Bacchus Marsh

Coastal erosion is an ecological hazard that has been occurring for centuries however rising sea levels and increasingly erratic weather patterns have the potential to advance the danger and destruction to much greater levels.  While the enormous wave action created by huge storms such as hurricanes is the most contributive to coastal erosion, the normal but repetitive wave action against the shoreline is just as destructive over the long term. Coastal erosion is the wearing away of land and the

quality improvement. Wetlands and marshes not only provide the environmental aspects just mentioned, they also serve as an educational and recreational opportunity for the community. For healthy survival, salt marsh plant species require proper tidal fluctuation. Over past of years, many salt marsh habitats have been lost to filling, diking, or draining. New England has lost an

Floating treatment wetlands are a manmade ecosystem that mimic natural wetlands (David J. Sample, 2013) and are used to increase the water quality of lakes (SWCD, 2017). These floating wetlands can serve many task such as creating habitat for a variety of organisms, such as birds, can add to the aesthetic of the lake, recharge aquifers and can reduce large hydrologic loads from storm events (Lubnow, 2014). The main focus of the floating wetland and this project will be to act as a filter to remove

Prior to western contact, Pouhala Marsh was a part of the Waikele watershed, located on the western side of Oahu, which was a flourishing agriculture site that comprise of taro patches and fishponds abundant with ‘ama’ama, o’ama, and crabs. Strong western influence dispersed the property amongst many owners, who converted the agriculture area into rice paddies. Following the decline in the rice industry, Pouhala Marsh has since been neglected through illegal dumping, pollution, urbanization, silt

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These two studies investigated the effects of the April 2010 BP Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and the observable effects that it has had on coral reef and salt marsh ecosystems. The study conducted by White investigated nine coral communities six months after the spill using ROVs. In an area 11 km west of the spill site, the researchers studied scleractinian, gorgonian, antipatharian corals and found many that were covered with floc, a brown flocculent material, that is linked to coral

are found amid human developments and coastal areas and play an important role in protecting these communities from the threats posed by being close to the coast. Depending on the density of vegetation, production of biomass, and the size of the marsh, salt marshes provide many critical ecosystem services, such as, stabilization of the shoreline, weakening of the waves, and reduction of floodwater (Shepard et. al. 2011). Wetlands include boreal peatlands and tropical mangroves. They provide

Abstract This study investigated the biodiversity at Lido Beach in Long Island. The objective was to investigate how biodiversity changed for areas away from human habitat. Salt marshes and wetland are under severe threat due to irresponsible actions on the part of humans. There needs to be an awareness and understanding in the general public as to the importance of these natural habitats and their significance to the general ecosystem. There is enough evidence to suggest the degradation has

the use of the land as a marsh. Since the land is turned into a marsh, the land cannot be used for agriculture or for human development such as buildings or transportation infrastructure. This serves as a major social drawback, as the human population continues to expand, people need land for living space and arable land for farming purposes. In addition, as the marsh deposits more peat material, there is a chance that the weight of the material being formed in the marsh will eventually cause primary

have high primary productivity (O 'Connor, Violin, Anton, Ladwig, & Piehler, 2011). Much like estuaries, salt marshes have a variety of different salinities. The environment of a salt marsh is dependent on the tides and the weather. The upper marsh has lower salinity due to low tidal inflow, whereas the lower marsh salinity is maintained by daily tidal inflow. However, variables such as heavy rain can affect both the upper and lower tidal zones. Salt marshes can also experience dry seasons where