More recently, Save the Sound and the Audubon Society have been restoring parts of the 400-acre wetland and now, Audubon has ...

Sea otters are making an impact as they return to the wetlands of Central California. Remarkable changes have occurred in the landscape as these adorable animals recolonize their former habitat in the ...

Salt marshes sequester significant carbon in their sediment — more per hectare than tropical rainforests. They protect the land from storm surges and sea level rise, and they shelter a variety of ...

ABSTRACT: Tidal flow causes high temporal variability in environmental properties that impact ecosystem dynamics. Microbes such as phytoplankton are especially susceptible to tidal advection and ...

Estuaries and Coasts, Vol. 40, No. 4 (JULY 2017), pp. 1013-1027 (15 pages) The importance of intertidal estuarine habitats, like salt marsh and oyster reef, has been well established, as has their ...

Spring is a lovely time to go to the coast. Most of us gravitate towards the beaches, but it can also be fun to visit the salt marshes that line our coastline — estuaries, where rivers meet the sea.

STANWOOD — From atop the dike at Port Susan, emerald farmland stretches to the left. To the right, a mosaic of greens and browns make up a coastal wetland. At points along the dike, the marsh looks ...

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Pickleweed grows noticeably taller and denser in the fenced area from which crabs are excluded. (Photo by K. Beheshti) Coastal marshes are vulnerable to erosion caused by rising seas, pounding waves, ...

Researchers Jeff Crooks and Stephany Garcia checked the minnow traps left at the murky mouth of the Tijuana River on a sunny October morning. They didn’t expect any catches. They haven’t had any for ...

Although sea otters only recently recolonized their historic habitat in the Elkhorn Sough, they’re already benefiting the ecosystem. (Htrnr via iStock) Sea otters are making an impact as they return ...