Connecticut's Coastal Marshes - a Vanishing Resource
Author | : Connecticut College, New London. Connecticut Arboretum |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : 1961 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Download Connecticuts Coastal Marshes full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online free Connecticuts Coastal Marshes ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!
Author | : Connecticut College, New London. Connecticut Arboretum |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : 1961 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Kenneth J. Metzler |
Publisher | : State Geological and Natural History Survey of Connecticut |
Total Pages | : 144 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Arthur Leroy Bloom |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 1967 |
Genre | : Coasts |
ISBN | : |
The Connecticut coast has submerged about 9.7 feet (3 meters) in the last 3500 years and about 27.5 feet (8.4 meters) in the last 8000 years. The submergence rate decreased to half an earlier rate about 3500 years ago, and salt marshes then filled the formerly open bays. Since their formation, the salt marshes have built upward to keep pace with continuing submergence. Vertical accretion on selected Connecticut tidal marshes has ranged between 1 and 16 mm per year between 1962 and 1966. Typical marshes are building upward at about 4 mm per year, which approximates the regional submergence rate for recent decades. Marsh edges have eroded unusually fast in recent decades, but only minor erosion was measured during detailed surveys between 1962 and 1966. (Author).
Author | : U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Office of River Basin Studies |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 50 |
Release | : 1959 |
Genre | : Wetlands |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Mark Seth Lender |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 136 |
Release | : 2011-03-29 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0312656017 |
The author chronicles the daily life of a salt marsh as observed from his nearby home, where he also records in intricate detail the activities of regional birds.
Author | : U. S. Fish U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
Publisher | : CreateSpace |
Total Pages | : 26 |
Release | : 2015-02-14 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781507832837 |
Recent investigations have shown that rising sea levels are having a significant impact on tidal wetlands in many areas of the United States. Higher water levels are inundating lower portions of these marshes and converting them to tidal flats, while portions of the high marsh are being converted to low marsh. The importance of coastal marshes to marine and estuarine ecosystems and migratory waterfowl is widely recognized. Because of these and other values (e.g., storm surge detention), most coastal states have adopted specific legislation to protect these highly valued natural resources. The State of Connecticut was among the first states to pass such legislation and has been protecting its tidal wetlands since 1970. While this law has virtually eliminated the once-widespread dredging and filling of tidal wetlands, nature's forces (i.e., rising sea level) continues to impact these wetlands.
Author | : Glenn D. Dreyer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 80 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : |
Author | : David Easton Hill |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : 1970 |
Genre | : Marshes, Tide |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Charles T. Roman |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Ecology |
ISBN | : 9781597263535 |