Species Zonation, Figure 6 Well-zoned saltmarsh on a tidal flat (a shore-parallel microtidal intertidal mud flat in the Western Port,
Victoria, Australia). The distinct color-evident vegetation bands with the main species identified from seaward are a seaward fringe of
Avicennia marina with a shore-parallel band of mangrove-free patches within the mangrove zone, followed by a lighter-toned zone
of fine parallel bands composed of mixed assemblages of Sarcocornia quinqueflora and Samolus repens and then a wide relatively
dark “samphire” zone of Tecticornia arbuscula assemblage; the most landward zone is shore-parallel copses of Melaleuca ericifolia
(cf. Bridgewater, 1975). The maximum width of the saltmarsh band in this image is $250 m.
Species Zonation, Figure 7 Profile showing well-zoned saltmarsh on the shores of the Leschenault Inlet Estuary, Western Australia,
with the main species identified in relation to tidal levels and to groundwater salinity. The landward edge of the high tidal saltmarsh
receives freshwater seepage that dilutes the groundwater hypersalinity (cf. Cresswell, 2000; Pen et al., 2000).
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Victoria, Australia). The distinct color-evident vegetation bands with the main species identified from seaward are a seaward fringe of
Avicennia marina with a shore-parallel band of mangrove-free patches within the mangrove zone, followed by a lighter-toned zone
of fine parallel bands composed of mixed assemblages of Sarcocornia quinqueflora and Samolus repens and then a wide relatively
dark “samphire” zone of Tecticornia arbuscula assemblage; the most landward zone is shore-parallel copses of Melaleuca ericifolia
(cf. Bridgewater, 1975). The maximum width of the saltmarsh band in this image is $250 m.
Species Zonation, Figure 7 Profile showing well-zoned saltmarsh on the shores of the Leschenault Inlet Estuary, Western Australia,
with the main species identified in relation to tidal levels and to groundwater salinity. The landward edge of the high tidal saltmarsh
receives freshwater seepage that dilutes the groundwater hypersalinity (cf. Cresswell, 2000; Pen et al., 2000).
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