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Salt marshes are pretty

Salt marshes are pretty. Salt marshes occur where the land meets the sea, usually behind an estuary or sound and only on the coasts Estuary-where freshwater and saltwater mix Ex) Chesapeake Bay, Winyah Bay. Why should you care?!?!.

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Salt marshes are pretty

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  1. Salt marshes are pretty

  2. Salt marshes occur where the land meets the sea, usually behind an estuary or sound and only on the coasts Estuary-where freshwater and saltwater mix Ex) Chesapeake Bay, Winyah Bay

  3. Why should you care?!?! • South Carolina has the most marsh acreage of any other Atlantic coast state (344,500 acres of salt marsh) • Among the most productive ecosystems and contain unique types of plants and animals that can’t be found anywhere else

  4. They also contain specific types of plants because they need to be salt-tolerant and they are regularly exposed to wet and dry conditions since the marsh is influenced by the tides

  5. Nursery grounds Refuge from predation Recreational area for fisherman Storm buffer What else can they buffer against?? Benefits

  6. Benefits

  7. The Problem • Marshes have been filled in or dredged in order to create more land • Over half of the population has moved towards the coastal areas, which has increased pollution and runoff to our coastal ecosystems

  8. What will you see when we go to the salt marsh?!?!? • We will be constructing our own salt marshes on Monday so pay attention to the different parts and characteristics of a salt marsh • http://www.knowitall.org/sclife/test.html

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