Salt marshes are located between land and coastal water environments, and nutrient and
production dynamics within salt marshes interact with those of adjoining ecosystems. Salt …

Salt marshes form true ecotones between land and sea fauna and flora that have adapted to
an environment that is both aquatic and terrestrial in nature. Despite the extreme and sharp …

Steven C. Pennings and Mark D. Bertness s alt marshes form along coastlines where
disturbance from water motion and ice is moderate enough to allow the accumulation of …

Tidal salt marshes are viewed as critical habitats for the production of fish and shellfish. As a
result, considerable legislation has been promulgated to conserve and protect these …

This glossary provides non-technical definitions of technical terms, some of which are used
in this manual. This is by no means an exhaustive list of all the terminology pertaining to tidal …

Two of the greatest problems in coastal waters are eutrophicaton and rapid decline in
populations of important fish species. Salt marshes are important in combating both these …

After several decades of intensive research in salt marshes, both community structure and
basic ecological processes are reasonably well understood (44, 50, 78, 88). Further up the …

A salt marsh responds in many diverse ways to a rising sea level. A major factor is its ability
to maintain surface elevations with respect to the mean high water level. Other influences …

Coastal salt marshes are valued as important habitats for their characteristic plant and
animal life. This thesis embraces different, but related, aspects of salt-marsh development as …

Understanding the role of tidal marshes in supporting estuarine nekton populations requires
consideration of how different species and life stages use, and depend on, a variety of …