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Ecology Project: Marshes

Ecology Project: Marshes. By: Jacob, Alex, and Ian. What is a Marsh?. An area of low-lying land that is flooded in wet seasons or at high tide, and typically remains waterlogged at all times Characterized by it’s two main parts: > waterlogged land > water system.

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Ecology Project: Marshes

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  1. Ecology Project: Marshes By: Jacob, Alex, and Ian

  2. What is a Marsh? • An area of low-lying land that is flooded in wet seasons or at high tide, and typically remains waterlogged at all times • Characterized by it’s two main parts: > waterlogged land > water system

  3. All vegetation has adapted to the soft, saturated soil conditions • Usually connected to or part of an estuary environment or ecosystem/

  4. Marsh as an Ecosystem • Animals in a marsh can be very diverse • Salt water marsh mammals include: > muskrats > voles > raccoons > mink

  5. The wildlife found in a marsh depend on certain different factors: > what part of the marsh (water or land) > what kind of marsh (salt or freshwater)

  6. The Waters of the Marsh • Inhabitants of the marsh waters are very different depending on what sort of marsh they live in • Saltwater: Freshwater: > crabs > crayfish > mollusks > river otter > grass shrimp > snapping turtle

  7. The Food Chain

  8. The Marsh and the Community • Important jobs: > provision of food > income for fisherman > natural buffers against storms > prevent major flooding of local urban areas inland

  9. The Future of the Marsh • Quickly disappearing due to human activity: > pollution due to city water runoffs > being replaced by housing for the increasing human population • Programs have been put in place in order to keep marshes and other estuary like environments from disappearing altogether

  10. Video Time! • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLumSN4G5P4

  11. Work Cited • Marine Resources Division. "Dynamics of the Salt Marsh." Sea Science. Jan. 2010. Web. 23 May 2012. <http://www.dnr.sc.gov/marine/pub/sea-science/dynamic.html>. • D. A. Ayres, D. R. Strong. "Spartina Introductions and Consequences in Salt Marshes." UCPress. May 2008. Web. 23 May 2012. <http://www.ucpress.edu/content/chapters/10553.ch01.pdf>.

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