Sentences with phrase «tidal marsh»

Lovely 4 bedroom 4 bath home with Expansive tidal marsh views.

While the colors shown in the legend border describe variations of loam (sandy loam, silt loam), sand, adobe, riverwash, tidal marsh, clay, and even peat, there are 50 soil classifications in L.A. County alone.

This scenic land contains more than half a mile of shoreline along two significant wetlands — the tidal marsh in Vanderburgh Cove and a globally rare tidal swamp — as well as Fallsburg Creek, a Hudson River tributary.

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The estuaries where waterfowl used to come to feed are rather birdless because the area is no longer a wet tidal marsh.

A mid-Holocene high stand is something that's been debated for quite a while in my neck of the woods as it would say a lot about barrier island and tidal marsh formation and migration.

To take just one example: A photograph of a Mount Desert Island tidal marsh shows a stillness beyond imagining — but not beyond seeing, as Porter shows.

You'll find beaches, picnic tables, tidal marsh overlooks, and renowned windsurfing.

Since the restoration, biologists have identified over 17 fish species and 135 bird species in the tidal marsh, including herons, egrets, ducks, and gulls.

The authors are members of the Saltmarsh Habitat & Avian Research Program, a collaboration of academic, government, and nonprofit researchers focused on the conservation of tidal marsh birds.

This result is particularly relevant given the threats that saltmarsh nesting birds currently face,» says Chris Elphick of the University of Connecticut, an expert on tidal marsh birds who was not involved with the study.

Among other things, the company is a corporate partner of Save the Bay, a non-profit organization in San Francisco dedicated to restoring 100,000 acres of tidal marshes.

These environments, along with other forms of coastal ecosystems such as tidal marshes and sea grasses, have been given the name «blue carbon» to differentiate them from the «green» carbon of other forests, where carbon is absorbed above ground in trees.

The world's coastal ecosystems — areas such as tidal marshes and mangrove forests — have the potential to store and sequester large amounts of carbon, collectively known as blue carbon.

Likewise, coastal ecosystems such as mangroves and tidal marshes are proving to be a more cost - effective and ecologically sound alternative to buffering storms than conventional coastal engineering solutions.

Estimates for tidal marshes and seagrass meadows vary, because these ecosystems are not as well mapped globally, but the total for each could exceed 80 million metric tons per year.

«Species lines blur between two sparrows in New England's tidal marshes.»

It killed about 50,000 seabirds and eight sea otters, and polluted 100,000 square kilometres of tidal marshes.

Recent research suggests that healthy, intact coastal wetland ecosystems such as mangrove forests, tidal marshes and seagrass meadows are particularly good at drawing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and storing it for hundreds to thousands of years.

A detailed field guide for «Methods for Assessing Carbon Stocks and Emissions Factors in Mangroves, Tidal marshes and Seagrasses» is currently available in our Resources section and the standardized methods outlined within allows consistent collection of comparable data in these habitats around the world.

Of the coastal blue carbon stored within mangroves, tidal marshes, and seagrass meadows, 50 — 99 % is located in the soils below ground.

Protocols for measuring blue carbon stored in mangroves have been established for some time and related methods for tidal marshes and seagrass meadows are now becoming standardized.

Tidal marshes are being lost at a rate of 1 - 2 % per year.

The coastal ecosystems of mangroves, seagrass meadows and tidal marshes mitigate climate change by sequestering carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere and oceans at significantly higher rates, per unit area, than terrestrial forests (Figure 1).

The Blue Carbon Initiative currently focuses on carbon in coastal ecosystems - mangroves, tidal marshes and seagrasses.

Strong winds push the bay waters over low - lying shores, forming brackish tidal marshes among the short, salt - tolerant vegetation.

Salt Marsh View offers unrivalled views over the tidal marshes of the Knysna estuary, to be enjoyed in easy, relaxed privacy.

