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    A tidal marsh (also known as a type of "tidal wetland") is a marsh found along rivers, coasts and estuaries which floods and drains by the tidal movement...
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    environments. The three main types of marsh are salt marshes, freshwater tidal marshes, and freshwater marshes. These three can be found worldwide, and...
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    A salt marsh, saltmarsh or salting, also known as a coastal salt marsh or a tidal marsh, is a coastal ecosystem in the upper coastal intertidal zone between...
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    amenable to management".: 2220  Most commonly, it refers to the role that tidal marshes, mangroves and seagrass meadows can play in carbon sequestration.: 2220 ...
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    Mudflat (redirect from Tidal flats)
    marsh areas. Beginning in close proximity to the tidal bars, sand dominated layers are prominent and become increasingly muddy throughout the tidal channels...
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    estuary. The fresh and tidal marshes are home to American beavers. Roosevelt elk live in the uplands. Tidal marshes are marshes that are found along the...
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    High marsh is a tidal marsh zone located above the Mean Highwater Mark (MHW) which, in contrast to the low marsh zone, is inundated infrequently during...
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    salt marshes by estuaries of coastal rivers or near the mouths of coastal rivers with heavy freshwater discharges in the conditions of low tidal ranges...
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    Crissy Field (category Marshes of California)
    States, located just east of the Golden Gate Bridge. It includes restored tidal marsh and beaches. Crissy Field is a former United States Army airfield which...
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  • Low marsh is a tidal marsh zone located below the Mean Highwater Mark (MHM). Based on elevation, frequency of submersion, soil characteristics, vegetation...
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    Elphick, C. S. (2018, October 24). Evaluating a focal-species approach for tidal marsh bird conservation in the northeastern United States. Retrieved from https://bioone...
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    India Dubai Creek, United Arab Emirates River delta Salt marsh "Creek" is used in the names of tidal creeks on the Florida mainland such as Snapper Creek...
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    birds stop over to feed on the bullrushes in the spring and fall. The tidal marsh was recognized as a wetland of international significance per the Ramsar...
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    (181 ha) of marsh, grassy hillsides and rocky beaches along the narrowest portion of the Carquinez Strait. Southampton Creek and the tidal marsh front Southampton...
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  • responses in Northeast Pacific tidal marshes utilized a marsh organ and found that species typically found in the high marsh (flooded only during high tide...
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  • subdivided into more or less regular shapes by fractures Tidal marsh – Marsh subject to tidal change in water Tide pool – Rocky pool on a seashore, separated...
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    Long Island Sound is a marine sound and tidal estuary of the Atlantic Ocean. It lies predominantly between the U.S. state of Connecticut to the north...
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    is generally flat and low, with large expanses near the tidal shorelines composed of tidal marsh and swamp. Much of the area is covered with pocosin and...
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    States of America. The marsh land is part of a tidal estuary, and subject to tidal ebb and flood. The marsh is home to many species of birds and other wildlife...
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    occurred in the South, where alligators are endemic to wetlands and tidal marshes. The state of Florida, where most attacks and deaths occur, began keeping...
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    (Malaclemys terrapin) is a species of terrapin native to the brackish coastal tidal marshes of the East Coast of the United States and the Gulf of Mexico coast...
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    Massachusetts, before returning on word of his father's fatal fall into a tidal marsh in May 1851. Merrill assisted in farm work in Sackville after his return...
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    tidal influence and widens considerably. Upstream of Blackbird Landing Road, Herring Run enters from the left (north) in an area of freshwater tidal marsh...
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    Alteration of Ecosystem Nutrient Cycles", Concepts and Controversies in Tidal Marsh Ecology, Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, pp. 827–844, doi:10.1007/0-306-47534-0_36...
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    does not flood as frequently as low marsh. The saltmarsh sparrow forages on the ground along tidal channels or in marsh vegetation, sometimes probing in...
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    Matanzas River supports an extensive tidal marsh habitat. Extensive conservation efforts including the Matanzas marsh, Faver-Dykes State Park, Princess Place...
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    Trail. It features nine distinct natural communities including estuarine tidal marsh, mesic flatwoods, wet flatwoods, and is dominated by scrubby flatwoods...
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    arch Peninsula Reef Ria Salt marsh Shoal Skerry Sound Spit Stack Strait Strand plain Submarine canyon Tidal island Tidal marsh Tide pool Tied island Tombolo...
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    Initially, the land where the landfill was located was a salt marsh in which there were tidal wetlands, forests, and freshwater wetlands. The subsoil was...
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    Lake Merritt is a lake located in a large tidal lagoon basin in the center of Oakland, California, just east of Downtown. It is named after Samuel Merritt...
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