Table 2 Predicted change percentage (%) of salt marsh habitats (above 0 m isobaths) at CDW and JW over the medium term (2008–2050) under the scenarios of PSLR and RCP 8.5 with the SMM-YE and the SLAMM.
Habitat | CDW | JW | Total study area | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PSLR | RCP 8.5 | PSLR | RCP 8.5 | PSLR | RCP 8.5 | |||||||
SMM-YE | SLAMM | SMM-YE | SLAMM | SMM-YE | SLAMM | SMM-YE | SLAMM | SMM-YE | SLAMM | SMM-YE | SLAMM | |
2008–2050 | ||||||||||||
S. mariqueter | (+) 21 | (−) 18 | (+) 30 | (−) 25 | (+) 38 | (−) 12 | (+) 42 | (−) 15 | (+) 28 | (−) 16 | (+) 35 | (−) 21 |
P. australis | (+) 10 | (+) 0 | (+) 3 | (−) 3 | (+) 14 | (−) 1 | (+) 9 | (−) 1 | (+) 13 | (−) 1 | (+) 7 | (−) 2 |
S. alterniflora | (+) 16 | (−) 15 | (+) 5 | (−) 20 | (+) 21 | (−) 3 | (+) 10 | (−) 9 | (+) 19 | (−) 7 | (+) 8 | (−) 13 |
Bare mudflat | (−) 6 | (+) 2 | (−) 16 | (−) 2 | (−) 13 | (−) 10 | (−) 15 | (−) 13 | (−) 10 | (−) 4 | (−) 16 | (−) 8 |
Total | (+) 3 | (−) 11 | (−) 5 | (−) 16 | (+) 4 | (−) 10 | (−) 4 | (−) 12 | (+) 4 | (−) 10 | (−) 5 | (−) 14 |
