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A salt marsh, also known as a coastal salt marsh or a tidal marsh, is a coastal ecosystem in the upper coastal intertidal zone between land and open salt water or brackish water that is regularly flooded by the tides. It is dominated by dense stands of salt-tolerant plants such as herbs, grasses, or low shrubs. These plants are terrestrial in origin and are essential to the stability of the salt marsh in trapping and binding sediments. Salt marshes play a large role in the aquatic food web and the delivery of nutrients to coastal waters. They also support terrestrial animals and provide coastal protection.
- Related: Bayou, Biodiversity Action Plan, Blue Carbon, Body of water, Bog, Brackish marsh, Fen, Halophytes, High marsh, Lagoon, Low marsh, Marsh, Mesopotamian Marshes, Mudflat, Outwelling, Plant community, Salt flat, Seagrass, Swamp, Tidal marsh, Freshwater marsh, Wetland
| Friends of Famosa Slough Friends of Famosa Slough famosaslough.org - Web |
| Geography resource for schools Geography resource for schools www.geography-site.co.uk/pages/physical/coastal/saltmarsh.html - Web |
| Johnson, CY (2006). Cause sought as marshes turn i... Johnson, CY (2006). Cause sought as marshes turn into barren flats. The Boston Globe. www.boston.com/.../ - Web |
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| New England Sudden Wetland Dieback New England Sudden Wetland Dieback wetland.neers.org - Web |
| Salt Marsh Nature Center Salt Marsh Nature Center www.saltmarshalliance.org/smnc.html - Web |
