Students at the North Carolina Aquarium take a look at marshes that surround the Fort Fisher facility.
I What lives in an estuary?
• Estuaries are coastal areas where
• sea water mixes with fresh water.
1 primarily from risers. Nutrients car
? ried downstream are trapped in the
• estuary, treating fertile ground for
the grossth ol a wale sanely ol
« diverse plant life. This, in turn, sup
\ ports the habitats of mans different
I animals. Because estuaries are pro
\ touted from the wase action of the
s open sea. they are also perfect nurs
j ery grounds lor a large variety of
' important shellfish and finfish.
J North Carolina has more square
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miles ol esluanne waters than any
state on the hast Coast. Out estuar
ies \ar\ considerably - Irom broad,
shallow sounds like the Albemarle
and the Pamlico. to 'narrow bodies
of water, such as Currituck Sound.
Different water levels, types of
basins, tidal patterns, salt levels,
temperature and types of sediment
make each estuary unique and
define the types of habitats-and
organisms found there.
The coastal marsh is |ust one habi
tat found in North Carolina's estuar
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inc system. Coastal marshes are
valuable, productive wetlands that
are sometimes flooded, depending
on the tides. There are four kinds of
coastal marsh habitats in our estuar
ies: Low salt marshes, high salt
marshes, brackish marshes and
freshwater marshes.
The low salt marsh is the founda
tion of the estuarfne food web and as
such is relied upon in some way by
most living things in the estuary.
Salt marsh cordgrass is one of the
most important plant species in this
habitat. Cordgrass is especially suit
ed to the drastically changing salin
iiiwa, iuii(;tuuuu;.> auu wcuci levels
in the low salt marsh. It stabilizes
the fine particles of clay and silt that
arc deposited by the estuary's slow
current by' creating a network of
roots and stems that hold the soft
soil together. Cordgrass also pro
tects the mainland from erosion by
slowing down the force from
incoming waves and tides.
Cordgrass is important to the ani
mals in the low salt marsh as well. It
is one of the most important produc
ers in the estuarine food web. When
the plant dies back each fall and is
washed into the estuary, its tissues
are broken down by bacteria into
detritus. Detritus is a primary food
source for many aquatic animals.
Several types of snails live among
the cordgrass, including marsh peri
winkles. They eat algae that grows
on its stalks, and they use the stalks
as an escape from the rising tide
Ribbed mussels, oysters and fiddler
crabs are found in (he low salt marsh
habitat. Bird and mammals also for
age in the low salt marsh. Egrets,
herons, willets and osprey are just a
few of the birds that rely on the low
salt marsh for food.' Raccoons,
meadow mice and even bats venture
into the marsh for a meal.
Fewer animals use the high salt
marsh lor food. High salt marshes
are the areas vvhere daily tidal flood
ing in the low salt marsh has created
a build-up of fine sediment, Soil ele
vation increases and shrubs gradual
ly move into the upland edge of
these zones. Salt meadow cordgrass.
salt grass, sea ox-eye, black
needlerush and glasswort become
more common. Marsh elder and
wax myrtle are among the shrubs
that are prevalent in this area.
Insect-eating birds like the red
winged blackbird, meadowlark and
seaside sparrow nest in the high
marsh. Other common animals here
include the sandfiddler crab, marsh
crab and meadow marsh.
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Raleigh, NC 27601.
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