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Karlie Jaeger General Ecology 19 September 2014 What is a salt marsh? • Concentrated along low-lying coasts with sandy shores • “Transitional Ecosystem” • Driven by lunar tides Tidal Creeks • Channels that fill and empty with the tides • Network of channels • Salt pans Salinity • High Tides create saltwater currents that move up within the channels • Low tides move saltwater seaward • Species are Halophytes Work Cited Molles, Manuel C. "Life in Water." Ecology: Concepts and Applications. 6th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2013. 58-61. Print. Woodward, Susan L. "Salt Marsh." Biomes of the World. Radford University, 1 Jan. 2012. Web. 19 Sept. 2014. All pictures taken from Google under the search ‘salt marsh’
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