Mechanisms of water storage in salt mars
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William K. Nuttle; Harold F. Hemond; Keith D. Stolzenbach
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Article
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1990
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Direct observation of surface displacement in two New England salt marshes shows that shrinking and swelling of the sediment is an important mechanism for water storage. This mechanism accounts for 20 per cent of the total change in water content of the sediment in Belle Isle marsh, Massachusetts, a