Get this from a library! Salt marsh … [Nathan K McLain] -- Abstract: Many southern California coastal salt marshes are urbanized and heavily impacted, but still provide important ecosystem services, including carbon and nutrient cycling. Here we describe the bacterial and fungal assemblages associated with two decomposition stages of Spartina alterniflora detritus in a productive southeastern U.S. salt marsh. Salt marsh litter seldom dries out; the organic matter is generally at least moist, microbes and other decomposers are probably active throughout the tidal range, and additional wetting by increased hours underwater did not directly increase decay. Similar results were obtained by White etal. Salt marshes are coastal wetlands that are flooded and drained by salt water brought in by the tides. Salt marshes are coastal wetlands which are flooded and drained by tides.

It has very shallow water and gets a lot of sunlight. Fungi are ubiquitous in aquatic ecosystems. A salt marsh is a type of marsh that is between land and salty water. A salt marsh or saltmarsh, also known as a coastal salt marsh or a tidal marsh, is a coastal ecosystem in the upper coastal intertidal zone between land and open saltwater or brackish water that is regularly flooded by the tides. Salt marsh within Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Effects of sea level rise on decomposers in a restored coastal salt marsh. -Salt marsh plants:--> *help stabilize soils by decreasing effects of wave action*--> hold soil together--> provide shelter and food for organisms-Bacterias decompose large amounts of dead plant material--> food source for decomposers-Fiddler crab burrows increase oxygenation of soils It is dominated by dense stands of salt-tolerant plants such as herbs, grasses, or low shrubs. They are important decomposers of plant litter in marshes and streams, and act as important intermediaries of carbon flow to higher trophic levels.

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