A secluded barrier island located on 1,350 acres between the sugary beaches of the Atlantic and the tidal marshes of the Intracoastal Waterway, Amelia Island resorts offer championship golf, pristine beaches, nature programs, and restaurants.

Vacation rentals are widely available in Garden City Beach, another favorite with amazing scenery of tidal marshes and rich wildlife.

Digging deep into tidal marshes one discovers their important role as recorders of major environmental change in the Hudson Valley.

Indonesia - As scientists are increasingly exploring the high carbon stocks contained in mangroves, tidal marshes and seagrass meadows — known as «blue carbon» — alarm bells sounding for these ecosystems» rapid destruction have never been louder.

Conserving terrestrial - aquatic interface vegetation like mangroves, wetlands, riverine vegetation, tidal marshes, salt marshes are all integral to climate change protection.

Healthy coastal habitats — such as sand dunes and tidal marshes — can shield communities from storm surges while also providing feeding and nursing grounds for wildlife.

This IUCN report notes: «Recent research suggests that healthy, intact coastal wetland ecosystems such as mangrove forests, tidal marshes and seagrass meadows are particularly good at drawing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and storing it for hundreds of thousands of years.»

To modify the effects of rising sea levels, we must reestablish the fringe marshes and unblock those tidal marshes that have been degraded by poorly planned roadways and rail lines.

And by unblocking those tidal marshes that have been cut off from their estuaries by poorly planned roadways and rail lines.

We need tidal marshes, not granite rip rap sills, volunteer trash pickup programs, oyster reefs, rain barrels, expensive Bacterra storm water filers, buffer zone shrub plantings and the other feel good - do nothing projects that you are so anxious to promote.

When mangroves, seagrasses or tidal marshes are destroyed, they not only lose their capacity to absorb carbon from the atmosphere, but also emit carbon that is estimated to have accumulated over thousands of years.

However, seagrasses, tidal marshes, and mangroves are currently being lost at a rapid pace.

It's at SummerCamp Beach, a 762 - acre coastal vacation retreat 46 miles south of Tallahassee, set along four miles of Gulf of Mexico shoreline, woodlands, tidal marshes and conservation land.

Not exact matches

The expansive coastscape of salt marsh, tidal creeks, and upland woods also fills a crucial gap in a mosaic of more than 8,000 protected acres within the Great Marsh, which extends from Gloucester to the New Hampshire Seacoast.

Throughout the experiment, they measured the effects of each species mix on three important salt marsh functions: overall grass growth (productivity); the rate of dead plant removal (decomposition); and how fast tidal or storm surge water percolated through the marsh (filtration).

The International Blue Carbon Initiative is proud to present «Coastal Blue Carbon: methods for assessing carbon stocks and emissions factors in mangroves, tidal salt marshes, and seagrass meadows».

Coastal Blue Carbon: Methods for assessing carbon stocks and emissions factors in mangroves, tidal salt marshes, and seagrass meadows.

Mangroves, tidal salt marshes, and seagrasses sequester and store significant amounts of coastal blue carbon from the atmosphere and ocean and are now recognized for their role in mitigating climate change.

Langebaan Lagoon extends in a finger of water away from Saldanha Bay, its 16 kilometres controlled by tidal currents, tailing off into salt marshes and a cluster of salt pans, rich with water bird life.

With 1,600 acres, including four miles of pristine beach, tidal salt marshes and hammock preserves, Anastasia State Park has most everything a beachgoer might be looking for: sunbathing, surfing, swimming, fishing, sailboats, paddle boarding, and sailboarding.

Encompassing approximately 73,000 acres of salt marsh and mangrove tidal wetlands, oyster bars, estuarine lagoons, upland habitat and offshore seas.

Salt marsh tidal creeks at barrier islands like Capers Island Heritage Preserve, crabbing and fishing, and sunset dolphin watching are all part of tours.

We influence the climate / environment in The Netherlands by building levees and pumping out marshes and protecting them from tidal and storm surges.