Ecology of Buzzards Bay Ecology of Buzzards Bay : an estuarine profile ecologyofbuzzard00howe Year: 1996 Embankment Salt marsh Fig. Response of the current barrier dune marsh system to rising sea level under unrestricted and restricted conditions at the marsh-upland interface. Fig. A. Aerial view of dune overwash. Storms carry the barrier dune back over the marsh where they eventually reestablish. B. Vestigial peat. Remains of old salt marsh protruding seaward after protective barrier dune migrated landward over the marsh. Photos by D. Goehringer. tidal flooding begins to flood
Ecology of Buzzards Bay Ecology of Buzzards Bay : an estuarine profile ecologyofbuzzard00howe Year: 1996 Embankment Salt marsh Fig. Response of the current barrier dune marsh system to rising sea level under unrestricted and restricted conditions at the marsh-upland interface. Fig. A. Aerial view of dune overwash. Storms carry the barrier dune back over the marsh where they eventually reestablish. B. Vestigial peat. Remains of old salt marsh protruding seaward after protective barrier dune migrated landward over the marsh. Photos by D. Goehringer. tidal flooding begins to flood upland farther inland. The result is that marsh species at the former marsh- upland boundary can now colonize over previous upland communities. The total effect is that the entire wetland system migrates inland (Fig. ), and although each marsh varies, the net effect does not necessitate significant wetland loss; in fact wet- land expansion could occur. The most likely result
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