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Kylie McGovern Professor Ted Maney Bio 131 L24 10 October 2014 The Salt Marsh Ecosystem 　　A Salt Marsh is an extremely important ecosystem. It is home to a variety of both plants and animals. Salt Marshes have distinct characteristic that separate them from other ecosystems. These characteristics force any plant or animal living there to have ways to adapt to the sometimes extreme environments in order to survive and thrive. Salt Marshes are not only biologically important, they also have economic

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

Introduction Salt marsh ecosystems are among the most productive ecosystems on earth and provide numerous ecosystem services (Ghorai & Sen, 2015; Charles & Dukes, 2009; Drociak, 2005). These services include biofiltration, gas regulation, carbon and nutrient retention, and physical protection of coastlines from storm surges and coastal flooding (Drociak, 2005; Sweat, 2009; FWC, 2016). Salt marshes act as nurseries and ensure habitat and resources for unique flora, fauna, and microbial communities

Geography 3480 James Keogh Salt Marsh Harvest Mouse Image by B. Moose Peterson via Smithsonian Institute Abstract: There is very little known about the Salt Marsh Harvest Mouse (SMHM). In 1970, SMHM was added to the endangered list, largely due to the fact their salt water habitats 84% gone. With the mouse being just under 3 inches in length, nocturnal, loving its dense cover protection, and the close resemblance to the Western Harvest Mouse, it makes field identification very difficult. Further

1994 the rate had dropped to less than 8%. Thus allowing a great deal of the adult population to return to nesting sites in the spring. Impact on habitat The snow geese still nest in a primarily salt marsh environment. The geese have a detrimental feeding behavior in which they pull up the marsh grass by the roots. This behavior is know as grubbing and when done in mass quantities can destroy whole marshes for decades. A project known as the "Hudson Bay Project: Ecosystem Studies and Conservation

Standard Procedures for Sign Concordance Study 10.18.2016 Authors: Arielle Crews, Austin Roy, Alexa Lindauer, Janet Foley, Deana Clifford, Rob Klinger Introduction: The Amargosa vole, Microtus californicus scirpensis, is a critically endangered rodent, endemic to the Amargosa Basin near Death Valley, California. This water-dependent species persists in a naturally fragmented wetland ecosystem, that has existed since the end of the Pleistocene (Neuwald 2010). However, due to California’s historic

The loss of Louisiana coastal land is one of the most, major factors in our environment today. Louisiana has already lost 1,880 square miles of land in the past eight decades. This problem is effecting the state funding to help solve the problem before the state lose more coastal land. In order to stop this situation, the state needs to have a stronger structural protection for the coastline (Wilson, 2013). Louisiana's wetlands today represent about 40 percent of the wetlands of the continental

Our organization Nature Iraq does really important work to support the Mesopotamian Marshlands. Our work has changed the environment for the better. For thousands of years, the marshlands influenced the culture by Giving them a flooded marsh that has animals to hunt like fish for food. Also, the marshes provide the culture with fresh water and trading goods that the culture makes. There are reeds in the marshes that the people use to make houses and blankets so houses don't get cold. Also, the

the increase in refuges coupled with excellent habitat in the birds entire range. It is estimated that there is nearly 900,000 ha of rice fields over the snow goose’s winter range (Abraham and Jeffries 1998). This is in addition to the typical salt marsh wintering ground. Abraham and Jeffries suggest that farther to the North in states like Nebraska and North Dakota the conversion of grassland prairie into cereal grains has provided a tremendous amount of food for the geese. In addition it has also

concern is wetland loss created by increased amounts of open water on the marsh surface. The literature suggests that on average, healthy New England marshes have 9% permanent open water on their surface. However, an open water assessment indicates an average of 47% permanent open water on the marshes studied (Kirwan 2013). In Long Island, the marshes are wetter and vegetated areas are shifting from high marsh to low marsh or to mud flat, which are far less productive and give fewer services than