Book contents
- Salt Marshes
- Salt Marshes
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- 1 State of Salt Marshes
- Part I Marsh Function
- Part II Marsh Dynamics
- Part III Marsh Response to Stress
- 13 Climatic Impacts on Salt Marsh Vegetation
- 14 Impacts of Exotic and Native Species Invading Tidal Marshes
- 15 Marsh Edge Erosion
- 16 Upland Migration of North American Salt Marshes
- 17 Restoration of Tidal Marshes
- 18 Impacts of Climate Change and Sea Level Rise
- Index
- References
15 - Marsh Edge Erosion
from Part III - Marsh Response to Stress
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 June 2021
- Salt Marshes
- Salt Marshes
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- 1 State of Salt Marshes
- Part I Marsh Function
- Part II Marsh Dynamics
- Part III Marsh Response to Stress
- 13 Climatic Impacts on Salt Marsh Vegetation
- 14 Impacts of Exotic and Native Species Invading Tidal Marshes
- 15 Marsh Edge Erosion
- 16 Upland Migration of North American Salt Marshes
- 17 Restoration of Tidal Marshes
- 18 Impacts of Climate Change and Sea Level Rise
- Index
- References
Summary
Salt marshes are coastal ecosystems located at the boundary between sea and land, generally in tidal environments, often covered by halophytic vegetation and periodically flooded by tide (Allen 2000).
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- Salt MarshesFunction, Dynamics, and Stresses, pp. 388 - 422Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021
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