TABLES 



Number Page 



1 Acreage of Spartina alternif lora marsh on Atlantic 



seaboard by State 4 



2 Fishes inhabiting Great Sippewissett Salt Marsh 23 



Above- and belowground productivity in Spartina 28 



4 Production of benthic algae in Atlantic coast salt marshes 31 



5 Nitrogen budget for Great Sippewissett Salt Marsh 36 



6 Annual nitrogen exchanges for Great Sippewissett Salt Marsh .... 37 



7 Comparison of age and properties of two northeast U.S. 



salt marshes 45 



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