PPT-SeaBrook Island Barrier island and salt marsh

Anatomy of The beach at Seabrook Wrack Line Where waves or swash end Swash Zone Berm is the area from wrack line to dune Also called backshore Beach face from wrack line to swash zone Just for your information. BODY Sea Island Retreat PolishShowerSoakMassageWrap 120 Minutes Designing your own herbal remedy with your spa therapist begins this retreat A salted polish deep cleans a shower with natural fruit acids encourages circulation followed by a massage t Perry I NonNPS Hermit I Offutt Island NonNPS Widewater GREAT FALLS TAVERN VISITOR CENTER Maryland Mine Washington Aqueduct Observation Deck Olmsted Island Lock 20 Lock 19 Lock 18 Lock 17 Great Falls Overlook Lock 16 Lock 15 Stop Gate Traverse Purple State of the Sediment Workshop . April 19-20, 2010 . San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission . U.S. Geological Survey . Menlo Park, California. Peter Baye, Coastal Ecologist, . Annapolis, California. Role of Animals. Felicia Woods. Role of Animals. Animals are important to the processes occurring in salt marshes, and can be key indicators (or causes) of an unhealthy marsh.. Bioaccumulation of toxins can reduce populations (e.g. DDT interferes with calcium deposition). State of the Sediment Workshop . April 19-20, 2010 . San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission . U.S. Geological Survey . Menlo Park, California. Peter Baye, Coastal Ecologist, . Annapolis, California. 12 These barrier islands retreated or migrated north - ward as the ocean continued rising. There is some debate about how the barriers actually moved. Some research suggests that the barriers slow By: Alex Smith. Beach Ecology. DURING BEACH ECOLOGY WE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT THE BEACH. We learned a lot about the way the beach is set up like the berm, sand dune, dune meadow, and wreck line. We also learned how sand is transported like tides waves and currents and we learned how the barrier islands protect Georgia. They block hurricanes and keep large amounts of waters from coming through.. Fucus Mixed Brown Algae/ Mytilus Reef Creek Mixed Assemblage Mixed Assemblage Mytilus reef Mixed Brown Algae/Semibalanus Reef Semibalanus No macrobiota No macrobiota Tide Pool No macrobiota Spartina a Salt Marsh North Atlantic Low Salt Marsh Open Water Beach Strand Maritime Erosional Cliffs Overwash Dune Grassland Northeastern Successional Shrubland Black Pine Forest Maritime Erosional Cliffs Norwa North Atlantic Low Salt Marsh High Salt Marsh North Atlantic Low Salt Marsh Other Urban or Build-up Recreational Little Bluestem Old Field Overwash Dune Grassland Northeastern Old Field Maritime Rock Prepared byGretchen RaschShaarina Boydand Suzanne Clegg for theThreatened Species UnitApril 1996 Department of ConservationISSN 1170-3806ISBN 0-478-01709-6Cover photo CR Veitch Department of Conservat FucusMixed Brown Algae/Mytilus ReefCreekMixedAssemblageMixed AssemblageMytilusreefMixed BrownAlgae/SemibalanusReefSemibalanusNo macrobiotaNo macrobiotaTide PoolNo macrobiotaSpartina alternifloraMixed . Jo Ann . Muramoto. , Ph.D.. Association to Preserve Cape Cod . MassBays. Regional Coordinator, Cape Cod region. . Problems. Salt marsh was degraded by insufficient tidal flow due to an undersized 4’ culvert under a state highway;. Photo: E. Goetz. Meet . the. Marsh Researcher. Emily Goetz, graduate student at Virginia Institute of Marine Science. Research:. Salt marsh and ghost forest invertebrate communities. Changes to invertebrate habitat caused by sea-level rise.