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Coastal Wetlands and Estuaries

By Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program
Marshy Point, Chesapeake Bay Tidal Marshland in the Plum Island Estuary, Massachusetts Aerial photo of estuary San Francisco Estuary Quillayute River Estuary in Bloom Wading birds feed at a study site in a Louisiana coastal salt marsh Everglades wetlands Point Aux Chenes scarped marsh shoreline in September 2021 Red Mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) Lassiter Swamp at Merchants Millpond State Park, NC Ecotone between Tidal Freshwater Forested Wetland and Marsh Campbell Refuge Wetlands in Oahu Sheldon Marsh State Nature Preserve, Ohio

Detailed Description

USGS studies coastal wetlands and estuaries around the Nation. Here are just a few examples. 

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