TABLE OF CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Chapter 1. DISTRIBUTION OF COASTAL MARSHES -- Regional Variation -- Gulf Coast -- Atlantic Coast -- Pacific Coast -- Types of Marshes -- Chapter 2. ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES -- Geological Setting -- The Greenhouse Effect -- Subsidence -- Tidal Cycles -- Tidal Creeks and Ponds -- Soils -- Nutrients -- Cat Clays -- Chapter 3. ECOLOGICAL PROCESSES -- Primary Production -- Nutrient Cycling -- Food Web -- Biodiversity -- Chapter 4. PLANT COMMUNITIES -- Plant Zonation -- Halophytes -- Plant Competition -- Plant Succession -- Grasses, Sedges, and Rushes -- Broad-Leaved Plants -- Aquatic Plants -- Exotic Plants -- Chapter 5. ANIMAL COMMUNITIES -- Birds -- Reptiles and Amphibians -- Fishes and Crustaceans -- Mammals -- Eatouts -- Chapter 6. MARSH VALUES AND USES -- Sport Hunting -- Fur Harvests -- Fisheries Harvests -- Hurricane Protection -- Water Quality Improvement -- Livestock Grazing -- Chapter 7. ALTERATION AND LOSS OF MARSHES -- Hurricanes -- Rise in Sea Level -- Flood Control -- Draining and Filling -- Canal Dredging -- Saltwater Intrusion -- Chapter 8. MARSH MANAGEMENT -- Management Planning -- Marsh Impoundments -- Weirs and Plugs -- Potholes and Ditches -- Controlled Burning -- Food Plantings -- Weed Control -- Restocking -- Animal Control -- Introduction of Freshwater -- Protection of Barrier Islands -- Mitigating the Impact of Development -- Wildlife Refuges -- Chapter 9. THE FUTURE OF COASTAL MARSHES -- The Problem of Marsh Loss -- Conflicting Land Uses -- Recreational Needs -- APPENDIX A. Scientific Names of Animals and Plants -- APPENDIX B. Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- L -- M -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- W -- APPENDIX C. Conversion Table -- REFERENCES -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T.

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