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Revision as of 13:33, 12 December 2008
Definition of Salt marsh:
Low, wet, muddy area periodically or continuously flooded by brackish or salt water to a shallow depth, usually characterized by grasses and other low plants (but not trees); land 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 marsh, 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.
Chapman (1960[2], 1977 a[3], b [4]) describes nine different geographical salt marsh regions throughout the world.
See also
- Salt marshes
- Bird Directive, Habitat Directive, NATURA 2000
- Natural variability in Coastal Ecosystems#Salt marshes
- Salt marsh on Wikipedia
