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Tidal inundation modeling within GIS

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When conducting ecological research on tidal mudflats, understanding how long any given area is underwater is vitally important. This paper describes a method for calculating the percent inundation time for a single tidal cycle (neap to spring tide) within a GIS environment. The primary variable is elevation, thus, having an accurate digital elevation model (DEM) is critical. Output from the model can then be integrated into existing biological databases to help interpret and understand the ecology of tidal mudflats.

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The author would like to thank all those who have made the Roebuck Bay and Eighty Mile Beach research possible – specifically the senior scientists (Grant Pearson, Theunis Piersma, Marc Lavaleye, Petra De Goeij, and Danny Rogers) and the varied funding organizations that made fieldwork possible. I also acknowledge the work done by various editors and reviewers of this document.

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Hickey, R. Tidal inundation modeling within GIS. J Coast Conserv 23, 599–606 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11852-019-00690-2

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