| LC control no. | sh 85135267 |
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| Topical heading | Tidal flats |
| Variant(s) | Flats, Intertidal Flats, Tidal Intertidal flats Tide flats Tideflats Tidewater flats |
| See also | Coasts Seashore Tidal wetlands |
| Found in | Wheat, E.E. Ecosystem engineers, 2010: leaf 1 (tide flats) Commencement Bay nearshore/tideflats remedial investigation, 1985. Indian River Lagoon species inventory website, via Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce website, Jan. 26, 2021: Tidal flat habitats (Tidal flats are intertidal, non-vegetated, soft sediment habitats, found between mean high-water and mean low-water spring tide datums and are generally located in estuaries and other low energy marine environments; Depending on sediment grain size, tidal flats may be generally categorized as either mud or sandflats. Generally, mudflats are located in the upper part of the intertidal zone, sandflats are located in the lower part) Intertidal flats habitat, via South Atlantic Fishery Management Council website, Jan. 26, 2021 (tidal flats; Intertidal flats are the unvegetated bottoms of estuaries and sounds that lie between the high and low tide lines. These flats occur along mainland or barrier island shorelines or can emerge in areas unconnected to dry land. Intertidal flats are most extensive where tidal range is greatest, such as near inlets and in the southern portion of the coast; Intertidal flats play an important role in the ecological function of South Atlantic estuarine ecosystems, particularly in regard to primary production, secondary production and water quality) Tidal flat - an overview, via ScienceDirect, Jan. 26, 2021 (Tidal flats may be comprised of predominantly mud or sands or they may transition between muds or sands on a seasonal basis) Tides and tidal flats, via Geosciences LibreTexts website, Jan. 26, 2021 (Shorelines that have strong tidal currents as well as seafloors with low gradients can have large areas that are submerged during high tide and exposed to air during low tide ... Mudflats (tidal flats) are areas in which coastline shores are separated from the destructive forces of the ocean's waves. Tidal flats, also known as mudflats, are flooded at high tide and exposed at low tide ... Part of the coast emergent during low tide and submerged during high tide is the intertidal zone. That part of the coast permanently submerged below the low-water line is the subtidal zone) Charrier, B.R. Implications of climate change for strategic conservation and restoration of tidal wetlands in the U.S. portion of the Salish Sea, 2015: pp. 6-7 (tidal wetlands are considered estuarine and coastal wetlands that are tidally influenced, including tidal flats, regularly flooded emergent marsh, irregularly flooded emergent marsh, transitional scrub-shrub, and freshwater tidal swamps) |
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