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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. | [[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. | ||
| − | Chapman (1960, 1977 | + | Chapman (1960<ref> Chapman, V.J., 1960. ''Salt Marshes and Salt Deserts of the World.'' London: Leonard Hill Limited, 392p.</ref>, 1977 <ref>Chapman, V.J., 1974. Salt marshes and salt deserts of the world, in R.J. Reimold and W.H. Queen, ed.,'' Ecology of Halophytes''. New York: Academic Press, 3.19.</ref>) describes nine different geographical salt marsh regions throughout the world. |
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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 [3]) describes nine different geographical salt marsh regions throughout the world.
Salt marsh species
See also
Natural variability in Coastal Ecosystems#Salt marshes
