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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

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.

Salt marshes are important because...


Salt marsh species

Habitat creation

Managed re-alignment. Restoration of salt marsh etc.

Relevant legislation

Salt marshes are ??? under the Habitats Directive.

See also

References

  1. CoPraNet glossary [1]
  2. Chapman, V.J., 1960. Salt Marshes and Salt Deserts of the World. London: Leonard Hill Limited, 392p.
  3. Chapman, V.J., 1977. Wet Coastal Ecosystems. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 440p.
  4. Chapman, V.J., 1997. Coastal Vegetation. New York: Pergamon Press, 292p.