A review of salt marsh dynamics

• Published in: Water and environment journal : WEJ Vol. 25; no. 4; pp. 477 - 488
• Main Authors: Townend, Ian, Fletcher, Caroline, Knappen, Michiel, Rossington, Kate
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.12.2011; Blackwell; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Biological properties; Chemical engineering; ecology; Exact sciences and technology; hydrodynamics; Hydrodynamics of contact apparatus; morphology; Physical properties; Pollution; salt marsh; Salt marshes; sediment transport; Transport process; Biological properties; Salt marsh; ecology; sediment transport; Morphology; Topography; Vegetation; Hydrodynamics; Sediments; Physical properties

Salt marshes have been the subject of extensive research over many years. As well as gaining the interest of biologists, physical processes within the marsh have been measured in some detail since at least the 1920s. There have been various attempts to develop a fuller understanding of the inter‐rel...