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| + | |definition= Low, wet, muddy areas periodically or continuously flooded by brackish or salt water to a shallow depth, usually characterized by grasses and other low plants (but not trees); lands transitional between terrestrial and aquatic systems where saturation with water is the dominant factor controlling plant and animal communities and soils.<ref>CoPraNet glossary [http://www.coastalpractice.net/glossary/index.htm]</ref>. | ||
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| + | [[Introduction to salt marshes|Salt marsh]] is a key habitat of transitional waters lying at the interface between the land and the sea, depending on, and periodically covered by tidal sea water. | ||
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| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | [[Natural variability in Coastal Ecosystems#Salt marshes]] | ||
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| + | ==References== | ||
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Revision as of 10:18, 27 October 2008
Definition of Salt marshes:
Low, wet, muddy areas periodically or continuously flooded by brackish or salt water to a shallow depth, usually characterized by grasses and other low plants (but not trees); lands transitional between terrestrial and aquatic systems where saturation with water is the dominant factor controlling plant and animal communities and soils.[1].
This is the common definition for Salt marshes, other definitions can be discussed in the article
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Salt marsh is a key habitat of transitional waters lying at the interface between the land and the sea, depending on, and periodically covered by tidal sea water.
See also
Natural variability in Coastal Ecosystems#Salt marshes
