- The route
to restoration for degraded saltmarsh vegetation
Changes in vegetation management (notably by altering grazing
regimes) can result in major shifts in the nature of plants
and animals that inhabit the saltmarsh. The number and type of stock and
the duration of grazing are key factors in determining the nature of the
vegetation
and associated animals that inhabit the saltmarsh. In this case the interim
guidance is concerned principally with restoring saltmarsh through the
control of, or changes to grazing
management;
- The route
to restoration of the saltmarsh habitat
The overall stability of the saltmarsh is influenced by rising (or falling)
sea levels, tides and waves and changing patterns of sedimentation. The
interim guidance seeks to provide ways of re-creating or creating saltmarsh
through the construction of physical structures to help improve surface
stability. Generally this section is concerned with restoration
methods which aim to re-create habitat to seaward of the existing
saltmarsh. By contrast the restoration of saltmarshes and mudflats which
takes place within
managed realignment
schemes involves re-creation of habitat to landward.
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