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Coastal Marshes was first published in 1988. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.

The coastal regions of the United States form a highly diversified environment. In addition to sandy beaches and rocky shorelines, there are lagoons, rivers, estuaries, and marshes. The last are a dominant features of many coastal areas and serve as a transition between sea and uplands. Coastal marshes have been a zone for human development, attractive to industrial and residential building because they provide water frontage. But the public is becoming aware of the great value of these wetlands to fisheries and wildlife and to the local economy that depends on them.

This book describes coastal marshes in terms of form, function, ecology, wildlife value, and management. Robert H. Chabreck's emphasis is on the marshes of the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico (there are 5,500 square miles of marshland in Louisiana alone), but he also deals with marshes on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. Plant and animal communities are each given a chapter, and the book concludes with considerations of future uses and needs. The author provides references, a glossary, and a list of scientific names, along with numerous illustrations, including a section of color photographs.

For thirty years, Robert H. Chabreck has been engaged in research and management of coastal marshes and has often served as a consultant in wetland ecology. He is a professor of wildlife at Louisiana State University.

Table of Contents

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright
  2. pp. i-iv
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  1. Foreword
  2. pp. v-vi
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  1. Preface
  2. pp. vii-viii
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. pp. ix-x
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. xi-xvi
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  1. 1. Distribution of Coastal Marshes
  2. pp. 3-7
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  1. 2. Environmental Influences
  2. pp. 8-20
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  1. 3. Ecological Processes
  2. pp. 21-27
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  1. 4. Plant Communities
  2. pp. 28-39
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  1. 5. Animal Communities
  2. pp. 40-57
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  1. 6. Marsh Values and Uses
  2. pp. 58-66
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  1. 7. Alteration and Loss of Marshes
  2. pp. 67-78
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  1. 8. Marsh Management
  2. pp. 79-108
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  1. 9. The Future of Coastal Marshes
  2. pp. 109-116
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  1. APPENDIX A. Scientific Names of Animals and Plants
  2. pp. 117-119
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  1. APPENDIX B. Glossary
  2. pp. 120-124
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  1. APPENDIX C. Conversion Table
  2. pp. 125-128
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  1. References
  2. pp. 129-138
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  1. Index
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  1. About the Author
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