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Animal Colonization Of Salt Marshes Artificially Established On Dredge Spoil
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1974
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Description:Dredge spoil, sand and mud scooped from the bottom of navigation routes and piled high on channel edges has been successfully stabilized with plantings of North Carolina's dominant marsh grass, Spartina alterniflora. Benefits of stabilizing spoil with Spartina, commonly known as smooth cordgrass, appear to be two-fold. In the short term, marsh grass slows erosion of spoil back into the waterways, thereby reducing the need for frequent and costly dredging with its wear and tear on the environment. In the long term, areas covered with Spartina come to look like natural marshlands. Marsh provides a vital source of nutrients and food for many young fish and shellfish and are therefore important to fishery resources.
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Sea Grant Document Number:NCU-T-74-015
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Rights Information:Public Domain
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