Document Type
Report
Department/Program
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Publication Date
12-1-1978
Series
Special Reports in Applied Marine Science and Ocean Engineering (SRAMSOE) No. 211
Abstract
Complex biotic communities which have lately been recognized as being of vital importance to aquatic and upland ecosystems have evolved at Virginia's land-water interface. Most obvious are the beaches and vast intertidal stands of halophytic (salt-tolerant) plants on the periphery of the Atlantic Ocean, Chesapeake Bay and their subordinate estuaries. Less obvious, but no less important, are nonvegetated intertidal flats and coastal freshwater marshes. Inland swamps and freshwater marshes complete the inventory; though more limited in extent than their coastal analog. Complex biotic communities which have lately been recognized as being of vital importance to aquatic and upland ecosystems have evolved at Virginia's land-water interface. Most obvious are the beaches and vast intertidal stands of halophytic (salt-tolerant) plants on the periphery of the Atlantic Ocean, Chesapeake Bay and their subordinate estuaries. Less obvious, but no less important, are nonvegetated intertidal flats and coastal freshwater marshes. Inland swamps and freshwater marshes complete the inventory; though more limited in extent than their coastal analog.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21220/V5WX7D
Keywords
Policy, Virginia, Wetlands
Publication Statement
Prepared for the Virginia Bar Association, Special Committee on Wetlands
Recommended Citation
Shea, E. L., & Theberge, N. B. (1978) Wetlands Evaluation and Management in Virginia. Special Reports in Applied Marine Science and Ocean Engineering (SRAMSOE) No. 211. Virginia Institute of Marine Science, William & Mary. https://doi.org/10.21220/V5WX7D
