Oceanography: An Introduction to the Marine Environment

Oceanography: An Introduction to the Marine Environment
ISBN-10
0697132072
ISBN-13
9780697132079
Series
Oceanography
Category
Nature
Pages
434
Language
English
Published
1991
Publisher
William C Brown Pub
Author
Richard Albert Davis

Description

Figure 11.26 An example of a low marsh from the coast of North Carolina by Spartina ( cordgrass ) . This part of the marsh is flooded fairly regularly . The high marsh is inundated only during spring tides or during storm conditions .

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