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Category : Marsh ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 144
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Salt Marsh Bibliography, with an Emphasis on the Salt Marshes of California
Production in Coastal Salt Marshes of Southern California
Author: H. Peter EilersPublisher:
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Category : Marsh ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 8
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The Ecology of Southern California Coastal Salt Marshes
Author: Joy B. ZedlerPublisher:
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Category : Halophytes
Languages : en
Pages : 128
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A Guided Bibliography of Coastal Salt Marsh Literature, with Special Reference to the Pacific Northwest Region (Southern British Columbia to San Francisco Bay)
Author: John B MorganPublisher:
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Category : Marsh ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 68
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The Ecology of Southern California Coastal Salt Marshes
Author: Joy B. ZedlerPublisher:
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Category : Halophytes
Languages : en
Pages : 110
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Production in Coastal Salt Marshes of Southern California
Author: H. Peter EilersSalt Marshes
Author: Judith S WeisPublisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 0813548519
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
Tall green grass. Subtle melodies of songbirds. Sharp whines of muskrats. Rustles of water running through the grasses. And at low tide, a pungent reminder of the treasures hidden beneath the surface.All are vital signs of the great salt marshes' natural resources. Now championed as critical habitats for plants, animals, and people because of the environmental service and protection they provide, these ecological wonders were once considered unproductive wastelands, home solely to mosquitoes and toxic waste, and mistreated for centuries by the human population. Exploring the fascinating biodiversity of these boggy wetlands, Salt Marshes offers readers a wealth of essential information about a variety of plants, fish, and animals, the importance of these habitats, consequences of human neglect and thoughtless development, and insight into how these wetlands recover. Judith S. Weis and Carol A. Butler shed ample light on the human impact, including chapters on physical and biological alterations, pollution, and remediation and recovery programs. In addition to a national and global perspective, the authors place special emphasis on coastal wetlands in the Atlantic and Gulf regions, as well as the San Francisco Bay Area, calling attention to their historical and economic legacies. Written in clear, easy-to-read language, Salt Marshes proves that the battles for preservation and conservation must continue, because threats to salt marshes ebb and flow like the water that runs through them.
The World of the Salt Marsh
Author: Charles SeabrookPublisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820343846
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
The World of the Salt Marsh is a wide-ranging exploration of the southeastern coast—its natural history, its people and their way of life, and the historic and ongoing threats to its ecological survival. Focusing on areas from Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, to Cape Canaveral, Florida, Charles Seabrook examines the ecological importance of the salt marsh, calling it “a biological factory without equal.” Twice-daily tides carry in a supply of nutrients that nourish vast meadows of spartina (Spartina alterniflora)—a crucial habitat for creatures ranging from tiny marine invertebrates to wading birds. The meadows provide vital nurseries for 80 percent of the seafood species, including oysters, crabs, shrimp, and a variety of finfish, and they are invaluable for storm protection, erosion prevention, and pollution filtration. Seabrook is also concerned with the plight of the people who make their living from the coast’s bounty and who carry on its unique culture. Among them are Charlie Phillips, a fishmonger whose livelihood is threatened by development in McIntosh County, Georgia, and Vera Manigault of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, a basket maker of Gullah-Geechee descent, who says that the sweetgrass needed to make her culturally significant wares is becoming scarcer. For all of the biodiversity and cultural history of the salt marshes, many still view them as vast wastelands to be drained, diked, or “improved” for development into highways and subdivisions. If people can better understand and appreciate these ecosystems, Seabrook contends, they are more likely to join the growing chorus of scientists, conservationists, fishermen, and coastal visitors and residents calling for protection of these truly amazing places.
Saltmarsh Ecology
Author: Paul AdamPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521448239
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
A broad introduction to the ecology of the unique environment of the saltmarsh.
Life and Death of the Salt Marsh
Author: John TealPublisher:
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Category : Marsh ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 296
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"At low tide, the wind blowing across Spartina grass sounds like wind of the prairie. When the tide is in, the gentle music of moving water is added to the prairie rustle.... " One of nature's greatest gifts is the string of salt marshes that edges the East Coast from Newfoundland to Florida -- a ribbon of green growth, part solid land, part scurrying water. Life and Death of the Salt Marsh shows how these marshes are developed, what kinds of life inhabit them, how enormously they have contributed to man, and how ruthlessly man is destroying them.