E 



800 

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CM 



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100 







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Live biomass of smooth corttgrass 



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Mortality rate of smootti cordgrass 



H 



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Dead biomassof smootti Cbrdgrass 



tHopkinson et al. 19771 



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400-1 Disappearance rate of smooth cordB'ass from rnarsh 

 300 

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 100 

 



— 1 r— 



N D 



15 

 10 



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E 



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Aquatic macrobenthic population detislty 



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IDay et al. 19731 



J M M J S 



Stirimp biomass in lakes adjacent 

 to salt marshes 



M M J 



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N D 



iJacobs and Loesch 19711 



Figure 4-11. The seasonal flow of organic matter through the food chain (Turner 1977). 



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