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An investigation of salt marsh dynamics: a study of salt marsh at Jack's Beach, Westernport Bay, Victoria

Denis, Lee ( 1982)

Many studies of the environmental factors influencing the occurrence and zonation of salt marsh (and mangrove) communities may be found in the literature, however few of these studies consider all of the environmental and vegetation factors as integral components of a dynamic system. The present study gathers together quantified environmental and vegetational information, including the vertical zonation of vegetation, the relation of vegetation to tide levels, weather data, soil characteristics, and the relationships between these factors and soil salinity and soil water content, as an integrated investigation of salt marsh dynamics. Because of time and resource restraints, the collection of quantitative data was restricted to a relatively small area of salt marsh (including mangroves) at Jack's Beach in Westernport Bay, Victoria. However the wider implications for the salt marshes of Westernport Bay are discussed and some general inferences are drawn.