAG), comprised of marsh model users who are engaged throughout the SAB project. These MTAG members include participants from Federal, State, academic, and non-governmental organizations. The MTAG members (n=14) were interviewed in June 2023 about their role in decision-making with respect to marshes and how they use marsh models in their work. The questions differed for each respondent but had consistent topics across all discussions.

Process_Date: 202306
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: SAB MTAG needs
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Dawn Kotowicz
Contact_Organization:

U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center

Contact_Position: Research Social Scientist
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: dkotowicz@usgs.gov

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Step 3: Analyzed interview data.
Data from both sets of interviews categorized by the need type the interviewee expressed regarding marsh models and organized into Microsoft Excel spreadsheets. The SAB project data are available in the first spreadsheet tab ("SAB MTAG needs"), and the Marsh Model Retrospective initiative data are available in the second spreadsheet tab ("Marsh Retrospective needs"). In some instances, direct quotes (response results with quotation marks) were recorded while other responses (without quotation marks) were paraphrased to more succinctly capture the response. All responses were categorized according to their theme, respondents were not asked to comment on each theme so there are more responses in some topics than others.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Marsh Retrospective needs
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: SAB MTAG needs
Process_Date: 2024
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: Marsh modeling needs spreadsheet
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Dawn Kotowicz
Contact_Organization:

U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center

Contact_Position: Research Social Scientist
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: dkotowicz@usgs.gov

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

These data are available in a Microsoft Excel XLSX file with two worksheets, one for each set of interview data. The first line of each sheet describes the source of the interview data. The interview data are categorized and listed below the first line, with each category highlighted in gray. The categories highlighted in grey are summarized from responses of participants in both projects surrounding the general topic of what types of decisions does the respondent make based upon marsh models or marsh modeling results for their work. Any results in the spreadsheets with quotations marks indicates a direct quote from a respondent, while those without quotations marks are a paraphrase of responses. All responses categorized according to their theme, respondents were not asked to comment on each theme so there are more responses in some topics than others.

Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: U.S. Geological Survey

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: Denver Federal Center, Building 810, Mail Stop 302
City: Denver
State_or_Province: CO
Postal_Code: 80225

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 1-888-275-8747
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sciencebase@usgs.gov

Resource_Description:

This dataset contains two files: a Microsoft Excel XLSX file of the categorized interview data (Marsh_Modeling_Needs.xlsx), and a Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (CSDGM) metadata file in XML format (Marsh_Modeling_Needs_meta.xml).

Distribution_Liability:

Unless otherwise stated, all data, metadata and related materials are considered to satisfy the quality standards relative to the purpose for which the data were collected. Although these data and associated metadata have been reviewed for accuracy and completeness and approved for release by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the display or utility of the data for other purposes, nor on all computer systems, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: XLSX
Format_Version_Number: Microsoft Excel 2402
Format_Information_Content:

This dataset contains an XLSX file of the categorized interview data and the associated FGDC CSDGM metadata.

Transfer_Size: 0.1

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/file/get/67b8fc30d34e1a2e835b85a1

Network_Resource_Name:

https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/67b8fc30d34e1a2e835b85a1

Network_Resource_Name: https://doi.org/10.5066/P13JMCBZ

Access_Instructions:

The data can be downloaded using the Network Resource Name links. The first link is a direct link to download the zipped file of data. The second and third links are to a landing page for the entire data release where the data and metadata can be downloaded.

Fees: None.

Technical_Prerequisites:

These data are available as an XLSX file, so the user must have software capable of reading the XLSX file format.

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20250625
Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:

U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center

Contact_Person: Dawn Kotowicz

Contact_Position: 508-548-8700
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: whsc_data_contact@usgs.gov
Contact_Instructions:

The metadata contact email address is a generic address in the event the person is no longer with the USGS.

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

This page is <https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/catalog/whcmsc/SB_data_release/DR_P13JMCBZ/Marsh_Modeling_Needs_meta.html>