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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 sealevel rise. BioSc. 413. Spring 2011. Salt Marsh Restoration. Basic Salt Marsh Ecology. Salt marshes occur in intertidal zones of moderate to low energy shorelines. Vegetation consists of various halophytic (salt tolerant) grasses, sedges, and rushes that are periodically flooded by estuarine waters. 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). Acting Today, . Preparing for the Next 100 years. S.C. Adamowicz, Ph.D.; US FWS. B. Argow, Ph.D.; Wesley College. Z. Hughes, Ph.D.; Boston University. J. Franklin, Dalhousie University. E. Hazelton, Utah State University. Salt Marshes. FUNCTIONAL. Human and Marine Interactions. Salt marshes provide more ecosystem services to coastal populations then any other environment. Salt marshes have experienced intense and varied human impacts that range from reclamation, waste disposal, and livestock grazing. Salt marshes now must be understood as highly valuable habitats whose worth is generated by a suite of ecosystem services that are critical in sustaining healthy lifestyles for coastal populations and the natural resources they depend on. . ENVIRONLandscape and VisualAmenity 3.4Given the UK's adoption of the ELC and its aims, the ELC gives an appropriate basis for the importance placed on landscape within the study areaNational Legislati improved conservation through understanding. CONSERVATION RESEARCH. At Elkhorn Slough Reserve. PLACE-BASED SCIENCE. LONG-TERM MONITORING. CITIZEN SCIENTISTS. INFORMING MANAGEMENT. RESTORATION EXPERIMENTS. 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. Comprehension Skill . Generalize. Comprehension Strategy. Answer Questions. Vocabulary Strategy. Context Clues . Symphony of Whales. By Steve Schuch. Illustrated by Wendell Minor. Guided Reading Groups. 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 FucusMixed Brown Algae/Mytilus ReefCreekMixedAssemblageMixed AssemblageMytilusreefMixed BrownAlgae/SemibalanusReefSemibalanusNo macrobiotaNo macrobiotaTide PoolNo macrobiotaSpartina alternifloraMixed State Rank S3 Overview Abundance Environmental Setting Ecological ProcessesAmerican lotus-lily marshes are uncommon in Wisconsin and occur mostly in big river backwaters where current veloc-ity is low . 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;.